It is noteworthy that the lyrics of a song profoundly influences people?s lives. Thus music can be employed as a powerful tool for preaching, educating, advising, comforting and inspiring, all aimed at influencing people positively.

However, without giving any due respect to the positive aspect off music, some musicians, without the least scruple, have subjected their God-given musical prowess to abuse, by composing sexually suggestive songs studiously geared towards adulterating the long cherished chastity of the Ghanaian, especially the youth, who are the most vulnerable.

I totally bemoan the manner in which some musicians in the country wittingly compose songs that have the potential to stimulate lasciviousness in the face of HIV/AIDS. Are these musicians not also undermining the fight against indiscipline to some extent with their erotic songs?

There is no gainsaying the fact that in recent times the pollution of music industry with profane songs has soared at the expense of morality. At times, one wonders if there is even a board that censors these lyrically execrable songs at all before they are eventually dumped at the market for the consuming to patronise.

Nonetheless, they still shouldn?t allow avarice to blind them into composing songs with indecent lyrics since their works make a profound impact in our lives.

Indeed, if musicians, especially those in the secular scene, could exploit the genre and power of music to preach virtues such as discipline, unity, peace, honesty, fraternal love, etc, a myriad of Ghanaians would be caught in the web of moral uprightness for the betterment of the nation.

It behooves our musicians to emulate the good examples of great musicians like Bob Marley, Jimmy Cliff and the others, who composed songs that positively influence people?s daily lives.

I think the only way our musicians can assist the Vice-President in his crusade against indiscipline is to preach virtues in their songs.

In the light of this, the efforts of musicians who preach virtues in their songs at the expense of vices, deserve to be recognized and rewarded.

A good example is Obrafour. Such a positive step would naturally throw a great challenge to, and spur on the other musicians to embark on a similar positive move.

Furthermore, the DJs of the various radio stations in the country shouldn?t allow themselves to be influenced by Payola from morally-rotten musicians for their songs to be played on air. If these immoral songs are denied airplay, obviously their eliminated. In fact, I am always pissed of to hear such songs being played on air by radio stations.

In conclusion, I humbly take this opportunity to implore our musicians in the secular scene to exercise decency in the lyrics of their songs by preaching virtues for the sake of morality and the youth.

They shouldn?t allow avarice to influence them into composing sexually suggestive songs that have the potential of corrupting the morals of the youths at the expense of the future development of the country.