Explanation Of The Song 'Black Eyed Peas'

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The Black Eyed Peas did a song, Where is the love back in 2003 depicting the struggle and problems going on with the nation at the time. It was done post 9-11 and addressed government corruption and terrorism. This year, The Black Eyed Peas came up with an updated version of the song because of wanting to remind people that there's still problems that need to be addressed and changed for the better. I believe the song accurately depicts what's been happening in our nation, but has not addressed everything. Theres many problems in our country, but the song specifies in addressing ones the artist think is important now. The 2016 version, which closely resembles the older version, addresses police brutality, discrimination, and indifference of human beings. …show more content…
It doesn't suggest the state. I think the poets and musicians and artists are of the age - not only do they lead the age on, but they also reflect that age” (Lennon). I agree with his statement especially with how accurate the new version addresses some of the problems going on in our nation. Our nation is going to some tough time, with discrimination among races and indifference among our kind. There has been the killing of many black people by policemen without reason or danger happening today, yesterday and will most likely happen tomorrow. They are not justified by their actions and the song addresses the situation in clear. I got the idea that the song wants everyone to work together as one to make change in our nation for the better. The 2016 video of the song, Where is the love shows many artist and known celebrity names of any color to signify the

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