Sociological Analysis Of The Song 'Where Is The Love'

The song “Where’s the Love” by the Black Eyed Peas, which was written in 2003, interprets the message from the author that there is massive discrimination and hatred among people in the United States. In addition, the lyrics suggests that love is lost among human kindness. The Black Eyed Peas open their song using a rhetorical question,“What's wrong with the world, mama?” (LINE 1), by doing so the audience thinks about the tragedies taking place on a larger scale.

This song implies that individual’s are violating the norms and values of society. They start the song with a verse that expresses

He sees the group of students bobbing their heads to the beat of the song. Do they even care about the message behind the lyrics? This song is called “Kim” by Eminem, and it’s included in a website article that lists fifty rap songs with violent lyrics. Song lyrics, whether they are good or bad, have a profound effect on people’s lives. The varieties of music are accepted by many. However, throughout the years, there has been an increased acceptance of songs that promote violence. This has led some to research the effect these violent songs can have on people and society as a whole. Aggressive lyrics encourages violence in society because such music increases negative emotions and thoughts, influences aggressive behavior, and affect the upbringing of children and adolescents.

Following 9/11, violence and hatred were taking place on US soil. The song addressed this problem by saying “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” (Black Eyed Peas). This line addressed the Iraq war, but its true point was that violence and racism were also issues needing dealt with. The Bloods, the Crips, and the KKK were all gangs that were active when this song was released.

The song is set against the backdrop of the Baltimore city riots and Son of Nun said "This song is before and after Black Lives Matter, it's the same song we've been singing since we got off the boat. Y'all just haven't been paying attention. It's about fighting for each other in the face of white supremacy, seeing connections with other people's struggles, and recognizing our own

The symbolism in this song is that life is hard for other members of the society. This song regards a man trying/ resolving to alter his ways before starting to change the world. This

The Game song, “Don’t Shoot,” explains the Black Lives Matter Movement and protest the Black Lives Matter Movement. The song explains some of the death of an African American and explaining today society to the people and the younger society. “Time to take a stand and save our future, like we all got shot, we all got shot, throwing up our hands don't let them shoot us, cause we all we got, we all we got” (Lines 7-10) Lines 7-10 telling today society to wake up and stand for the future of younger generation and today generation. Also stating that life is to short just to kill other. Do whatever it takes for the world to be a better place and help each other because we all we got which is each other. “Seen the pictures, feel the pain, scandalous how they murder son Tired of them killing us, I'm on my way to Ferguson, talked to TIP, I talked to Diddy, them my brothers walking with me.” (Lines 14-16) Lines 14-16 explaining the tears of today society and how hurt people are from the pictures to the news of the younger generation. This verse is trying to state that society is tired of people dying for no reason and it is time to take a stand against the ones who are causing the tears of the people and protest to make the world a better

Black Eyed Peas in “Where Is the Love” have used repetition, rhyming and figurative language. The song has rhyming throughout all the lyrics to make it catchy and so that it gets stuck in people’s minds so that they remember the song and the issues that have been mentioned. Also, to make certain important words stand out, such as, “discriminate”, “hate” and “irate, all to elicit emotion on the

This song criticises the hypocrisy that he sees in the U.S. politicians and parents in “the great country of ours” as Eminem described the Unite States. Eminem receives allegation due to his improper use of words and foul languages in his music, politicians, and government are trying to destroy his music career on influencing the youth’s criminal behavior. He express his anger and offense to those who tried to put an end in his music career, Lynne Cheney and former Vice-president Al Gore’s wife who went against Eminem, this line also portrayed the use of freedom of speech at its full potential as his lyrics are objectionable. This demonstrates the inconsistency of the American social structure showing the democracy of hypocrisy. A strong comparison between United State of America and the divided state of embarrassment.

Although it was written in 2006, this song could also apply to society today. We are currently living in a digital world. Music and social media sites such as Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram are the main platform for the current generation. Many people use social media sites to express their thoughts and opinions about certain issues. And artists use music and their lyrics to get their point across to their intended audience.

This song is about gang violence. Some guys are about to beat up a boy but Michael intervenes and they all begin to dance. He is saying that it is ridiculous to even be fighting. The boy is trying to defend himself but Michael is saying that he doesn’t have to risk his life in a fight to prove himself. Michael tells him to just leave it alone. He tells him it doesn’t matter who is wrong or right.

The song “Where Is The Love” by the Black Eyed Peas is a very heartfelt prayer for the healing and suffering in the world and society that we live in. I feel like the song is about exactly what the title is asking. Where is the love? Sometimes we have to stop, look around us and think about the relationships we have with other people. Are our relationships built on foundations of true love, compassion and kindness? Although the songs was originally released in 2003, most of the issues the song focuses on are still relevant today, in 2017. Which really makes me wonder, where IS the love? Surely after 14 years, things would have changed. Hate and war have existed since the beginning of humanity. Crime is an enormous part of our society, in the past and in the present. Imagine a world that is crime free, the perfect utopia. A world where everyone accepts their neighbour for the person they truly are, without racism, without judgement, without oppression. “Where is the love?” recognizes chaos in a broken world, intoxicated with violence and hate.

He explains on how violent his life was and how he had to survive. In the song he mentions “ The projects is full of bullets, the bodies is droppin” showing that where he

In fact, in the description of the song, it says it features the world. In other words, the song is not aimed at one part of the population or excluding any part of the population. In addition, in a verse it says “But if you only have love for your own race, then you only leave space to discriminate.” The lyrics are saying that you cannot only love the people who are like you and that you have to be open minded and try to accept people that are nothing like you. Another part of the lyrics say that “chemical gasses fillin’ lungs of the little ones.” People need to know that you are hurting children when you are aiming at a whole part of the population, and these children are supposed to be the future of our world.

This song is historically important because it caused an uproar of the new wave generation, by encouraging free thinking and the exercising of rights. This song is a perfect representation of punk as a genre because not only does it have a representation of the rebelliousness towards society, it also explains the rebelliousness of rising up against the people in charge and taking control of your life, without letting the people around you disrupt your flow. The song has an antiaesthetic attached to it because of the repetitive music style along with the growls and yelling by the lead singer. Instead of playing beautiful music, the band plays whaat can be considered noisy music. This song morally is meant to give the listeners of this music a desire to speak up for themselves and not to put up with things they don’t