Studying humanism in literature is unique in that “it makes us feel what it means to be human, what one person experiences, what one person feels.” Humanism can be considered as highly related with this song. The song is about how the artists view people that has lost their feeling of humanity, mercy, love and unity. People are more focused on fulfilling their own needs and put had put themselves at a higher priority until they have lost sight of what is important as a human being. The world is perceived as a drama in terms of people are fighting to get what they want and individualism comes first in many aspects. They don’t care about the children that are suffering because of their selfish action. Disputes and discrimination can’t be avoided, even in their own country. United States have racism issues during back then where in the song it says The bloods and the Crips and the Klu Klux Klan referred to as the K.K.K. This here means the bloods are the murders, the Crips are the gangsters and the K.K.K are the extremist group in the U.S.A and racist towards African Americans. Killing became a norm that wasn’t for justice anymore but instead for personal interest like money and status. The abstract things in the world became the desire of people and god is being seen as something unrelated.
In the second verse, it describes the situation of the incident of 9/11 which a case of explosions, bombings and shootings occurred. Many people were affected and many children were dead. The description of the situation at that time were truly awful. Justice were not done towards the innocence and the media, authorities and people ‘turn the other cheek’ (ignoring and do not want to be involved in the situation). The violence of games, movies and media’s poisoned the mind of the children as tend to follow what they see, potraying what is shown on the televisions are always true and heroic. The message in the song that the artist delivered touched the heart of many people around the world as they once again spread the human qualities that have been forgotten. ‘The Love’ refers to the feeling that every human holds and it possess strong power in order to change the world. In 2016, they released a new video that uses graphic, poignant, black-and-white photography to focus attention on the recent terror attacks in Europe, the crisis in Syria, the shootings of Philando Castile and Alton Sterling, and the killing of five police officers in Dallas.
Where Is The Love?
Black Eyed Peas
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
Badness is what you demonstrate
And that's exactly how anger works and operates
Nigga, 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 killing, people dying
Children hurt and you hear them crying
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 (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 on going suffering as the youth die young
So ask yourself is the loving really gone
So I could ask myself really
what is going wrong
In this world that we livin' in
people keep on giving in
Making wrong decisions, only visions of them dividends
Not respecting each other, deny thy brother
A war is going 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 on (I don't know)
Where's the love, y'all
People killing, people dying
Children hurt and you hear them crying
would you practice what you preach
or 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 (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 I'm getting older, y'all, people gets colder
Most of us only care about money making
Selfishness got us followin' in the wrong direction
Wrong information always shown by the media
Negative images is the main criteria
Infecting the young minds faster than bacteria
Kids 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 we spreading animosity
Lack of understanding,
leading lives away from unity
That's the reason why sometimes I'm feeling under
That's the reason why sometimes I'm feeling down
There's no wonder why sometimes I'm feeling under
Gotta keep my faith alive till love is found
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)
Where is the love (The love)
Where is the love (The love)
Where is the love (The love)
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
Badness is what you demonstrate
And that's exactly how anger works and operates
Nigga, 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 killing, people dying
Children hurt and you hear them crying
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 (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 on going suffering as the youth die young
So ask yourself is the loving really gone
So I could ask myself really
what is going wrong
In this world that we livin' in
people keep on giving in
Making wrong decisions, only visions of them dividends
Not respecting each other, deny thy brother
A war is going 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 on (I don't know)
Where's the love, y'all
People killing, people dying
Children hurt and you hear them crying
would you practice what you preach
or 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 (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 I'm getting older, y'all, people gets colder
Most of us only care about money making
Selfishness got us followin' in the wrong direction
Wrong information always shown by the media
Negative images is the main criteria
Infecting the young minds faster than bacteria
Kids 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 we spreading animosity
Lack of understanding,
leading lives away from unity
That's the reason why sometimes I'm feeling under
That's the reason why sometimes I'm feeling down
There's no wonder why sometimes I'm feeling under
Gotta keep my faith alive till love is found
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)
Where is the love (The love)
Where is the love (The love)
Where is the love (The love)
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