Music is a great medium to get a message through. There are many songs I listen (almost) purely for the lyrics. There are a lot of artists that use music to raise awareness to various things. It's a shame those songs rarely get any air time. Hit lists are filled with meaningless songs that don't make you think. Sure, some those artists contribute their profits to good causes in different ways. But a billion songs about love don't change the world.
I've noticed many of my songs are also about things that are wrong in the world. I'd like to be one of those artists that gets the message through to the wider audience, I don't look for fame or profits. Unfortunately the themes of my songs will be yer another reason besides the music not being that great that I will never make my big breakthrough in this area either.
That's ok. I just like making songs for myself, but I also like them having some deeper meaning.