What's Going On

[Verse 1]

Mother, mother

There's too many of you crying

Brother, brother, brother

There's too many of you dying

We have got to find a way

To bring some loving here today

[Verse 2]

And father, father

We don't need to escalate

War is not the answer

For only love can conquer hate (Yeah yeah)

Somebody, please, yeah

To bring some loving here today

[Pre-Chorus]

We got picket lines and picket signs

And don't you bother me with your hostility

Come talk to me so you can see

[Chorus]

What's going on, what's going on

What's going on, what's going on (Oh)

[Verse 3]

Father, father

Why does everybody say we're wrong?

Who are they to judge us

Just because our hair is nappy and long?

We have got to find a way

To bring some loving here today

[Pre-Chorus]

We got picket signs and picket lines

Don't you bother me with your brutality

Come and talk to me so you can see

[Chorus]

What's going on, what's going on

What's going on, oh, what's going on

What's going on, what's going on

What's going on, hey, what's going on

What's going on, what's going on

[Post-Chorus]

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)

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)

[Rhodes Solo]

[Chorus]

What's going on, what's going on

What's going on, oh, what's going on

Yeah, what's going on, what's going on

[Post-Chorus]

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)

When was the last time, baby, that you spoke to your neighbor

Said hey my friend, where you been?

Can you tell me, tell, hey hey, what's going on?

If you walk down the street in the day

And tell the kids how to play

Did you give them loving or did you stand on your butt?

[Outro]

Nobody can use you

Unless you're born to love, born to love

You gotta live here, yeah

Oh, Lordy, can you feel it?

Ah, can you feel it?