Every morning, I wake up to my radio alarm at 6:45 am. It is always set to 103.5 Kiss FM, and artists always sing their songs to get me out of bed. But recently, I started really listening and comprehending the lyrics of some of my favorite songs, and I realized that a lot of the songs are incredibly sexist and contain lots of derogatory comments. Some of today's hottest hip-hop and rap songs are filled with women being portrayed as strippers, prostitutes, and "things". The song Low, for example is a very popular song that is played on all the hot stations on the radio. The lyrics go like this: "Work the pole, I got the bank roll, Imma say that I prefer them no clothes, I'm into that I love women exposed, She threw it back at me, I gave her more, Cash ain't a problem, I know where it goes" Here, the entire verse is describing how women are somehow just objects, and not respected as equals. This song refers multiple times to women's sexuality and how they look better without clothes. Another song that became really popular is the song Smack That by Akon. This song is entirely about how they want to meet a woman at a club and bring her home and smack her around. In one line of the song, it reads "Money? No problem. Pocket full of that now..." and "Every gal is game". Once again, women are portrayed as something men can just, and every woman could just be bought. So what are the messages being sent out to today's teens and young adults? Or do most people just read over the messages? whatever happened to songs that actually have true meaning behind them??
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