Alex Dionisio - On Controversial Art (Life Lessons 3) lyrics

So there’s this phenomenon about
Controversial works of art
That there’s the establishment that
Wants to suppress and
Take down and attack controversial
Works of art
And this arises because there’s a viewership
Or a viewer base, listeners, watchers
Whatever that don’t know how
To receive the art
And so they may get depressed or they
Might get angry at
Something that’s controversial
They watch it and thеy get in a
Bad mood and they’re tickеd off
So what happens is the
Establishment then goes after
The art, the song, the movie, the picture
Whatever it is and then they take that
Down, they suppress it, they eliminate it
But that’s the wrong thing to do
The problem is not the art or the
Artist or the platform it’s on
The problem is that you have this
Viewer base, these people, these listeners
These watchers that don’t know how
To receive the art
It’s not the artist’s fault
It’s not the song or the movie
The problem is that you have a group
Of people that receive the art poorly
They don’t know how to take it
They don’t know how to listen to it and
Think about it and digest it correctly
They don’t think about ‘how is
This going to affect me?’
‘How do I want this to
Affect me the right way?’
‘Am I going to let it
Affect me negatively or positively?’
So it’s up to the listener
The viewer to decide for themselves
It’s not the responsibility of the artist
To live the life of
Their viewer or to take care
Or to raise their viewer
It’s up to the viewer
It’s their responsibility
So the problem’s not the song or
The movie or whatever it is
They shouldn’t be taken down
These songs and movies and
Such shouldn’t be banned
They should be left up it’s art
Art should not be suppressed
Rather, we need to foster in the public
People who receive art
Correctly, intelligent, strong
Smart people who know how to look
And receive and view art and
Appreciate it correctly and not blame
And insult and attack it
We need an establishment that’s intelligent
Enough to support art, even if
It’s deemed so-called controversial
Quote controversial or dirty or explicit
Whatever you wanna call it
We need a more intelligent
System that supports
Art, even if it’s naughty or nasty
These labels we put on them
That are totally ridiculous and
Absurd and not even worth discussing
Because they’re so wrong but the art is good
Leave the art up, that’s the point