Cover It Up

I can absolutely understand why many African American musicians would be discouraged by the idea of white musicians covering their songs. This not only meant that their songs would be broadcasted on the mainstream radio with credit given to a different musician, but also that most of the time the lyrics would be changed. I can totally understand how difficult that would be because if I wrote a song, and someone changed the lyrics on me, that would ruin what the song meant to me. Those African American musicians had little voice still in main stream music, and this only gave them less worth by changing their lyrics to fit the idea of "appropriate." Music isn't about being appropriate or approved; it's about letting go and showing what you feel.