What's Going On (LP Version)
Whats going on
Tell me
People dying, people crying - Lord help us
Mother, mother, Theres too many of you crying
Oh, brother, brother, brother Theres far too many of you dying
Thats right
You know weve got to find a way To bring some lovin here today
Oh my father, father We dont need to escalate
You see war is not the answer
For only love can conquer hate
You know weve got to find a way To bring some lovin here today
Barricades cant block our way
Dont punish me with brutality
Talk to me so you can see
Oh whats going on (whats going on) Whats going on (whats going on)
Yeah whats going on (whats going on) Ahh whats going on (whats going on)
Whats going on in a world filled with pain?
Wheres the love for which we pray?
Whats going on When our children cant play Homeless cant eat
Theres got to be a better way
Whats going on when we politically blind
Cant see the signs of endangered times
Whats going on
Ah tell me Whats going on in the world today
Id rather be dead Than turn my head away
We gotta first world vision to complete
To lift our hands in the air and cry for a switch
Father, father
Father help us, come on
Everybody thinks were wrong
Oh, but who are they to judge us (Who are they to judge us)
Together we can all be strong
United we stand, divided we fall
You know weve got to find a way
To bring some understanding here today
Barricades cant block our way
Dont punish me with brutality
Baby talk to me So you can see
Yeah, whats going on Hey,
whats going on
Somebody tell me
Whats going on
Somebody tell me
Whats going on-oh yeah yeah
Whats going on cross seas
Every minute a child dies by this disease
In record numbers indeed
Your mommas crying out please My baby hold on
My child aint done nothing wrong
Still I want to holler Ask them why they dont bother
Oh no, oh no Make me turn to my father And ask him why they all
got us trapped souls
I can feel what was bothering Marvin
Why his words forever remain Dealing with these modern day problems
Cause of ignorance surrounding me And my constituents
Too many infected Too many lives diminishing Nobody say
Protestants, Jews, Blacks, And Whites, Latinos and Asians Pray together
Less fight We better unite As genocide chemical war And the rich and the poor
Know that God delivers a cure
Its a shame our reality is devastating
People praying for a cure
Dying while theyre waiting Ask the Lord for the comfort
And strength to face it All the kids with dreams
Wont get the chance to chase it Makes me sad
Think about the lives they wouldve had
Think about the orphan babies Got no moms
and dads How can we sit back and not try to make it right
We gotta come together We gotta fight for life
Somebody tell me whats going on (Whats going on)
We got human beings using humans for a bomb
But everyone wanna live Dont nobody really want to die
You feeling me, right? (Right)
I cant be watching people die (Die)
And watching people cry Let me break it down for a minute
If theres enough room here for you and for me
Theres plenty of room for some humanity
Tell me whats going on You got to tell me (Whats going on)
Tell me (Whats going on) Tell me (Whats going on)