Standard (EADGBE)
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 the things that'll bring you trauma
Overseas, yeah, we tryin to 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
Badness is what you demonstrate
And that's exactly how anger works and operates
But you gotta have love just to set it straight
Take control of your mind, meditate
Let your soul gravitate to the love
People killin', people dyin'
Children hurt and you hear them cryin'
Can you practice what you preach
Would you turn the other cheek
Father, Father, Father help us
Send some guidance from above
People got me, got me questionin'
Where is the love
It just ain't the same, always unchanged
New ways are strange, is the world the same
If love and peace is so strong
[Why are there] pieces of love that don't belong
Nations droppin' bombs
Chemical gases fillin' lungs of little ones
With ongoin' suffering as the youth die young
So I ask myself what is really going wrong
So I ask myself really what is really going on
In this world that we're livin' in people keep on givin' in
Makin wrong decisions, only visions of them dividens
Not respecting each other, deny thy brother
The war is going on but the reason's undercover
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 James (I don't know)
Where's the truth James (I don't know), hey
People killin', people dyin'
Children hurt and you hear them cryin'
Can you practice what you preach
Would you turn the other cheek
Father, Father, Father help us
Send some guidance from above
People got me, got me questionin'
Where is the love, the love, the love
Where is the love, the love, the love
I feel the weight of the world on my shoulder
As I'm getting 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
Infesting the young minds faster than bacteria
Kids wanna act like what the see in the cinema
Yo, whatever happened to the values of humanity
Whatever happened to the fairness in equality
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' down
There's no wonder why sometimes I'm feelin' under
I gotta keep my faith alive until love is found
People killin', people dyin'
Children hurt and you hear them cryin'
Can you practice what you preach
Would you turn the other cheek
Father, Father, Father help us
Send some guidance from above
People got me, got me questionin'
Where is the love, the love, the love
Where is the love, the love, the love
The love, the love
Where is the love, Manchester, the love, oi oi