brokeNCYDE

*WARNING* Content may be extremely offensive.

I don't even know how to begin here, because I was just so... taken aback by this. My friend was telling me about this band her little (12 and 14 year old) cousins were listening to. You need to experience this for yourself, I don't want to give away too much.

This is brokeNCYDE. After hearing this, a little part of my soul withered away into nothing. As if it doesn't SOUND awful enough, let's take a look at this particular song's lyrics.

"I walk into the club looking kind of sexy now.
I see these shorties in the corner, they started making out.
They pull their panties down, they take their pants off.
Then they started getting freaky on the dance floor.
Shake it mommy give it to me like you need some love.
I got some bottles in the caddy that we can open up.
Let's get drunk tonight, baby we don't have to fuck.
And bring your friend along, maybe we can have some fun.
Let's get freaky now, let's get fucking freaky now. [x4]
I got these bitches all tipsy trying to sex me.
I know they want it, alcoholics are some sex freaks.
This ex and chronic gots me wanting to get messy.
So let's get messy girls, come on let's go get messy girls.
Come on bitch, you know you want this.
That hardcore shit will make you feel the toxic.
Fursachi, Rolex watches.
Bently coups with the 20's droppin.
Convertible top, and the wheels spin.
I can taste that ice when my grill is in.
If you want me baby feel me in.
'cause I don't waste my time with lesbians.
Let's get freaky now, let's get fucking freaky now. [x4]
Liar! [x8]
Oh baby why did you have to lie to me.
I can't play no more games.
These thoughts are slowly controlling me.
You're turning off the flame.
So go baby go baby.
You don't want me.
So go baby go baby.
Come and get me.
So go baby go baby.
You don't want me.
So go baby go!
Come and get me.
Let's get freaky now, let's get fucking freaky now. [x4]"

Upon further inspection, every single song except one is about either A.) Drinking, B.) Being at a Club, C.) "Bitches", or D.) All of the above. I don't think my heart can handle any more lyric-postings, so if you want to see for yourself (which i don't really understand why anybody would want to do that to their self), then be my guest.

This is what kids are listening to nowadays! When I was in 6th grade, I was at least listening to respectable crappy music ( New Found Glory, Good Charlotte, My Chemical Romance, Linkin Park, you know, stuff with broad appeal that can be catchy) but I didn't know that music that was this downright offensive even existed.

You know that theory that if a million monkeys were on typewriters for eternity that they would eventually produce the works of Shakespeare? I think that the works of brokeNCYDE are what the monkeys would produce within the first 5 minutes of typing away, and then 5 of those 1,000,000 monkeys decided, "Hey, let's make a band and wail away to this stuff!"

Justifiable? ABSOLUTELY NOT.

VERDICT: UNJUSTIFIABLE TO THE HIGHEST DEGREE

*UPDATE*

Video Album Review: brokeNCYDE

This video review of brokeNCYDE's album has helped me regain faith in humanity. Maybe it can do the same for you.

Leggings for Pants

As I lay out on the beach by the bell tower on Temple's campus on this BEAUTIFUL Autumn afternoon, a number of things catch my eye. It appears there is some sort of gay-rights speech that is about to take place. I could be wrong, although the giant rainbow made of hundreds of balloons seems to be an indicator, as well as the people mingling about the plaza in their shirts that read "Gay? It's okay!"

I digress, this isn't the reason why I'm making my first entry in Justification Station. Laying out here by the bell tower and people watching made me realize something. More and more recently I have been noticing an ever increasing trend that's spreading quicker than the swine-flu: leggings acting as pants!

I'm really digging the knee-pads.

In order for all of us to be on the same page here, the working definition of leggings for pants will be a girl wearing leggings with just a t-shirt/anything that doesn't cover their ass or crotch.

I'm torn, really. On one hand, I love leggings/tights on girls; on the other hand, THEY AREN'T WEARING ANY PANTS! While some may argue that, I ask you this: when you're getting dressed in the morning, do you say to yourself "Gee, I think I'm going to wear pants today" or do you say "I'm going to wear leggings today"? If said "yes" the latter, YOU'RE NOT WEARING PANTS!

What drives me crazy are these girls that are walking around in just a t-shirt and leggings and thinking they're hot shit (I would take a picture if I had my camera to prove it to you, but alas...). This just isn't the case. Sure, leggings show off your legs (if you have good ones), and your ass (if you have even have one), but 80% of the time girls end up looking plain ridiculous. Leggings can be some of the most unflattering things a girl can wear. It's like going outside with no pants on!

Now I love leggings just as much as the next guy... okay, maybe even more so than the next guy... okay, who am I kidding, I love leggings more than most people I have met, but even I can identify when enough is enough. There needs to be some restrictions on this whole leggings-for-pants phenomenon, and they are as follows.

1.If you have an outfit that you would be willing to wear in public without leggings, then leggings are acceptable. If you only wear an outfit because you believe your leggings-as-pants makes it acceptable, you probably shouldn't be wearing it.

2. The half-ass/no-crotch policy: The furthest extent to which someone can wear leggings as pants is if their shirt/blouse/whatever they're wearing covers at least half of their ass and their crotch isn't hanging out when they're standing. That means no t-shirts with leggings. Also, in conjunction with the half-ass policy, if half of your ass is hanging out, please try to keep the VPL's (visible panty lines) to a bare minimum.

If used in moderation, sure, it can be justifiable, but 80% of the time, in terms of straight up leggings for pants and you're not following the above rules, I'm going to have to go with UNJUSTIFIABLE, as much as it pains me to say so.

VERDICT: UNJUSTIFIABLE

Justifiable vs. Unjustifiable

For those of you lucky enough to stumble upon this little gem of a website: Welcome! If life's challenging questions are your sort of thing and you get all hot and bothered over some serious debates, then by-golly have you ever come to the right place to get yourself going. What I'm planning to do here is simple: deciding whether or not the topic at hand is justifiable or unjustifiable (hence "Justification Station").

I don't know if you know this, but I'm all about confrontation, so I'm just going to put everything exactly how it is. You don't like it? Tough beans, home-slice, go start your own blogging contraption. Maybe if you have half a heart and an open-mind, you'll linger around (well, linger as in "hanging around unthreateningly" and not as in "lurking and being a creeper", ya dig?) to see how all of these tough issues I'm going to go over play.

I'm open to suggestions of topics to go over, but remember: THIS IS SERIOUS STUFF.