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 * || [[image:http://www.wikispaces.com/i/edit.png width="128" height="37" caption="Edit This Page" link="What's Going On"]]What was your favorite lyric from //What's Going On// by Marvin Gaye?

Picket Lines and Picket Signs Don't punish me with Brutality Talk to me, So you can see What's going on

WHY is this your favorite lyric? These lines reflect on what the government was doing at the time and how it is not the best answer. In response to picketing and protesting, Government sent out riot police and military force to put down the people resulting in many arrests and injuries, as well as death. Marvin Gaye asks them to respond, not with brute force, but with words - Wanting them to talk with the people to see why they are pretesting and work with them toward a solution, as opposed to simply putting them down with gas and bullets.

What is the most challenging lyric from this song? You know we've got to find a way To bring some lovin' here today -

WHY is it challenging to you? I believe that if people responded with kindness or sympathy, things would go smoother in government, foreign policy, and in society. Instead, we often respond with force and threats which are only hurting and causing deeper rifts between people and countries.

Write down 3 or 4 of the words you saw on the blindfolds:

Irish, HIV, Poet, Africa

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