You would be surprised at how many parents DON'T talk to their kids about things, much less music lyrics.

Unfortunately many parents don't see that their kids are rising above negative influence.

Sometimes, with teens, it's a bit of a game...

I remember one time when our elder son decided that he was going to be ornery. I asked him where he was going, he said 'out.' I asked him what he was going to do, he said 'whatever' and I asked him who he was going with and he said 'friends.' I objected to his one word answers

Right about that time, his elder sister came in and said 'I thought that you said you were going to the library.' He shot her a dirty look (I saw it) but I turned around and said 'Huh? What did you say?' ( heard the whole thing, mind you) He said 'nothing' and headed out.

He was at the library... I called.

Unfortunately a lot of parents don't take that level of interest and they don't find ways to accomodate their children's need to rebel.