The Music of the Underworld By, Skylar Swenson

Skylar Swenson
October 14, 2007
APLA-4
Mr. Lovre/Ms. Freid
Literary Pastiche: Patrick Henry
Mr. Governor: the impressionable minds of our youth today, branded have they been with the vulgarity and immorality of this rap and hip-hop music. The days of the sweet tranquil violin concertos and smooth jazz have yet been left in the wake of this new monster. Music is no longer composed of talented musicians but alas; uneducated criminals with a love of boasting their wealth, drug use and sexual ability. A way must be found in which to lower the prominence of these so called musicians in the minds of our growing youth, it is only after this, that the children of our nation shall begin to admire the qualities of a true musician. Has our world come to this? Is our society to soon become engulfed within this repulsive excuse for musicianship? If we are to not fight against this enemy, it will with haste, infect the fragile minds of our children. Inherent morality and kindness is present in our youth; and we are expected to simply observe whilst this parasite infects and commandeers our children’s minds? I ask not these questions in vain, but in concern of the habitat in which future generations are to live their lives. Within this dreadful music are illusions; images of disrespecting women, murdering and selling drugs have maneuvered their way into our children’s minds, and have convinced them to follow this path. Fight we must, for the lives of our children, exposed they are to the treachery of this heathen music. And if arms are to not be taken up to oppose this force, may our future generations come to a similar realization as to the one that we have concluded upon.