Kisah Dibalik Lagu: Where Is the Love? Lagu Sarat akan Pesan Kedamaian
SEAToday.com, Jakarta - Where Is the Love? merupakan sebuah lagu yang dipopulerkan oleh grup musik asal Amerika Serikat, Black Eyed Peas.
Black Eyed Peas merupakan grup hip hop alternatif yang dibentuk di Los Angeles, California, tahun 1995 dan terdiri dari rapper will.i.am, apl.de.ap, dan Taboo, serta penyanyi Fergie.
Lagu ini merupakan lagu ke-13 dalam album bertajuk "Elephunk (International Version)" yang dirilis pada Juni 2003 dan merupakan lagu pertama yang menampilkan anggota baru mereka, Fergie.
Black Eyed Peas merilis "Where is the Love" bersama Justin Timberlake, yang terinspirasi dari peristiwa penyerangan menara kembar World Trade Center (WTC) pada 11 September 2001 di Amerika Serikat.
Lagu ini mengkritik pemberantasan terorisme di luar negeri sementara mengabaikan isu-isu seperti diskriminasi dan kebencian di dalam negeri.
Tidak hanya itu, para pemimpin yang mengobarkan perang demi keserakahan dan berbohong tentang motif mereka dan media yang mempromosikan kebencian dan memecah belah masyarakat.
Pada bulan September 2016, The Black Eyed Peas merilis “#WHERESTHELOVE ft. The World”
Personil BEP seperti Will.I.Am, Apl.De.Ap, Taboo, dan Fergie bersama artis-artis besar di industri musik lainnya berkolaborasi dalam remake "Where is The Love".
Versi "Where Is the Love?" ini dibuat usai melihat situasi dunia yang penuh kekerasan dan tragedi.
Setelah diisi dengan tragedi memilukan, mulai dari penyerangan teroris dan kasus rasisme yang terjadi dalam beberapa kejadian seperti penembakan di klub malam Orlando, Paris, dan Belgia, juga kekerasan yang dilakukan oleh polisi terhadap warga sipil.
Hal itu membuat BEP dan semua orang di seluruh dunia seakan bertanya-tanya, "Where Is the love?".
Hal inilah yang mendorong mereka untuk menghidupkan kembali hype lagu ini sebagai pesan perdamaian.
Lagu ini kembali dirilis agar memperluas pesan untuk membahas isu-isu sosial dan politik yang lebih luas, namun tetap membawa pesan persatuan, cinta, dan perdamaian yang sama kuatnya.
Buat SEAtizens yang ingin sing along lagu ini, berikut lirik lagu "Where Is the Love?" dari Black Eyed Peas.
Verse
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 things that'll bring you trauma
Overseas, yeah, we tryna 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
Madness is what you demonstrate
And that's exactly how anger works and operates
Man, you gotta have love just to set it straight
Take control of your mind and meditate
Let your soul gravitate to the love, y'all, y'all
Chorus
People killin', people dyin'
Children hurt, hear them cryin'
Can you practice what you preach
Or would you turn the other cheek?
Father, Father, Father, help us
Send 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?
Verse 2
It just ain't the same, old ways have changed
New days are strange, is the world insane?
If love and peace are so strong
Why are there pieces of love that don't belong?
Nations droppin' bombs
Chemical gasses fillin' lungs of little ones
With ongoin' sufferin' as the youth die young
So ask yourself, is the lovin' really gone?
So I could ask myself really what is goin' wrong
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 brother
A war is goin' 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, 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?
Chorus
People killin', people dyin'
Children hurt, hear them cryin'
Can you practice what you preach
Or would you turn the other cheek?
Father, Father, Father, help us
Send 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)
Where is the love? (The love)
Where is the love? (The love)
Where is the love? (The love)
Where is the love, the love, the love?
Verse 3
I feel the weight of the world on my shoulder
As I'm gettin' 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
Infecting the young minds faster than bacteria
Kids wanna act like what they see in the cinema, yo'
Whatever happened to the values of humanity?
Whatever happened to the fairness and equality?
Instead of spreading love we're spreading animosity
Lack of understanding, leading us 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
Gotta keep my faith alive 'til love is found
Now ask yourself
Bridge
Where is the love?
Where is the love?
Where is the love?
Where is the love?
Father, Father, Father, help us
Send some guidance from above
'Cause people got me, got me questionin'
Where is the love?
Outro
Sing with me y'all (one world, one world)
We only got (one world, one world)
That's all we got (one world, one world)
And something's wrong with it (yeah)
Something's wrong with it (yeah)
Something's wrong with the wo-wo-world, yeah
We only got (one world, one world)
That's all we got (one world, one world)
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