一首二十年前的美国流行歌曲，道出的是美国普通人民与政府的割裂

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What's wrong with the world, mama这世界是怎么了，妈妈，People livin' like they ain't got no mamas人们好像都没有妈妈一样。I think the whole world addicted to the drama我觉得世人都在演戏，Only attracted to things that'll bring you trauma只对能伤人的把戏感兴趣。Overseas, yeah, we try to stop terrorism我们在国外口口声声要反恐，But we still got terrorists here livin'但是在我们居住的地方还有恐怖分子，In the USA, the big CIA在美国，有臭名昭著的中情局，The Bloods and The Crips and the KKK血帮、瘸帮，还有三K党。But if you only have love for your own race但是如果你只爱自己的种族，Then you only leave space to discriminate你就会让种族歧视滋长。And to discriminate only generates hate而种族歧视只会滋生仇恨。And when you hate then you're bound to get irate当你心中有恨，你就会发怒，Madness is what you demonstrate而做出疯狂的事情。And that's exactly how anger works and operates这就是愤怒的结果。Man you gotta have love just to set it straight你必须用爱来改变这一切。Take control of your mind and meditate控制你的情绪，用脑好好想想。Let your soul gravitate to the love, y'all, y'all让你的爱引导灵魂。People killin', people dyin'人们互相残杀，死去，Children hurtin' , you hear them cryin'孩子们受伤了， 你听见他们在哭泣。Can you practice what you preach你是否能言行一致Or would you turn the other cheek还是视而不见Father, Father, Father help us圣父啊，请帮助我们，Send some guidance from above给我们你的指示，'Cause people got me, got me questionin'因为人们的问题难住了我，Where is the love (Love)爱在何方？Where is the love (The love)爱在何方？Where is the love (The love)爱在何方？Where is the love爱在何方？The love, the love爱。It just ain't the same, old ways have changed世事无常，New days are strange, is the world insane?世界变得奇怪疯狂。If love and peace is so strong如果爱与和平的力量如此强大，Why are there pieces of love that don't belong为何这世界容不下这样的爱。Nations droppin' bombs军队投下炸弹，Chemical gasses fillin' lungs of little ones小孩的肺被化学气体污染，With the ongoin' sufferin' as the youth die young小小年纪就被折磨而死。So ask yourself is the lovin' really gone所以扪心自问爱是否真的已走远？So I could ask myself really what is goin' wrong所以我可以问自己到底错在哪里，In this world that we livin' in people keep on givin'in在这个我们赖以生存却经常遗弃的世界。Makin' wrong decisions, only visions of them dividends做错误的决定，只顾自己的利益。Not respectin' each other, deny thy brother互相不尊重，背叛兄弟朋友，A war is goin' on but the reason's undercover发动一场战争，原因却不清不楚。The truth is kept secret, it's swept under the rug真相被隐藏，被掩盖。If you never know truth then you never know love如果从未知道真相，就不会了解这种爱。Where's the love, y'all, come on (I don't know)爱在何方(我不知道)Where's the truth, y'all, come on (I don't know)真理在何方(我不知道)Where's the love, y'all爱在何方。People killin', people dyin'人们互相残杀，死去，Children hurtin' , you hear them cryin'孩子们受伤了， 你听见他们在哭泣。Can you practice what you preach你能实现你宣讲的福音吗？And would you turn the other cheek你会打不还手，骂不还口吗？Father, Father, Father help us圣父啊，请帮助我们，Send us some guidance from above给我们你的指示，'Cause people got me, got me questionin'因为人们的问题难住了我，Where is the love (Love)爱在何方？Where is the love (The love)爱在何方？Where is the love (The love)爱在何方？Where is the love爱在何方？The love, the love爱。I feel the weight of the world on my shoulder我感到压力越来越重，As I'm gettin' older, y'all, people gets colder我渐渐长大，人们渐渐冷漠。Most of us only care about money makin'我们大多数人只知道赚钱，Selfishness got us followin' our own direction自私让我们只顾个人眼前利益。Wrong information always shown by the media媒体总是发出错误信息，Negative images is the main criteria负面形象是主流标准，Infecting the young minds faster than bacteria腐蚀年轻人的思想比细菌还快。Kids act like what they see in the cinema小孩子都模仿电影里的情节。Yo', whatever happened to the values of humanity人类的道德价值观变了吗？Whatever happened to the fairness in equality平等公平的原则变了吗？Instead in spreading love we spreading animosity不是散播爱的种子，而是散播仇恨。Lack of understanding, leading lives away from unity缺少沟通谅解，让人们离心离德。That's the reason why sometimes I'm feelin' under这就是为什么有时候我觉得空虚，That's the reason why sometimes I'm feelin' down这就是为什么有时候我觉得沮丧，There's no wonder why sometimes I'm feelin' under感觉空虚并不奇怪。Gotta keep my faith alive till love's found一定要把爱作为我的信念。People killin', people dyin'人们互相残杀，死去，Children hurtin' , you hear them cryin'孩子们受伤了， 你听见他们在哭泣。Can you practice what you preach你能实现你宣讲的福音吗？And would you turn the other cheek你会打不还手，骂不还口吗？Father, Father, Father help us圣父啊，请帮助我们，Send us some guidance from above给我们你的指示，'Cause people got me, got me questionin'因为人们的问题难住了我，Where is the love (Love)爱在何方？One world, one world.一个世界，We only got one world.我们只有一个世界，That's all we got, one world.这就是我们唯一拥有的。Something wrong with it.这个世界不对劲。One world, one world.一个世界，We only got one world.我们只有一个世界，That's all we got, one world.这就是我们唯一拥有的。

创作者在歌曲中表达了对政府发动战争的合理性的质疑，对美国社会种族之间的割裂表达了自己的思考。

该歌曲发行后火爆当年，歌曲的旋律非常灵动，但是对于歌曲表达含义的共鸣也很重要，美国人民知道政府问题在哪，社会问题在哪，但是无力去解决。