Where's the Love?

A couple years back Black Eyed Peas came out with a song that was an instant hit. The title of the song was “Where’s the Love”. This song not only referred to racial groups such as the KKK, but also provides powerful lyrics regarding discrimination. I chose the Black Eyed Peas song “Where’s the Love” because it does not refer to just one topic that we discussed but overall what the class is about and what we should be learning.
The Black Eyed Peas are a very popular hip-hop group in today’s society. They are known for controversial lyrics about sexual confrontations and other things of that nature, so when they came out with a song like “Where’s the Love” everyone was surprised to say the least. “Where’s the Love” confronts today’s societies issues. With powerful lyrics such as “But if you only have love for your own race then you only leave space to discriminate” this song was a sure hit. Other powerful lyrics through out the song consist of recognizing terrorism over seas but realizing that we still have terrorism in our own country with the likes of the KKK. The group also asks questions through out the emotionally charged song with the likes of “whatever happened to the values of humanity whatever happened to the fairness in equality?” The Black Eyed Peas also make strong statements such as “selfishness got us following’ the wrong direction, wrong information always shown by the media, negative images is the main criteria.” I just love how this song relates so much to what we talk about in class. Every class we meet and discuss ethnical issues in the past an present and this song represents everything we talk about. I believe the overall message in the song is to create an awareness into the youth of today’s society. The song refers to the youth frequently. I believe the Black Eyed Peas purpose of this song was to reach the youth and make the youth of today’s society aware of the stereotypes and discriminations that effect everyone’s life.
I believe that even after five years, “Where’s the Love” is still a huge hit in the country today. When my younger brother and I made a road trip down south recently I turned on the Black Eyed Peas song and my brother, never having heard it before, immediately asked who sang the song and the title. I believe this song will be popular for years to come just because of how deep the songs lyrics are and how it addresses such emotional topics in today’s society.