What's going on (tell me)   People dying (yeah)   People crying (uh huh)   Lord, help us      Mother, mother   There's too many of you crying   Oh, brother, brother, brother   There's far too many of you dying   (That's right)      You know we've got to find a way   To bring some loving here today      Oh, my father, father (father)   We don't need to escalate   You see war is not the answer   For only love can conquer hate      You know we've got to find a way   To bring some loving here today   (Say what)      Barricades (sister)   Can't block our way (sister)   Don't punish me (sister)   With brutality (sister)   Talk to me (sister)   So you can see (sister)      Oh, what's going on   (What's going on)   What's going on   (What's going on)   Yeah, what's going on   (What's going on)   What's going on   (What's going on)      What's going on   In a world filled with pain   Where's the love   For which we pray      What's going on   When our children can't play   Homeless can't eat   There's got to be a better way      What's going on   When we're politically blind   Can't see the signs   Of endangered times   What's going on      Tell me   What's going on in the world today   I'd rather be dead   Than turn my head away      We gotta first   World vision to complete   To lift our hands in the air   And cry for a switch      Father, father   (Father, help us, come on)   Everybody thinks we're wrong   Oh, but who are they to judge us   (Who are they to judge us)   Together, we can all be strong   (United we stand, divided we fall)      You know we've got to find a way   To bring some understanding here today      Barricades (brother)   Can't block our way (brother)   Don't punish me (brother)   With brutality (brother)   Baby, talk to me (brother)   So you can see      Yeah, what's going on   (What's going on)   Hey, what's going on   (What's going on)   Somebody tell me what's going on   What's going on   (What's going on)      What's going on 'cross seas   Every minute a child   Dies by this disease   In record numbers indeed   Got mamas crying out please      My baby, hold on   My child ain't done nothing wrong   Still I wanna holler   Ask them why they don't bother      Oh, no, oh, no   Make me turn to my father   And ask him why they all   Got a trapped soul      I can feel what was bothering Marvin'   Why his words forever remain   Dealing with these modern day problems   'Cause of ignorance surrounding me   And my constituents      Too many infected   Too many lives diminishing   Nobody say Protestants, Jews,   Blacks and Whites, Latinos and Asians      Pray together   Less fight   We better unite   As genocide chemical war   And the rich and the poor   Know that God delivers a cure      It's a shame   Our reality is devastating   People praying for a cure   Dying while they're waiting      Ask the Lord for the comfort   And strength to face it   All the kids with dreams   Won't get the chance to chase it      Makes me sad   Think about the lives   They would've had   Think about the orphan babies   Got no moms and dads      How can we sit back   And not try to make it right   We gotta come together   We gotta fight for life      Somebody tell me what's going on   (What's going on)   We got human beings   Using humans for a bomb      But everyone wanna live   Don't nobody really wanna die   You feeling me, right (right)   I can't be watching people die (die)   And watching people cry      Let me break it down for a minute   If there's enough room here   For you and for me   There's plenty of room   For some humanity      Tell me what's going on   Got to tell (tell me)   What's going on