For anything to be found legally obscene it has to fail all portions of this test. Rap music and obscenity are often coupled together because of the images and words used. Lyrics of most rap songs go from the liberal to conservative ends of the spectrum. If one desires to use a test to determine the corruptive level of any particular song, it is unfair to use a legal test that does not consider the subculture that created the object being tested. Music cannot be fully understood without its associated cultural context.
Rap music is part of a subculture that believes in providing a straight forward message of reality.
When words of a subculture are assimilated into the dominant culture.misperceptions may result. The fact that some forms of rap music provide an outlet for non-conformist ideas gives it, as a whole, serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific value. Music can reveal feelings with such a detail and truth that basic language can not come close to doing. The Supreme Court has consistently rejected the notion that speech is punishable because it offends some people's sensibilities. Statutes and practices that penalize expression based on content, have generally been invalidated.