Most rap lyrics express a message about what it means to be black in America
Many of today’s rap lyrics are rooted in the black male’s experience in America. If you listen with a nonjudgmental attitude towards the words, you will hear from their perspective what it means to be Black in America. It is easy to listen to the lyrics and because you cannot relate to what they express, to think it is about some secret plot to destroy and conquer. This may only exacerbate their frustration. Most of these young men use rap to vent about injustice, poverty and yes, gang life. It is what they know. It is what many of them have lived in the past. It is what their family and friends experience everyday.