Literary Critics: "Where Is the Love" Song
SONG’S LYRICS: WHERE IS THE LOVE
What 's wrong with the world, mama
People livin ' like they ain 't got no mamas
I think the whole world addicted to the drama
Only attracted to things that 'll bring you trauma
Overseas, yeah, we try to stop terrorism
But we still got terrorists here livin '
In the USA, the big CIA
The Bloods and The Crips and the KKK
But if you only have love for your own race
Then you only leave space to discriminate
And to discriminate only generates hate
And when you hate then you 're bound to get irate, yeah
Madness is what you demonstrate
And that 's exactly how anger works and operates
Now, you gotta have love just to set it straight
Take control of your mind and meditate
Let your soul gravitate to the love, y 'all, y 'all
People killin ', people dyin '
Children hurt can you hear them cryin '?
Can you practice what you preach?
And would you turn the other cheek?
Father, Father, Father help us
Send us some guidance from above 'Cause people got me, got me questionin '
Where is the love? (Love)
Where is the love? (The love)
Where is the love? (The love)
Where is the love?
The love, the love
It just ain 't the same, always unchanged
New days are strange, is the world insane?
If love and peace is so strong
Why are there pieces of love that don 't belong
Nations droppin ' bombs
Chemical gasses fillin ' lungs of little ones
With the ongoin ' sufferin ' as the youth die young
So ask yourself is the lovin ' really gone
So I can ask myself really what is goin ' wrong
In this world that we livin ' in people keep on givin ' in
Makin ' wrong decisions, only visions of them dividends
Not respectin ' each other, deny thy brother
A war is goin ' on but the reason 's undercover
The truth is kept secret, it 's swept under the rug
If you never know truth then you never know love
Where 's the love, y 'all, come on (I don 't know)
Where 's the truth, y 'all, come
What 's wrong with the world, mama
People livin ' like they ain 't got no mamas
I think the whole world addicted to the drama
Only attracted to things that 'll bring you trauma
Overseas, yeah, we try to stop terrorism
But we still got terrorists here livin '
In the USA, the big CIA
The Bloods and The Crips and the KKK
But if you only have love for your own race
Then you only leave space to discriminate
And to discriminate only generates hate
And when you hate then you 're bound to get irate, yeah
Madness is what you demonstrate
And that 's exactly how anger works and operates
Now, you gotta have love just to set it straight
Take control of your mind and meditate
Let your soul gravitate to the love, y 'all, y 'all
People killin ', people dyin '
Children hurt can you hear them cryin '?
Can you practice what you preach?
And would you turn the other cheek?
Father, Father, Father help us
Send us some guidance from above 'Cause people got me, got me questionin '
Where is the love? (Love)
Where is the love? (The love)
Where is the love? (The love)
Where is the love?
The love, the love
It just ain 't the same, always unchanged
New days are strange, is the world insane?
If love and peace is so strong
Why are there pieces of love that don 't belong
Nations droppin ' bombs
Chemical gasses fillin ' lungs of little ones
With the ongoin ' sufferin ' as the youth die young
So ask yourself is the lovin ' really gone
So I can ask myself really what is goin ' wrong
In this world that we livin ' in people keep on givin ' in
Makin ' wrong decisions, only visions of them dividends
Not respectin ' each other, deny thy brother
A war is goin ' on but the reason 's undercover
The truth is kept secret, it 's swept under the rug
If you never know truth then you never know love
Where 's the love, y 'all, come on (I don 't know)
Where 's the truth, y 'all, come
References: Popova, M. (2011, April 18). Why We Love:5 Books on the Psychology of Love. Retrieved October 27, 2011, from Brain Pickings: http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2011/04/18/5-must-read-books-on-love/ Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. (2011, May 23). Wikipedia: Where Is The Love. Retrieved October 27, 2011, from Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Where_is_the_love