What's Going On

[Intro: Diddy & Jermaine Dupri] What's going on? (Tell me) People dying (Yeah) People crying (Uh-huh) Lord, help us (C'mon) [Verse 1: Bono, Gwen Stefani, Jermaine Dupri, Aaron Lewis, (Backstreet Boys)] Mother, mother There's too many of you crying Oh, brother, brother, brother There's far too many of you dying (That's right) You know we've got to find a way (Aah, ah, ah, ahh) To bring some lovin', lovin' here today, yeah [Verse 2: Nona Gaye, Brian Littrell, Nona Gaye & Backstreet Boys, Christina Aguilera, (Destiny's Child)] Oh, my father, 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 (Aah, ah, ah, ahh) To bring some lovin' here today Eee-ee [Chorus: Britney Spears, Destiny's Child, Jennifer Lopez, Beyoncé] Barricades can't block our way (Sister, sister) Don't punish me with brutality (Sister, sister) Talk to me (Sister) So, you can see (Sister) Oh, what's going on (What's going on) What's going on (What's going on) Yeah, what's going on (What's going on) What's going on (What's going on) [Verse 3: Ja Rule, Destiny's Child, Britney Spears, Beyonce, (Britney Spears & Beyoncé)] (Ooh, ooh, ooh) What's going on in a world filled with pain (Ah-ya-ya-ya-ya-ya) Where's the love for which we pray What's going on When our children can't play (Ah-ya-ya-ya-ya-ya) Homeless can't eat There's got to be a better way (Ooh, ooh, ooh) What's going on When we politically blind (Ah-ya-ya-ya-ya-ya) Can't see the signs of endangered times What's going on [Verse 4: Nelly Furtado, Destiny's Child, Beyoncé] Ah, ah Tell me (Ooh, ooh, ooh) What's goin' on in the world today (Oh, oh, ooh) I'd rather be dead Than turn my head away (Oh, oh, oh) We got a first world vision Too comfy to lift up our hands in the air (Oh, oh, oh) And cry for a switch [Verse 5: Michael Stipe, Alicia Keys, JC Chasez & *NSYNC, Mary J. Blige, (Diddy)] Father, father (Father, help us, come on) Everybody thinks we're wrong, oh, ooh Oh, but who are they to judge us (Who are they to judge us?) Together we can all be strong, yeah, yes (United we stand, divided we fall) Oh, you know we've got to find a way (Ooh, ooh) To bring some understanding here today, oh (Ooh, ooh) [Chorus: Justin Timberlake, *NSYNC, Darren Hayes, Mary J. Blige] Barricades can't block our way (Brother, brother) Don't punish me with brutality (Brother, brother) Baby, talk to me (Brother) So, you can see (Oh, oh) Yeah, what's going on (Oh, ooh; What's going on) (What's going on) Hey, what's going on (Somebody tell me) What's going on (Somebody tell me) What's goin' on, yeah, yeah (What's going on) [Verse 6: Nelly, Mary J. Blige, Justin Timberlake] What's going on 'cross seas (Ah, ah, ah) Every minute a child dies by this disease (Oh, ooh) In record numbers indeed Got mommas crying out please My baby hold on My child ain't done nothing wrong Still I want to holler (Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah) Ask them why they don't bother Oh no, oh no Make me turn to my father (Ooh) And ask him why they all got a trapped soul (Yeah, eh) [Verse 7: Nas, Justin Timberlake, Alicia Keys] I can feel what was bothering Marvin Why his words forever remain (Do-do-do-do) Dealing with these modern day problems 'Cause of ignorance surrounding me and my constituents (Yeah, eh) Too many infected (Oh, oh) Too many lives diminishing (Whee, Oh-la-la-la-la) Nobody say Protestants, Jews, Blacks, and Whites, Latinos and Asians Pray together Less fight We better unite As genocide chemical war And the rich and the poor Know that God delivers a cure (Oh, la-la-la-la) [Verse 8: Eve, Alicia Keys] It's a shame our reality is devastating People praying for a cure (Oh, la-la-la-la) Dying while they're waiting Ask the Lord for the comfort and strength to face it (Ah-ya-ya-ya-ya) All the kids with dreams Won't get the chance to chase it Makes me sad Think about the lives they would've had (Do-do-do-do) Think about the orphan babies got no moms and dads How can we sit back and not try to make it right (Do-do-do-do, oh, ya-ya-ya) We gotta come together We gotta fight for life [Verse 9: Fred Durst, Christina Aguilera] Somebody tell me what's going on (what's going on) We got human beings using humans for a bomb (Yeah, ah, ah-ee) But everybody wanna live Don't nobody really want to die (Ooh-oh, ooh) You feeling me right I can't be watching people die And watching people cry Let me break it down for a minute (Ah-ah, ah ah) If there's enough room here for you and for me There's plenty of room for some humanity [*NSYNC, Darren Hayes, Jermaine Dupri] You've got to show me, (tell me) (What's going on) What's going on?