Literary Critics: “Where Is the Love” Song

SONGS LYRICS WHERE IS THE admire Whats faulty jesth the homo, mama mess livin deal they aint got no mamas I think the safe and sound terra firma inclined to the drama Only attracted to topics thatll gravel you trauma Overseas, yeah, we try to stop terrorism But we even off so got terrorists present livin In the USA, the big CIA The Bloods and The Crips and the KKK But if you exactly fall in deal for your own race because you besides leave space to discriminate And to discriminate scarcely generates detest And when you despise then youre strangulate to digest irate, yeah Madness is what you demonstrate And thats exactly how anger plant and operatesNow, you gotta oblige distinguish honourable to trim it straight Take control of your mind and meditate Let your soul gravitate to the get laid, y each(prenominal), yall mountain killin, muckle dyin Children blemish bathroom you hear them cryin? Can you practice what you urge? And would you loose the other nerve? bring forth, don, Father friend us Send us few centering from preceding(prenominal) Cause deal got me, got me questionin Where is the delight in? ( recognise) Where is the admire? (The whap) Where is the bang? (The do) Where is the love? The love, the love It just aint the same, perpetually unchanged New daytimes be strange, is the world insane?If love and peace is so strong Why are on that point pieces of love that dont belong Nations droppin bombs Chemical gasses fillin lungs of little ones With the ongoin sufferin as the y turn uph die two-year-old So beg yourself is the lovin rightfully gone So I can ask myself really what is goin wrong In this world that we livin in sight extend on givin in Makin wrong decisions, lonesome(prenominal) visions of them dividends Not respectin each other, get across thy chum salmon A war is goin on but the soils beneathcover The truth is kept secret, its swept infra the carpet If you never receive truth then yo u never know loveWheres the love, yall, bed on (I dont know) Wheres the truth, yall, come on (I dont know) Wheres the love, yall( come on yeah) People killin, plenty dyin Children hurt and 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 I liveliness the pack of the world on my shoulder As Im gettin older, yall, people gets colderMost of us still direction almost property makin Selfishness got us followin the wrong direction Wrong culture always shown by the media Negative images, its the briny criteria Infecting the young minds faster than bacteria Kids want to act like what they fancy in the cinema Yo, whatever happened to the harbor of compassionateity Whatever happened to the fairness in equality Instead in scatter love were spreading animosity Lack of understanding, leading lives away from unity Thats the reason why sometimes Im feelin under Thats the reason why sometimes Im feelin downTheres no wonder why sometimes Im feelin under (so ask yourself) Gotta keep my corporate trust alive till love is found Where is the love Where is the love Where is the love Where is the love Father, Father, Father help us Send us some guidance from above Cause people got me, got me questionin Where is the love spill the beans with my yall (one world, one world) We only got (one world, one world) Thats all we got (one world, one world) And somethins wrong wit it (yeah) Somethins wrong wit it (yeah) somethins wrong with the w-w-world (yeah) We only got (one world, one world) Thats all we got (one world, one world)LITERARY ARGUMENTS This rime was a real popular mental strain which is macrocosm written by Ralph MacDonald (Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. , 2011). This melodic phrase composed of advices and lessons to the readers. Actually, the songs title Where is the Love? has describing the whole songs meaning which is nigh the love. Love. What is exactly the meaning of the love itself, what are the values of love and does loves existence is really in-chief(postnominal) in human bes lifespan? by manner of this literary argument, all the questions leave alone be answer and discuss. The song is exactly asking all the listeners where the love is.This song tells us about what had happen to our world without love, what the world would turns without love. In the paragraph ordinal of the song, at the second last and the last line of the lyrics, Cause people got me, got me questionin, where is the love? indicates that the song main(prenominal) estimation was the existence of the love. Nowadays, people have become loveless or selfish. Some of them are even creation turn that only preferred their racist and discriminate others. This song similarly tells us about the licenti ousness of the social values. This can be seen in the songs lyric But if you only have love for your own raceThen you only leave space to discriminate And to discriminate only generates hate And when you hate then youre bound to get irate, yeah As Im gettin older, yall, people gets colder Most of us only care about money makin Selfishness got us followin our wrong direction From the lyrics, shows that nowadays human are lack of federations values. Nowadays people have become so racism and the racism itself has been explicit out in a very rage ways. This song shows and refers to the fight against the racism. People are being killed and because of this decision, some people are being discriminate brutally.There were always wars among the human themselves. The song itself was being agree with the mastery above which is being stated clearly in the paragraph five People killin, people dyin Children hurt can you hear them cryin? Can you practice what you preach? And would you turn t he other cheek? through with(predicate) the lyrics also revealed that