"Don't Drag Me Down" adalah sebuah judul lagu lawas yang dibawakan dan dipopulerkan oleh band Punk Rock N' Roll, Social Distortion. Meskipun lagu lawas, namun lagu ini masih relevan untuk didangarkan pada era ini yang didominasi oleh lagu bergenre pop-melayu dengan lagu-lagunya yang bertema cinta.
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Social Distortion-Don't Drag Me Down
Children are taught to hate
Parents just couldn't wait
Some are rich and some are poor
Others will just suffer more
Have you ever been ashamed
And felt society try to keep you down, I begin to watch things change
And see them turn around
[Chorus:]
Turn around
They'll try to keep you down
Turn around, turn around
Don't drag me down
Ignorance is like a gun in hand
Reach out to the promised land
Your history books are full of lies
Media-blitz gonna dry your eyes
Have you ever been afraid
And felt society try to keep you down, I begin to watch things change
And see them turn around
[Chorus]
Ignorance is like a gun in hand, reach out to the promised land
Your history books
Are full of lies, media-blitz gonna dry your eyes
You're eighteen
Wanna be a man
Your granddaddy's in
The Klu Klux Klan
Taking two steps foward
And four steps back
Gonna go to the White House
And paint it black
[Chorus 2x]
Children are taught to hate
Parents just couldn't wait
Some are rich and some are poor
Others will just suffer more
Have you ever been ashamed
And felt society try to keep you down, I begin to watch things change
And see them turn around
[Chorus:]
Turn around
They'll try to keep you down
Turn around, turn around
Don't drag me down
Ignorance is like a gun in hand
Reach out to the promised land
Your history books are full of lies
Media-blitz gonna dry your eyes
Have you ever been afraid
And felt society try to keep you down, I begin to watch things change
And see them turn around
[Chorus]
Ignorance is like a gun in hand, reach out to the promised land
Your history books
Are full of lies, media-blitz gonna dry your eyes
You're eighteen
Wanna be a man
Your granddaddy's in
The Klu Klux Klan
Taking two steps foward
And four steps back
Gonna go to the White House
And paint it black
[Chorus 2x]
Mengapa tadi saya mengatakan lagu ini masih relevan untuk di dengarkan, karena menurut penafsiran saya, lagu ini bercerita tetang suatu perubahan sosial regresif. Perubahan sosial regresif adalah suatu perubahan sosial yang terlihat terdapat kemajuan, namun pada kenyataanya lebih banyak terdapat kemunduran. Contoh nyata disekitar kita adalah dengan majunya teknologi, terutama teknologi informasi yang ditandai dengan menyebar luasnya internet, membuat generasi muda lebih suka bersosialisasi melalui jejaring sosial daripada bertatap muka langsung. Lalu merebaknya situs-situs porno yang sangat mudah diakses oleh berbagai kalangan juga menimbulakan kemunduran moral dibalik kemajuan teknologi.