Lyrics

What Is the Law?

to "Where Is the Love?" by The Black-Eyed Peas

What's wrong with the world, mama People acting like they ain't got no laws These days things like the Due Process Clause No longer seem to give nobody pause Overseas, yeah , we tryin' to stop terrorism Enemy combatants, lock 'em all up in prison Guantanamo Bay, keep 'em stashed away Where they'll never see the light of day And even if the charges brought are untrue You get no hearing where you can argue There's no lawyers and no court review Habeas corpus, they got rid of that too, yeah And the government has construed That torture is legal, now, hey, who knew? Man, the rule of law has to set it straight Protect individuals vs. the state Step in and mediate, yeah, the law, y'all, y'all (chorus) Cert., they're grantin' and denyin' The Justices are up there writin' Opinions that come out one way Then they flip-flop the next day Roberts, Roberts, Roberts, help us Send some guidance from above 'Cause the Court has got me questionin' What is the law? It don't stay the same, always in change New doctrines reign, is the Court insane If the Constitution is so strong From where do these new doctrines come along Old ones always wrong Gonzales v. Raich holding that it's a crime To ease ongoing suffering as cancer patients die So ask yourself, is the lovin' really gone And I could ask, what happened to Lopez and Morrison? The Court is endlessly changin' the way it is interpretin' Its Constitutional vision, as it makes decisions that Contradict each other, overrule one another The law is getting changed by the Court undercover The principles keep changing, nobody can keep up If the rules keep on changing, who can ever know the law So what's the law, y'all, come on (I don't know) What's the truth, y'all, come on (I don't know) (chorus) Vacancies on the Court lead to rancor And justice nomination fights are on the brink of war Every court decision nowadays is always 5-4 Kelo, Booker, Grutter, Gatz, Planned Parenthood and Bush v. Gore So what do they ask in the nomination hearings, yeah Overturning Roe v. Wade is the main criteria Both parties want a Justice who'll just tell them what they want to hear Justice with no biases, hah, come on, get serious Yo, whatever happened to decision unanimity Whatever happened to the days of court civility Instead of spreading law, they're spreading animosity Conservatives and liberals can't seem to find no unity That's the reason why sometimes I'm feeling under That's the reason why sometimes I'm feeling down There's no wonder why sometimes I'm feeling under Gotta keep my faith alive till law is found (chorus)

What's wrong with the world, mama People livin' like they ain't got no mamas I think the whole world addicted to the drama Only attracted to things that'll bring you trauma Overseas, yeah, we try to stop terrorism But we still got terrorists here livin' In the USA, the big CIA The Bloods 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 when you hate then you're bound to get irate, yeah Madness is what you demonstrate And that's exactly how anger works and operates Man, 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, y'all (chorus) People killin', people dyin' Children hurt and you hear them cryin' Can you practice what you preach And would you turn the other cheek Father, Father, Father help us Send some guidance from above 'Cause people got me, got me questionin' Where is the love? It just ain't the same, always unchanged New days are strange, is the world insane If love and peace is so strong Why are there pieces of love that don't belong Nations droppin' bombs Chemical gasses fillin' lungs of little ones With ongoin' sufferin' as the youth die young So ask yourself is the lovin' really gone So I could ask myself really what is goin' wrong In this world that we livin' in, people keep on givin' in Makin' wrong decisions, only visions of them dividends Not respectin' each other, deny thy brother A war is goin' on but the reason's undercover The truth is kept secret, it's swept under the rug If you never know truth then you never know love Where's the love, y'all, come on (I don't know) Where's the truth, y'all, come on (I don't know) (chorus) I feel the weight of the world on my shoulder As I'm gettin' older, y'all, people gets colder Most of us only care about money makin' Selfishness got us followin' our wrong direction Wrong information always shown by the media Negative images is the main criteria Infecting the young minds faster than bacteria Kids wanna act like what they see in the cinema Yo, whatever happened to the values of humanity Whatever happened to the fairness in equality Instead of spreading love we're spreading animosity Lack of understanding, leading lives away from unity That's the reason why sometimes I'm feelin' under That's the reason why sometimes I'm feelin' down There's no wonder why sometimes I'm feelin' under Gotta keep my faith alive till love is found (chorus)

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