Yes guest it is real life issues that create the songs of yesteryear today and tommorrow.
That some chose to call it BS is unfortunate.
Ideas are the driving force. Guns kill people but they do not kill ideas.

I post a dozen or more songs and lyrics per year in the BS section for anyone to expand upon. There may even have been a couple great and timeless gems, but like a person who kicks a stone down the path, its is unlikely they will pick it up, look inside and find a breathtaking opal.