Where Is The Love?

Where Is The Love?
By: Black Eyed Peas

What's wrong with the world, mama?
People livin' like they ain't got no mamas
I think the whole world's addicted to the drama
Only attracted to things that'll bring the trauma

Overseas, yeah, we try to stop terrorism
But we still got terrorists hear livin'
In the U.S.A., the big C.I.A.
The bloods and the crips and the K.K.K.

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

Badness is what you demonstrate
And that's exactly how anger works and operates
Man 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

(Chorus)
People killin', people dyin'
Children hurt and 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 questioning
Where is the Love?

It just ain't the same, always unchanged
New days are strange, is the world insane
If love and peace are so strong
Why are there peaces of love that don't belong?
Nations droppin' bombs

Chemical gases fillin' lungs of little ones
With the ongoing suffering as the youth die young
So, ask yourself is the lovin' really gone?
So, I could ask myself really what is goin' wrong?

In this world that we livin' in people keep on givin'
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?
(I don't know)
Where's the truth y'all?
(I don't know)
Where's the love y'all

(Chorus)

I feel the weight of the world on my shoulder
As I'm gettin' older, y'all people get colder
Most of us only care about money makin'
Selfishness got us followin' the wrong direction

Wrong information shown by the media
Negative images in the main criteria
Infecting the young minds faster than bacteria
Kids wanna act like what they see in the cinema

What happened to the values of humanity
Whatever happened to the fairness and equality
Instead of spreading love we're spreading animosity
Lack of understanding, leading lives away from unity

That's the reason why sometimes I'm feelin' under
That's the reason why sometimes I'm feelin' down
There's no wonder why sometimes I'm feelin' under
Gotta keep faith alive til love is found
And ask yourself

Where is the love?

We only got
(One world, one world)
That's all we got
(One world, one world)
And and somethings wrong with it
Somethings wrong with it
Somethings wrong with the world yeah
We only got
(one world, one world)
That's all we got

"Where is the Love" by Black Eyed Peas points out the protest against war. People are fighting for unidentified reasons and the love that once had been strong has disappeared. For example, "A war is going on but the reason's undercover" implies the fact that world peace diminished as people were fighting for unnecassary reasons. The theme of the song involves spreading love around the world and striving for peace, rather than fighting with violence resulting in pain. Many people protested against war because of the act of violence, draft, and a decrease in world peace.