Ludacris has a song called "Move Bitch" which I wouldn't listen to loudly, because it would require explanation. Because Ludacris is still alive, it's clearly a story, not a true lifestyle. For the same reason, that the words need explanation, I wouldn't loudly play, Guns N' Roses "Back Off Bitch" (it could be guy or gal) or "I'm A Bitch" by Meredith Brooks or all-American Aerosmith's, "Bitch's Brew" or "Wonder Why They Call You Bitch?"

In fact, the last song on that list by Tupac Shakur would probably get almost unanimous support if people listened to the words and then coupled it with his "Keep Ya Head Up" song.

From "Keep Ya Head Up:" "And when he tells you you ain't nuttin don't believe him / And if he can't learn to love you you should leave him / Cause sista you don't need him /And I ain't tryin to gas ya up, I just call em how I see em" "Keep Ya Head Up" was early on in his career, on the Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z album. "Wonder Why ... " was on his last double-album before he was killed, All Eyez on Me.

From "Wonder Why:" "It was said you were sleazy / even easy / sleepin' around for what / you need / See it's your thang / and you can shake it how you wanna. / Give it up free / or make your money on the corner. / But don't be bad and play the game / get mad and change. / Then you wonda why these muthafuckas call you names. / Still lookin' for a way out / and that's OK / I can see you wanna stray / there's a way out. / Keep your mind on your money, / enroll in school. / And as the years pass by / you can show them fools. / But you ain't tryin' to hear me / cuz you're stuck, / you're headin' for the bathroom / 'bout to get tossed up."

So many of the hip-hop songs are situation-specific, and are stories, just like so many of the controversial songs of the past which seem just as bad. Quite simply the argument for supporting so much of the controversial music through the ages, was that, no, it didn't influence behavior.

"Suicide Solution" wasn't going to make people kill themselves, troubled kids would do it in any case. Judas Priest - pick any song - wasn't going to make you a murderer, people had much greater influences in their life that would make them kill. The Sex Pistols', "God Save the Queen" was a brash call for overthrowing the throne, but somehow it didn't happen. Hell, just the name "Sex Pistols" was a scandal.

The Kingsmen's "Louie, Louie" caused a ripple across America and was banned in Indiana. Neither Johnny Cash (Folsom Prison Blues) or Ice-T (Cop Killer) murdered anybody. Ruth Brown's "If I Can't Sell It, I'll Sit On It" from the 1950s wasn't going to make you suck a dick and fuck before marriage. And it's remembered over 50 years later.