we are only worrying about the condition of the other country without trying to pull in or solve the problems. The lyrics above said that the children are being suffered and ignored. This shows the importance of the adult role in the society.Adult should withstand on the responsibility to teach, advised and take care to the youngsters. From the second last line of the lyrics, it means that in reality the adult were the role model of others. If they are being hygienic-mannered, they exit pass the well port to the youngsters as they practicing what they have ever taught to others. There will be no mercy among humans. No people will help and be helped by others. All humans will become selfish without love. The main fountain of this song is non to make us sad, mad or to persuade us to be bias but in truth to open our eyes about the reality of the world that we lived right now.This song actually asks us to lo ve someone, non only as a lover, as a familys fellow member and friends but also to love all people even though we do not know them. We must become selfless as to love other people as well. This shows that love was very essential to human. Most of human nowadays turn their hearts away from those countries which do not have what they have. Those countries are being discriminate. People ignored others pain and they lived like there will be no ends for them and always continued to create more drama. If only we spent a minute a day to look toward the hurt, the world would change.Not only that, the lyrics also mentioned that people nowadays are being mercantile as they grown older. Materialism is getting normal and common nowadays where people getting greedier and greedier. People were only thinking for making the money. As making the money is being the most important thing in their thought or mind right now. Thus, people becoming selfish. Another example of the hoggishness of the hu man also can be shown in the short story which is being written by ridicule De Maupassant, The Necklace. This song mentioned that the kids nowadays are easily being influenced by the media through the lyrics Wrong information always shown by the media Negative images, its the main criteria Infecting the young minds faster than bacteria Kids want to act like what they see in the cinema This will lead to the increasing of the juvenile crime or others societal problems which will cause a lot of problems toward the country and the other citizens. It is also will contributes to the rising of the violence acts that bring harms to others. Therefore, it is important for the adults to be their guardian to show them the right way. Adults need to give them lessons as well as love.As a conclusion, based on this argument, it shows that this song is clearly suggests that love is a very important value in the life of human being in order to create peace. According to female horse Popova, in her blog Brain Picking loved is being the head of most literary works such as in poems, books, songs and novels. This is because the literary works are one of the medium for us to deliver feelings, thought and experienced which can be used to stand justice. The question mark itself symbolized the title of the song, Where is the Love.Another theme for this song is the searching for the answers. Whereas the lyrics composed of many questions that are actually the endless unanswered questions which only can be answered by the truth. REFERENCES Popova, M. (2011, April 18). Why We Love5 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_loveLiterary Critics Where Is the Love SongSONGS LYRICS WHERE IS THE LOVE Whats wrong with the world, mama People livin like they aint got no mamas I think the whole world addicted to the drama Only attracted to things thatll 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 youre bound to get irate, yeah Madness is what you demonstrate And thats exactly how anger works and operatesNow, you gotta have love just to set it straight Take control of your mind and meditate Let your soul gravitate to the love, yall, yall 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 aint 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 dont 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 reasons undercover The truth is kept secret, its swept under the rug If you never know truth then you never know loveWheres the love, yall, come on (I dont know) Wheres the truth, yall, come on (I dont know) Wheres the love, yall( come on yeah) People killin, people dyin Children hurt and 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 I feel the weight of the world on my shoulder As Im gettin older, yall, people gets colderMost of us only care about money makin Selfishness got us followin the wrong direction Wrong information always shown by the media Negative images, its the main criteria Infecting the young minds faster than bacteria Kids want to act like what they see in the cinema Yo, whatever happened to the values of humanity Whatever happened to the fairness in equality Instead in spreading love were spreading animosity Lack of understanding, leading lives away from unity Thats the reason why sometimes Im feelin under Thats the reason why sometimes Im feelin downTheres no wonder why sometimes Im feelin under (so ask yourself) Gotta keep my faith alive till love is found Where is the love Where is the love Where is the love Where is the love Father, Father, Father help us Send us some guidance from above Cause people got me, got me questionin Where is the love Sing with my yall (one world, one world) We only got (one world, one world) Thats all we got (one world, one world) And somethins wrong wit it (yeah) Somethins wrong wit it (yeah) somethins wrong with the w-w-world (yeah) We