What's Going On? Lyrics - Singles - All-star Tribute

What's going on 

Tell me 

People dying 

People crying 

Lord, help us 

Mother, mother 

There's too many of you crying 

Oh, brother, brother, brother 

There's far too many of you dying 

That's right 

You know we've got to find a way 

To bring some lovin' here today 

Oh my father, father 

We don't need to escalate 

You see war is not the answer 

For only love can conquer hate 

You know we've got to find a way 

To bring some lovin' here today 

Barricades can't block our way 

Don't punish me with brutality 

Talk to me, so you can see 

Oh what's going on 

What's going on 

Yeah, what's going on 

Ah what's going on 

What's going on in a world filled with pain? 

Where's the love for which we pray? 

What's going on 

When our children can't play 

Homeless can't eat? 

There's got to be a better way 

What's going on 

When we politically blind? 

Can't see the signs of endangered times 

What's going on 

What's goin' on in the world today? 

I'd rather be dead than to turn my head away 

We got this first world vision too 

Comfy to lift up our hands in the air 

And cry for a switch 

Father, father 

Father help us, come on 

Everybody thinks we're wrong 

Oh, but who are they to judge us? 

Together we can all be strong 

United we stand, united we fall 

Oh you know we've got to find a way 

To bring some understanding here today 

Barricades can't block our way 

Don't punish me with brutality 

Baby, talk to me so you can see 

Yeah, what's going on 

Hey, what's going on 

Somebody tell me what's going on 

I'll tell you what's goin' on, uh 

What's going on 'cross seas? 

Every minute a child dies by this disease 

In record numbers indeed 

Got mommas crying out please 

My baby, hold on 

My child ain't done nothing wrong 

Still I want to holler 

Ask them why they don't bother 

Oh no, oh no 

Make me turn to my father 

And ask him why they all got a trapped soul 

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, let's fight we better unite 

As genocide chemical war and the rich and the poor 

Know that God delivers a cure 

It's a shame our reality is devastating 

People praying for a cure dying while they're waiting 

Ask the Lord for the comfort and strength to face it 

All the kids with dreams won't get the chance to chase it 

Makes me sad 

Think about the lives they would've 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 what's going on 

(What's going on) 

We got human beings using humans for a bomb 

But everyone wanna live 

Don't nobody really want to die? 

You feeling me right 

I can't be watching people die 

(Die) 

And watching people cry 

Let me break it down for a minute 

If there's enough room here for you and me 

There's plenty of room for some humanity 

Somebody tell me what's going on 

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