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DinoMaster
Feb 05 2018
What's Goin' On is a Vietnam era protest song, largely racially driven because of economic and social inequities built into the draft. You can't FaceChat or InstaTweet your way through history, kids!
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from the album Collected ยท Copyright: Writer(s): Renaldo Benson, Marvin Gaye, W. Cleveland Alfred, Alfred Cleveland Lyrics Terms of Use

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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, yeah

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

Picket lines and picket signs
Don't punish me with brutality
Talk to me
So you can see
Oh, what's going on
What's going
What's going on
What's going on

Right on, baby
Right on
Right on

Mother, mother
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

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Picket lines and picket signs
Don't punish me with brutality
Come on talk to me
So you can see
What's going on
What's going on
Tell me what's going on
I'll tell you ya, what's going on
Right on, baby
Right on, baby
Right on, baby

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