Arbeitsblatt: Song - Racism - Where is the love?

Black eyed peas Where is the love? 1. Listen to the whole song and read the lyrics. Underline words, you dont understand. 2. Clarify the words you dont understand and write them in the table. 3. Now look at the Questions. They come in order. The stars* shows you, where you can find the answers in the lyrics. 4. Where Is The Love? What wrong with the world, mama People livin like they aint got no mamas think the whole world addicted to the drama Only attracted to things thatll bring you trauma 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 ** But if you only have love for your own race Then you only leave space to discriminate And to discriminate only generates1 hate And when you hate then youre bound to get irate2, yeah Madness3 is what you demonstrate And that exactly how anger4 works and operates Man, you gotta have love just to set it straight5 Take control of your mind and meditate Let your soul gravitate to the love, yall, yall *** 1 2 3 4 5 Generate generiert Irate wütend Madness Verrücktheit Anger Wut, Zorn to set it straight es in Ordnung bringen, korrigieren. New Vocabulary English German New Vocabulary English German Ref: People killin, people dyin Children hurt and you hear them cryin Can you practice what you preach? Or would you turn the other cheek?6 Father, Father, Father help us Send some guidance7 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 It just aint 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 dont belong? Nations droppin bombs Chemical gasses fillin lungs of little ones With ongoin sufferin8 as the youth die young 6 Turn the other cheeck die andere Backe hinhalten. Anspielung auf eine Bibelstelle, in der es heisst, man soll Schlechtes nicht mit Schlechtem begleichen. 7 Guidance Führung, Anleitung 8 So ask yourself is the lovin really gone So 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 war is goin on but the reason undercover The truth is kept secret, it swept under the rug9 If you never know truth then you never know love **** Where the love, yall, come on (I dont know) Where the truth, yall, come on (I dont know) Where the love, yall Ref. feel the weight of the world on my shoulder As Im gettin older, yall, 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 humanity10 Whatever happened to the fairness and equality11 Instead of spreading love were spreading animosity12 Lack of13 understanding, leading us away from unity 14 ********** That the reason why sometimes Im feelin under That the reason why sometimes Im feelin down There no wonder why sometimes Im feelin under Gotta keep my faith alive til love is found Now ask yourself Where is the love? (4x) Father, Father, Father, help us Send some guidance from above Cause people got me, got me questionin Where is the love? Sing with me yall: 9 10 11 12 13 14 Values of humanity Werte der Menschheit Equality Chancengleichheit animosity Feindseligkeit Lack of Abwesenheit von etwas, Manko Unity Einheit One world, one world (We only got) One world, one world (That all we got) One world, one world And something wrong with it (Yeah) Something wrong with it (Yeah) Something wrong with the wo-wo-world, yeah We only got (One world, one world) That all we got (One world, one world) Reading comprehension: Think about these questions alone and write down at least 3 keywords on another paper. 1. What is meant by „the drama? List some expamles. 2. What are.? Do some research. a. The blood and the crips b. the KKK Is there anything in Europe that could be compared to these groups? 3. According to the black eyed peas, what is the solution to the madness (Verücktheit) of the world? 4. Do you agree? Can you remember situations in which you did not respect people or people did not respect you? Think about the reasons. 5. Why do you need to know the truth to be able to love? 6. Are you selfish? Is this good or bad habit? Explain. 7. Name an example of something that Hollywood makes look good but is something bad. 8. How does the lack of understanding keep us away from unity? Discussion for Black eyed peas – Where is the love? 1. Compare your answers in your group. 2. Before discussing the following questions in your group, talk about the general impression of this song. 3. Discuss the following questions. For the discussion determine (bestimmt) someone to watch the time, someone who leads the discussion and someone who takes notes. You can discuss in german but you will then present in English. How do you feel when you look at the lyrics of this song? Name the problems that the Black Eyed Peas mention in this song. Are they still existing today, did something get better/worse? Try to figure out some reasons for the Black Eyed peas to write song like this. Do you agree with this song? Is there love missing in this world? Find examples in everyday- life situations but dont forget to look at the political events that concern the whole world.