Reflections on "Where is the love" by Black Eyed Peas

This song by The Black Eyed Peas is about discrimination. The song mentioned many wrong deeds that humans do without even realising it. Sad to say but the fact of the matter is discrimination is going on and on. In the song it says :

But if you only have love for your own race
Then you only leave space to discriminate
And to discriminate only generates hate
And if you hating you're bound to get irate
Yeah madness is what you demonstrate
And that's exactly how anger works and operates

The main message of this song is that the solution to everything in life is love, which is something that this world is lacking.

The part that hits me the hardest is when one of the singers starts rapping:

I feel the weight of the world on my shoulder
As I'm getting older y'all people get colder
Most of us only care about money making
Selfishness got us following the wrong direction
Wrong information always shown by the media
Negative images is the main criteria
Infecting their young minds faster than bacteria
Kids want to act like what the see in the cinema
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 feeling under
That's the reason why sometimes I'm feeling down
It's no wonder why sometimes I'm feeling under
I got to keep my faith alive, until love is found
Ask yourself
Where is the love

I find this very impactful as it sums up all the root causes - the wrong message that the media sent out, the fading away of human values, fairness and equality, the lack of understanding and love for others. It all comes down to the crust of the matter : Where is the love ? The love for all mankind that will solve all the problems that the world is experiencing.

I blame it on the competition and our competitive nature. We want to win all the time and in doing so, we go great length and do many wrong things to show that we are better. Humans by nature are also not so forgiving, so when someone does something wrong to us, we wait for the chance to strike back. It is a vicious cycle.

I want to take this chance to share with you what I overheard a man saying: "For millions of years, mother nature took care of everything and nothing happened until some scum came along and ruined everything. That scum is humans." I agree with him totally.


Thank you.