WAH!! 8O You all so cheem ah??? I also cheem lor..........
To me, all music is a gift, a box of 'choclette' (remember forrest gump??). How you interpret it will lead to certain attitude and beliefs. Different genres will lean towards certain doctrines in the lyrics. Just like religon, it's the interpretation that make up all the diffferent factions and seperations.
I listen to varied kind of music, at some junction into all kind of metals. Yeah, there is lyrics with strong dark words and description. But if you take it as a form of learning and warning against what is "bad", you come out on top of it. But if you mellow in what is the anti, the 'angst', the 'oppression', and think that the whole world is against you. Then I got one thing to say, no one is going against you, you are going against yourself.
Yeah, punk may lean towards rebellion and arnachy in the lyrics. But if you take it as a warning instead, it'll do you good. If you wallow into rebellion and going against the system. Think about it, in the first place if people were to really revolt against you, how would you feel. Don't do onto others what you don't want to be done against yourself.
We are living in a very free age, Freedom today is where it never was before. So how much freedom is too much??
Remember, 99% of the people will not come to you and criticise on how you dress, sing or talk. If they don't like it, likely they will just stay clear, at least they should have the rights to stay away from things they don't like, wouldn't you? Are you going just going to rebel against that 1%. It'll look real dumb & childish if you do.