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Sunday 6 April 2014

Where is the love - Global problems

I found this song by the Black Eyed Peas - it talks about a lot of the problems in the world today and will be used to kick off discussions with my teens on this topic. NB lots of words and quite fast but the kids will like it :)






Where is the love – Black Eyed Peas


What's wrong with the world, mama
People livin' like they ain't got no mamas
I think the whole world addicted to the ..........
Only attracted to things that'll bring you..........
Overseas, yeah, we try to stop terrorism
But we still got terrorists here livin'
In the USA, the big CIA
The Blood from The Crips and the KKK
But if you only have love for your own race
Then you only leave space to ..........
And to discriminate only generates ..........
And when you hate then you're bound to get .......... , yeah
Madness is what you demonstrate
And that's exactly how anger works and operates
Now, you gotta have love just to set it ..........
Take control of your mind and ..........
Let your soul gravitate to the love, y'all, y'all
Chorus
People killin', people dyin'
Children hurt can you hear them cryin'?
Can you practice what you .......... ?
And would you turn the other .......... ?
Father, Father, Father help us
Send us some guidance from above
'Cause people got me, got me questionin'
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


It just ain't the same, always unchanged
New days are strange, is the world .......... ?
If love and peace is so ..........
Why are there pieces of love that don't belong
Nations droppin' bombs
Chemical gasses fillin' lungs of little ones
With the ongoin' sufferin' as the youth die young
So ask yourself is the lovin' really ..........
So I can ask myself really what is goin' ..........
In 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 ..........
A war is goin' on but the reason's ..........
The truth is kept secret, it's 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)
Where's the truth, y'all, come on (I don't know)
Where's the love, y'all (come on yeah)
Chorus
I feel the weight of the world on my ..........
As I'm gettin' older, y'all, people gets ..........
Most of us only care about money makin'
Selfishness got us followin' the wrong direction
Wrong information always shown by the ..........
Negative images, it's the main criteria
Infecting the young minds faster than ..........
Kids want to act like what they see in the ..........
Yo', whatever happened to the values of humanity
Whatever happened to the fairness in ..........
Instead of spreading love we're spreading animosity
Lack of understanding, leading lives away from unity
That's the reason why sometimes I'm feelin' under
That's the reason why sometimes I'm feelin' ..........
There's no wonder why sometimes I'm feelin' under
Gotta keep my faith alive till love is found now ask yourself
chorus

 Worksheet here

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