As cultures and societies change with each generation, music plays a vital role in the transition process. Each culture and generation has its own type of music. As each genre of music forms within these cultures and generations, a new subculture is formed, each with their own principles and methods of communication.
Music has the potential of uniting or dividing people and cultures.
Lyrics and melody are the elements which divide, while rhythm brings us together. There is a sense of vibration and rhythm within the self that lives on. There is a continued soul search for the roots of a race that can not overcome the prevailing obstacle of segregation. Music is an element that can keep races the world over, together. Music does not refuse integration, the people do.