What's Going On
Marvin Gaye"What's Going On" is a song by Marvin Gaye, released in 1971 in the Pop genre. The song is 3:21 long and contains 44 lines and 208 words.
Lyrics
0:01Al Cleveland/Marvin Gaye/Renaldo Benson
0:18Mother mother
0:21There's too many of you crying
0:27Brother brother brother
0:30There's far too many of you dying
0:36You know we've got to find a way
0:40To bring some lovin' here today ya
0:46Father father
0:50We don't need to escalate
0:55You see war is not the answer
0:59For only love can conquer hate
1:04You know we've got to find a way
1:09To bring some lovin' here today oh
1:15Lines Picket and picket signs
1:19Don't punish me with brutality
1:24Talk to me so you can see
1:28Oh what's going on
1:30What's going on
1:31Ya what's going on
1:32Ah what's going on
1:40In the mean time
1:41Right on baby
1:45Right on baby
1:52Right on
2:05Father father
2:10Everybody thinks we're wrong
2:15Oh but who are they to judge us
2:19Simply because our hair is long
2:24Oh you know we've got to find a way
2:29To bring some understanding here today oh
2:35Picket lines and picket signs
2:38Don't punish me with brutality
2:44Come on talk to me
2:46So you can see
2:49What's going on
2:51Ya what's going on
2:53Tell me what's going on
2:55I'll tell you what's going on oh
3:02Right on baby
3:06Right on baby
3:09Right on baby
3:13Right on baby
3:18Right on baby
3:21Right on baby
Al Cleveland/Marvin Gaye/Renaldo Benson 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 bring some lovin' here today ya 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 lovin' here today oh Lines Picket 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 baby Right on Father father 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 find a way To bring some understanding here today oh Picket lines and picket signs Don't punish me with brutality Come on talk to me So you can see What's going on Ya what's going on Tell me what's going on I'll tell you what's going on oh Right on baby Right on baby Right on baby Right on baby Right on baby Right on baby
Translation
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