As long as the songs are strong, I think you can express yourself in any style and have it be soulful and have it be your own voice.
“Saddam Hussein was a horrible man, and I am pleased he is no longer running Iraq. But the war was wrong.”
“This campaign was special because we always kept the challenger mentality we had from the start. We managed to keep the against-all-odds, can-do spirit that kept us going when no one thought we could win.”