Protest Song

Overview

• Name of the song

Where Is The Love

• Name of musician

The Black Eyed Peas

• Social ill/problem being protested

the state of post 9/11 world, which all but calls for US withdrawal from Iraq

The Song

• Sample of lyrics

Overseas, yeah, we try to stop terrorism

But we still got terrorists here livin'

In the USA, the big CIA

The Bloods and The Crips and the KKK

People killin', people dyin'

Children hurt and you hear them cryin'

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

Relevance

• Event, person, and place

Event:9/11 Attacks

Person: American and Islamic terrorists from Saudi Arabia and several other Arab nations

Place: USA

• Approximate date

9/11/2001

• Location

World Trade Center complex in New York City, New York, USA, Pentagon

• Significance in history

Biggest and first terrorist attack of the USA

“Terrorist attacks can shake the foundations of our biggest buildings, but they cannot touch the foundation of America. These acts shatter steel, but they cannot dent the steel of American resolve.” -George W. Bush

• Contemporary connections (compare song to current event)

I compared this song to the Russian plane crash in Egypt, which happened on October 13,2015.

• Trivia related to the events, people, and places

Event:9/11, war/disagreement between 2 countries

People: those who live in the countries, military

Place: anywhere

The reasons you selected this song and/or musician

I have loved this song since it first came out, and not truly knowing the meaning until today.

“People killin', people dyin'

Children hurt and you hear them cryin'” was my favorite line, once Ms.Kelly said to find a “Protest song”, I knew that this song had to do something with the subject.

External links

http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=3301

http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/blackeyedpeas/whereisthelove.html

http://www.history.com/topics/9-11-attacks#

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