Black Eyed Peas/ Justin Timberlake《Where Is the Love?》
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这个世界究竟怎么了，妈妈？
——《Where Is the Love?》
歌名: 《Where Is the Love?》
歌者：Black Eyed Peas/ Justin Timberlake
词曲： J. Curtis, Printz Board, Michael Fratantuno & 5 more
流派： 流行
歌曲评分：满分五星，歌词意境、旋律动听程度（包括歌手的演唱是否优美）、情感的丰富性、配乐水平、流行程度等五个方面判断。
学习难度：最容易的为1星，最难为5星。
歌词
[Verse 1: will.i.am]
What's wrong with the world, Mama?
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
Overseas, yeah, we tryna 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
Madness is what you demonstrate
And that's exactly how anger works and operates
Man, 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
[Chorus: Justin Timberlake]
People killin', people dyin'
Children hurtin', hear them cryin'
Can you practice what you preach?
And would you turn the other cheek?
Father, father, father, help us
Send some guidance from above
'Cause people got me, got me questioning
Where is the love?
[Post-Chorus: will.i.am & Fergie]
(Love) Where is the love? (The love)
Where is the love? (The love)
Where is the love, the love, the love?
[Verse 2: Taboo]
It just ain't the same, old ways have changed
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 gases filling lungs of little ones
With ongoing sufferin' as the youth die young
So ask yourself, is the lovin' really gone?
So I can ask myself, really, what is going wrong
With 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 reason's undercover
The truth is kept secret, and 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)
And where's the truth, y'all? Come on (I don't know)
And where's the love y'all?
[Chorus: Justin Timberlake]
People killin', people dyin'
Children hurtin', hear them cryin'
Can you practice what you preach?
And would you turn the other cheek?
Father, father, father, help us
Send some guidance from above
'Cause people got me, got me questioning
Where is the love?
[Post-Chorus: will.i.am & Fergie]
(Love) Where is the love? (The love)
Where is the love? (The love)
Where is the love? (The love)
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?
[Verse 3: apl.de.ap]
I feel the weight of the world on my shoulder
As I'm gettin' older, y'all people gets colder
Most of us only care about money-makin'
Selfishness got us followin' the wrong direction
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
Yo, whatever happened to the values of humanity? (Yeah)
Whatever happened to the fairness and equality? (Yeah)
Instead of spreading love, we spreading animosity (Yeah)
Lack of understanding leading us away from unity
That's the reason why sometimes I'm feelin' under
That's the reason why sometimes I'm feelin' down
It's no wonder why sometimes I'm feelin' under
Gotta keep my faith alive 'til love is found
Now ask yourself
[Post-Chorus: will.i.am]
Where is the love?
Where is the love?
Where is the love?
Where is the love?
[Chorus: Justin Timberlake]
Father, father, father, help us
Send some guidance from above
'Cause people got me, got me questioning
Where is the love?
[Outro: will.i.am & Justin Timberlake]
Now sing with me, y'all (One world, one world)
We only got (One world, one world)
That's all we got (One world, one world)
And something's wrong with it (Yeah)
Something's wrong with it (Yeah)
Something's wrong with the w-world, world, yeah
We only got (One world, one world)
That's all we got (One world, one world)
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多添一点：
今天分享一首Black Eyed Peas/ Justin Timberlake 的《Where Is the Love?》。
这首歌是黑眼豆豆第三张专辑《Elephunk》中的第一首单曲，发行于2003年。这是新成员 Fergie加盟后的首支单曲。这首单曲在美国排名第八，成为黑眼豆豆的第一首畅销单曲，并在澳大利亚和英国登顶。这首歌在英国受到了很多人的喜爱，曾连续6周位居榜首，这很了不起，因为该乐队在英国鲜为人知。而今天分享的这首单曲是乐队最著名和最具突破性的单曲。
这首歌内容有关警察暴行、种族主义和恐怖主义，最初灵感来自911事件后世界的一个状态。他们成员几乎都经历了那次事件。Taboo说到：“我只记得911那天，Will跑进房间说，'哟!我们被攻击了。”另一个成员apl.de.ap补充说到：“然后我们看到了第二架飞机，就是这么真实的发生了。”Will.i.am（William Adams，乐队创始人）说到：“我奶奶进行了祷告，并告诉我不应该因为害怕待在家里，要利用自己的天赋。”
此外他们还邀请了Justin Timberlake演唱中间的副歌部分，但并没有被列入歌手名单，也没有出现在MV中。他的唱片公司希望他低调的为此贡献，因为他们不希望它干扰他的新专辑《Justified》。
2016年8月31日，黑眼豆豆乐队发布了这首歌的新版本。重新录制的灵感来自世界各地发生的悲剧事件。Will.i.am说“我记得巴黎袭击发生时，人们说'我们再次需要《Where Is the Love?》'。然后是比利时，然后是土耳其，然后是奥兰多，然后是菲兰多.......每个人都在呼唤我们，说我们还需要那首歌。”
他们请来了更多著名朋友，包括Justin Timberlake, Usher, Jamie Foxx, The Game, Mary J. Blige, Jessie J, Jessica Szohr, Nicole Scherzinger, Diddy, DJ Khaled, Andra Day, Tori Kelly, Ty Dolla $ign, Jaden Smith和ASAP Rocky。
新版专辑的收益用于多个慈善机构，包括奥尔顿斯特林基金(Alton Sterling Fund)、达拉斯警官基金(Dallas Police Officers)、菲兰多卡斯提尔基金(Philando Castile Fund)和will.i.am的非营利组织i.am.angel Foundation，帮助处于危机中的社区。
每天看到的新闻都让人忧愁，很想如同这首歌中的第一句歌词那样问一问，
这个世界究竟怎么了，妈妈？