The Black Eyed Peas

今年は、やけにコンサートに行く機会が多い。去年、仕事を通じて仲良くなった友人と、音楽の趣味が合うのもその理由。この間は、The Black Eyed Peasのコンサートで武道館に行ってきた。超満員で盛り上がりまくり！

彼らを知ったのは、3年くらい前。営業帰りに車を運転してたら、ラジオから彼らの音楽流れてきて、その歌詞の偉大さに感動。以来、彼らの音楽（HIPHOP、Lap含め）にはまっている。皆が彼らの歌詞のようなことを意識していれば、世界平和ってできたりするのかな。

世界で生じている問題に『無関心』・『無知』であることが、何よりも恐ろしいことだと感じる。

何気なく使っている割箸。その割箸が途上国の工場で作られており、そこで労働時間･正当賃金を無視した児童労働が横行しているとしたら・・・。知らない間に、自分達が割箸を使う日本人というだけで加害者になっている。

時間のある方、よければ歌詞を見てやってくださいな。（まぁ音楽は個人の価値観で判断してくださいまし。強要しません。）

WHERE IS THE LOVE?

What's wrong with the world mama?

People living like aint got no mamas.

I think the whole worlds addicted to the drama.

Only attracted to the things that bring you trauma.
Overseas yeah we tryin to stop terrorism.

But we still got terrorists here livin

In the USA the big CIA the Bloodz and the Crips and the KKK.
But if you only have love for your own race.

Then you only leave space to discriminate.
And to discriminate only generates hate.

And if you hatin you're bound to get irate.
Yeah madness is what you demonstrate.

And that's exactly how anger works and operates.
You gotta have love just to set it straight.

Take control of your mind and meditate.
Let your soul gravitate to the love y'all.

People killing people dying.

Children hurtin you hear them crying.
Can you practice what you preach.

Would you turn the other cheek?
Father Father Father help us.

Send some guidance from above.
Cause people got me got me questioning
Where is the love? Where is the love?

Where is the love? Where is the love?

It just ain't the same all ways have changed.

New days are strange is the world the insane?
If love and peace so strong.

Why are there pieces of love that don't belong
Nations dropping bombs.

Chemical gases filling lungs of little ones.
With ongoing suffering. As the youth die young
So ask yourself is the loving really strong?

So I can ask myself really what is going wrong
With this world that we living in.

People keep on giving in. Makin wrong decisions.

Only visions of them livin and Not respecting each other
Deny thy brother
The wars' going on but the reasons' undercover.

The truth is kept secret.Swept under the rug
If you never know truth. Then you never know love
Where's the love y'all?(I don't know)
Where's the truth y'all?(I don't know)
Where's the love y'all?