What do you think Where is the love? means?

Black Eyed Peas: Where is the love? Meaning

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Where is the love? Lyrics

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...

  1. 1TOP RATED

    #1 top rated interpretation:
    anonymous
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    Mar 10th 2010 !⃝

    everyone here thinks this song is about the war in iraq. that is but a small part of the true meaning of this song. this song refers to the fight against racism that took place in our country. it talks about how kids are getting involved in gangs and caught up in a whole lot of crap that should be avoided. people are being killed form these decisions people are being hurt nothing good is coming from the surplus of hate that this country has for numerous and absurd things such as war in iraq when we should not be there anymore. we are worrying about problems that are occurring in other countries rather than fixing out situation. we need to fix our situation. we cant be going to war as it says in the song "if you practice what you preach then you turn the other cheek" this is not only referring to war but also minor issues that take place here in the united states whether it be racism or anything at all. this song is basically calling out all of the hatred and all of the un-needed crap that takes place in todays society

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    #2 top rated interpretation:
    anonymous
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    Jun 5th 2017 !⃝

    I think the song is about lack of love in the world and how everybody is causing madness. I think the point of the song is to make people realise that we should be spreading love and not hate and stop discriminating each other and causing world havoc. They are expressing all issues and saying it in. meaningful and emotive way to get listeners to understand this major problem.

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    #3 top rated interpretation:
    anonymous
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    Apr 4th 2006 !⃝

    It is about the disintergration of society's values.
    Examples:
    "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"
    Racism is being expressed in violent/humiliating methods nowadays.

    "As I'm gettin' older, y'all, people gets colder
    Most of us only care about money makin'
    Selfishness got us followin' our wrong direction"

    Materialism is getting more common. Making money seems to be the most important thing in people's minds now.

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

    It seems that the youth are easily influenced by the media. This leads to the rise in juvenile crime and violent acts.

  4. anonymous
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    Apr 28th 2023 !⃝

    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 you trauma

    This interpretation has been marked as poor. view anyway
  5. anonymous
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    Sep 6th 2022 !⃝

    I think, the song "Where is the Love " it showing or it tells us where is the love. He find the love that he didn't find to the people who he loves. It tells us that love is important and love is free, so why the others can't give their love. Love is free to give so give it free.

  6. anonymous
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    Oct 27th 2021 !⃝

    There is a range of poetic sources in this song such as similes, repetition and alliteration. For similes, there is a part that said: “that election looks like a joke” this is allowing us to make an image in our head of what is the election like. Next is repetition, there are some examples in it such as “Father, Father, Father, where is you love gone?” this part is making us think why the song repeated “Father” and the meaning of it. The last language feature I found is alliteration, the example for this is, “What happened to the love and the values of humanity? (Where's the love?) What happened to love and fairness and equality? (Where's the love?) Instead of spreading love, we're spreading animosity (Where's the love?) Lack of understanding leading us away from unity” this part is asking us questions to think for the answer and understand the author's purpose of this song. These are the three main language features that made this protest song an inspirational song to many people and me.

  7. anonymous
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    Aug 16th 2021 !⃝

    no...……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….

  8. anonymous
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    Jun 15th 2021 !⃝

    It something who was hunger in love but surprisingly it contains a deepest meaning we're do people judge others by there looks colors and status in life we're it ends into a tragic situation we're blood comes and situations cannot control. We're do people already needs help justice and peace with understanding to each and everyone

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  9. anonymous
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    Apr 28th 2021 !⃝

    everyone here thinks this song is about the war in iraq. that is but a small part of the true meaning of this song. this song refers to the fight against racism that took place in our country. it talks about how kids are getting involved in gangs and caught up in a whole lot of crap that should be avoided. people are being killed form these decisions people are being hurt nothing good is coming from the surplus of hate that this country has for numerous and absurd things such as war in iraq when we should not be there anymore. we are worrying about problems that are occurring in other countries rather than fixing out situation. we need to fix our situation. we cant be going to war as it says in the song "if you practice what you preach then you turn the other cheek" this is not only referring to war but also minor issues that take place here in the united states whether it be racism or anything at all. this song is basically calling out all of the hatred and all of the un-needed crap that takes place in todays society

  10. anonymous
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    Apr 28th 2021 !⃝

    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...

  11. anonymous
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    Apr 28th 2021 !⃝

    This song is about peace, yun lang (para sa akin lol). When a dog is a dog its a dog but when its not a dog then its not a dog.

  12. anonymous
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    Nov 9th 2020 !⃝

    The message of the song is talking about how people are worrying about situations in the US like when the song says" overseas, yeah, we try stop terrorism when we still got terrorists"

  13. anonymous
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    Nov 4th 2020 !⃝

    Sa lahat ng makakabasa nito, nawa'y maisa-isip at maisa-puso ninyo ang tunay na kahulugan ng awiting ito. Ang PAGMAMAHAL sa kapwa. Sa pamagat pa lamang ng awiting ito ay malalaman na natin ang ibig nitong iparating. Kailangan nating mahalin ang ating kapwa dahil ang pagmamahal lamang ang tanging magdadala sa atin sa magandang paraiso sa kabilang buhay.

    -AJTD

  14. anonymous
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    Nov 4th 2020 !⃝

    Where is the love?
    •Finding of Love
    Peace
    Respect

    Always Remember L.P.R.!

  15. anonymous
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    Oct 19th 2020 !⃝

    They are seeking for love, Justice and equality for all. We Should not descriminate each other because we are created in the same way by God so we should treat each other equally.

  16. anonymous
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    Mar 2nd 2020 !⃝

    The war?

    This interpretation has been marked as poor. view anyway
  17. anonymous
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    Nov 28th 2019 !⃝

    We think the song is about lack of love in the world and how everybody is causing madness. We think the point of the song is to make people realize that we should be spreading love, not hate and to stop discriminating against each other because these are causing major problems in society. They are expressing all issues and saying it in a meaningful and emotional way to get listeners to understand these major problems.

  18. anonymous
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    Nov 20th 2019 !⃝

    everyone here thinks this song is about the war in iraq. that is but a small part of the true meaning of this song. this song refers to the fight against racism that took place in our country. it talks about how kids are getting involved in gangs and caught up in a whole lot of crap that should be avoided. people are being killed form these decisions people are being hurt nothing good is coming from the surplus of hate that this country has for numerous and absurd things such as war in iraq when we should not be there anymore. we are worrying about problems that are occurring in other countries rather than fixing out situation. we need to fix our situation. we cant be going to war as it says in the song "if you practice what you preach then you turn the other cheek" this is not only referring to war but also minor issues that take place here in the united states whether it be racism or anything at all. this song is basically calling out all of the hatred and all of the un-needed crap that takes place in todays society think the song is about lack of love in the world and how everybody is causing madness. I think the point of the song is to make people realise that we should be spreading love and not hate and stop discriminating each other and causing world havoc. They are expressing all issues and saying it in. meaningful and emotive way to get listeners to understand this major problem.

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