The Bloods And The Black Eyed Peas

People have been writing songs about how they view the world for generations. For generations these songs have shaped how we view society, or at least have influenced others to influence society and those around them. The band The Black Eyed Peas are no different in the songs that they produce. Most of their songs make people analyze themselves and their surroundings, such as who really is running the country, the person they sit next to on the bus to school everyday, even the man who delivers their mail six days a week. Their song "Where is the Love?" is a powerful ballad that makes people realize that we are far from a perfect country.
In the beginning of the song, it asks the question that most everyone has contemplated at least once
People that commit hate crimes are not given a strong enough punishment to serve for the crime that they commit. Some people believe that the government is spending too much money on countries over seas, and not enough on the starving children that we have right here in our own country.
In the next line, they talk about discrimination and how it just produces, more hate and that people need to let go of their anger and to find the love. We have so much discrimination in the world that most races in the world do not get along. An example of these is when Hurricane Katrina hit. All people saw on the news was black people looting the stores and being rescued off the rooftops. People never saw any white people being rescued but we know that they were there. In the chorus, they say:
"People killin', people dyin'
Children hurt and you hear them cryin'
Can you practice what you
That most people say that they would help an abused child but faced with that reality all they do is turn the other way. In the next few lines, they ask for some guidance from a higher power, because they do not know where the love has gone.
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In the next part of the song, they talk about countries dropping bombs on other countries, and children dying from chemical gases. It is sad that most people are more worried about harming people that do not have their religious beliefs then about world peace. In the next part, they talk about how media is poisoning the minds of children and how they want to act out what they see on TV. Children are younger then they have ever been when they have their first sexual experience and their first drug use. The young girls are dressing sexier than they ever have. They also talk about how we are spreading animosity instead of spreading love. They mean that we get angry and act on those feelings instead of trying to forget and be understanding. We spend more then half of are life be angry at somebody, and we forget how to