What's Going On,

Marvin Gaye - What's Going On Lyrics



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 - Ya



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 on

Ya, what's going on

Ah, what's going on



(In this song that Marvin Gaye sangs, I think that he's sending a message out to the "people" asking like, what's happening to everybody. I think he was trying to tell people that they need to change their ways becuz the things that he's seeing everyday are not right. So that's why the main lyrics are saying what's going on. He didn't just point to one crowd of people like, just males or just females. He was pointing to fathers, and men, young men, mothers, and etc.)