If a song describes something that happened it's a historical song. All accounts are partial. All see it from a particular perspective and get perceived in different ways by different people.

The same is true of many of the hip-hop songs that people make out as glorifying violence. One person's song about 'cop killing' is another person's angry reaction to their experience of random violence received at the hands of an out-of-control police officer. Similar morals to the tale can be found in most rap tracks that address such topics.


Steve Cooke
Stockton-on-Tees, UK
http://wwww.soundcloud.com/stevecooke