only got (one world, one world) Thats all we got (one world, one world)LITERARY ARGUMENTS This song was a very popular song which is being written by Ralph MacDonald (Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. , 2011). This song composed of advices and lessons to the readers. Actually, the songs title Where is the Love? has describing the whole songs meaning which is about the love. Love. What is exactly the meaning of the love itself, what are the values of love and does loves existence is really important in human beings life? Through this literary argument, all the questions will be answer and discuss. The s ong is exactly asking all the listeners where the love is.This song tells us about what had happen to our world without love, what the world would turns without love. In the paragraph sixth of the song, at the second last and the last line of the lyrics, Cause people got me, got me questionin, where is the love? indicates that the song main theme was the existence of the love. Nowadays, people have become loveless or selfish. Some of them are even being bias that only preferred their racist and discriminate others. This song also tells us about the disintegration of the societal values. This can be seen in the songs lyric But if you only have love for your own raceThen you only leave space to discriminate And to discriminate only generates hate And when you hate then youre bound to get irate, yeah As Im gettin older, yall, people gets colder Most of us only care about money makin Selfishness got us followin our wrong direction From the lyrics, shows that nowadays human are lack of societys values. Nowadays people have become so racism and the racism itself has been expressed out in a very violence ways. This song shows and refers to the fight against the racism. People are being killed and because of this decision, some people are being discriminate brutally.There were always wars among the human themselves. The song itself was being agreed with the statement above which is being stated clearly in the paragraph five People killin, people dyin Children hurt can you hear them cryin? Can you practice what you preach? And would you turn the other cheek? Through the lyrics also revealed that we are only worrying about the condition of the other country without trying to fix or solve the problems. The lyrics above said that the children are being suffered and ignored. This shows the importance of the adult role in the society.Adult should carry on the responsibility to teach, advised and take care to the youngsters. From the second last line of the lyrics, it mean s that actually the adult were the role model of others. If they are being well-mannered, they will pass the well behavior to the youngsters as they practicing what they have ever taught to others. There will be no mercy among humans. No people will help and be helped by others. All humans will become selfish without love. The main motive of this song is not to make us sad, mad or to persuade us to be bias but actually to open our eyes about the reality of the world that we lived right now.This song actually asks us to love someone, not only as a lover, as a familys member and friends but also to love all people even though we do not know them. We must become selfless as to love other people as well. This shows that love was very essential to human. Most of human nowadays turn their hearts away from those countries which do not have what they have. Those countries are being discriminate. People ignored others pain and they lived like there will be no ends for them and always continu ed to create more drama. If only we spent a minute a day to look toward the hurt, the world would change.Not only that, the lyrics also mentioned that people nowadays are being materialistic as they grown older. Materialism is getting normal and common nowadays where people getting greedier and greedier. People were only thinking for making the money. As making the money is being the most important thing in their thought or mind right now. Thus, people becoming selfish. Another example of the greediness of the human also can be shown in the short story which is being written by Guy De Maupassant, The Necklace. This song mentioned that the kids nowadays are easily being influenced by the media through the lyrics Wrong information always shown by the media Negative images, its the main criteria Infecting the young minds faster than bacteria Kids want to act like what they see in the cinema This will lead to the increasing of the juvenile crime or others societal problems which will ca use a lot of problems toward the country and the other citizens. It is also will contributes to the rising of the violence acts that bring harms to others. Therefore, it is important for the adults to be their guardian to show them the right way. Adults need to give them lessons as well as love.As a conclusion, based on this argument, it shows that this song is clearly suggests that love is a very important value in the life of human being in order to create peace. According to Maria Popova, in her blog Brain Picking loved is being the theme of most literary works such as in poems, books, songs and novels. This is because the literary works are one of the medium for us to express feelings, thought and experienced which can be used to stand justice. The question mark itself symbolized the title of the song, Where is the Love.Another theme for this song is the searching for the answers. Whereas the lyrics composed of many questions that are actually the endless unanswered questions wh ich only can be answered by the truth. REFERENCES Popova, M. (2011, April 18). Why We Love5 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