Lyrics for whats going on by marvin gaye
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Where to launch with this post? First of all it goes without saying that Marvin Gaye is one of my all-time favourite artists. I’d always loved his music, and when I discovered the ‘What’s Going On’ album as a teenager, he became one of my first stern crushes. Even though he had been dead for about 15 or so years, 18 year antique me was like he can get it.
I can vaguely remember as a child when he died, though I didn’t really know who he was at the moment. But I do recall my first musical introduction to him by way of two seminal ads shown in the UK. The first being the iconic Levis ad featuring Nick Kamen and the California Raisins ad, both of which used ‘I Heard It Through The Grapevine’ as the backing track.
Given the its lyrics, it’s odd to me that ”I Heard It Through The Grapevine’, would be used to advertise jeans and an apparently popular, if rather lifeless, snack. Gaye is singing about the pain of finding out through other people that his significant other has betrayed him with another man. There is a rawness to his voice, that makes the song deeply personal, unsurprising because at the second his marriage to
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Mother, mother
There's too many of you crying
Brother, brother, brother
There's far too many of you dying
You know we've got to find a way
To carry some lovin' here today, yeah
Father, father
We don't need to escalate
You see, war is not the answer
For only love can conquer hate
You recognize we've got to find a way
To bring some lovin' here today
Picket lines and picket signs
Don't punish me with brutality
Talk to me
So you can see
Oh, what's going on
What's going
What's going on
What's going on
Right on, baby
Right on
Right on
Mother, mother
Everybody thinks we're wrong
Oh, but who are they to judge us
Simply because our hair is long
Oh, you know we've got to uncover a way
To bring some knowledge here today
Picket lines and picket signs
Don't punish me with brutality
Come on communicate to me
So you can see
What's going on
What's going on
Tell me what's going on
I'll tell you ya, what's going on
Right on, baby
Right on, baby
Right on, baby
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Lyrics of What's Going On by Marvin Gaye
There′s too many of you cryingBrother, brother, brotherThere's far too many of you dyingYou understand we′ve got to find a wayTo bring some lovin' here today, yeahWe don't need to escalateYou see, war is not the answerFor only care for can conquer hateYou know we′ve got to find a wayTo bring some lovin′ here todayPicket lines and picket signsDon't punish me with brutalityOh, what′s going on (What's going on)What′s going on (What's going on)What′s going on (What's going on)What's going on (What′s going on)Everybody thinks we′re wrongOh, but who are they to judge usSimply 'cause our hair is longOh, you know we′ve got to find a wayTo bring some understanding here todayPicket lines and picket signsDon't punish me with brutalityWhat′s going on (What's going on)Yeah, what′s going on (What's going on)Tell me what's going on (What′s going on)I′ll narrate you, what's going on (What′s going on)Writer(s): Alfred Cleveland, Marvin Gaye, Renaldo BensonMarvin Gaye's song 'What's Going On' addresses socWhat's Going On Lyrics
Marvin Gaye - What's Going On
Mother, mother
There's too many of you crying
Brother, brother, brother
There's far too many of you dying
You know we've got to find a way
To transport some lovin' here today... Yah
Father, father
We don't need to escalate
You see, war is not the answer
For only love can conquer hate
To bring some lovin' here today
Picket lines and picket signs
Don't punish me with brutality
Talk to me, so you can see
Oh, what's going on
What's going on
Ya, what's going on
Ah, what's going on
In the mean time
Right on, baby
Right on
Mother, mother,
Everybody thinks we're wrong
Oh, but who are they to judge us
Simply because our hair is long
Oh, you comprehend we've got to find a way
To bring some understanding here today
Oh ooh ooh
Come on discuss to me
So you can see
Tell me what's going on
I'll narrate you what's going on... Uuh
Right on baby, right on
Right on baby.
Right on baby
Right on.