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Where
is the love What's
wrong with the world, mama
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Exercises: some of the exercises below can be done printed and interactively by clicking on the links. Also, I have selected a few links where you can read about some of the groups mentioned in the song and complete this Treasure Hunt:
The Bloods, The Crips, about The CIA, a different perspective of the CIA, The KKK, Nigga
See questions about those links. You can also do those and the following exercises on a word processor. Click here to get the document.
1. Listen to the
first part of the song and fill the blanks with the words in the box.
Click
here to do this exercise interactively.
| KKK,
mama, discriminate, trauma, terrorism, mamas. race, drama, livin', CIA, hate |
What's wrong with
the world,__________(1)
People livin' like they ain't got no __________(2)
I think the whole world addicted to the __________(3)
Only attracted
to things that'll bring you __________(4)
Overseas, yeah, we try to stop
__________(5)
But we still got terrorists here __________(6)
In
the USA, the big __________(7)
The Bloods and The Crips and the _________(8)
But if you only have love for your own _________(9)
Then you only
leave space to _________(10)
And to discriminate only generates _________(11)
And when you hate then you're bound to get irate, yeah
Badness is what
you demonstrate
And that's exactly how anger works and operates
Nigga,
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
2.
Match the following words from the song to their opposites.
To do it online
click here
| Wrong | Love |
| Overseas | Right |
| Hate | Be repellent to |
| Addicted to ... | Domestic |
| Attracted to | Inaccurate |
| Straight | Free of ... |
3. Now translate the sentences that you have completed in exercise 1
4. Listen to the chorus of the song. Some words have been misplaced. Find them and write the lines correctly again.
| People dyin' , people cryin' |
| Children hurt and you hear them killin' |
| Can you practice what you cheek |
| And would you turn the other preach |
| Father, Father, Father got us |
| Send us some guidance from above |
| 'Cause people help me, got me questionin' |
| Where is the love (Love) |
| People ......... |
5. Now translate the Chorus.
6. Listen and read the second part of the song. Then match some of the lines with the concepts and expressions on the right as in the example (there can be more than one line associated with each concept)
| 1.
It just ain't the same, always unchanged 2. New days are strange, is the world insane 3. If love and peace is so strong 4. Why are there pieces of love that don't belong 5. Nations droppin' bombs 6. Chemical gasses fillin' lungs of little ones 7. With the ongoin' sufferin' as the youth die young 8. So ask yourself is the lovin' really gone 9. So I could ask myself really what is goin' wrong 10. In this world that we livin' in people keep on givin' in 11. Makin' wrong decisions, only visions of them dividends 12. Not respectin' each other, deny thy brother 13. A war is goin' on but the reason's undercover 14. The truth is kept secret, it's swept under the rug 15. If you never know truth then you never know love 16. Where's the love, y'all, come on (I don't know) 17. Where's the truth, y'all, come on (I don't know) 18. Where's the love, y'all |
The world is crazy: 2 Someone is telling lies: War: Act of betrayal: Lack of respect:
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7.
Listen to Part 3 of the song and complete the blanks with a preposition.
Click here to do it intertactively
| On,
of; from, of; as, by; to; till, away; about, down; under; in |
I feel the
weight ______ the world ______ my shoulder
______ I'm gettin' older, y'all,
people gets colder
Most ______ us only care ______ money makin'
Selfishness
got us followin' ______ the wrong direction
Wrong information always shown
______ the media
Negative images is the main criteria
Infecting the young
minds faster than bacteria
Kids act like what they see ______ the cinema
Yo', whatever happened ______ the values ______ humanity
Whatever happened
______ the fairness ______ equality
Instead ______ spreading love we spreading
animosity
Lack ______ understanding, leading lives away ______ unity
That's
the reason why sometimes I'm feelin' ______
That's the reason why sometimes
I'm feelin' ______
There's no wonder why sometimes I'm feelin' ______
Gotta keep my faith alive ______ love is found
8. Look up the following words in the dictionary and translate the sentences where they are.
| Word |
Meaning | Sentence
Translation |
| weight, shoulder | ||
| selfishness | ||
| the media | ||
| criteria | ||
| minds | ||
| kids | ||
| fairness | ||
| animosity | ||
| lack, leading |
9. Complete the table with the words in the box according to the final vowel sound:
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preach, turn, wrong, gone, young, us, belong, world, love, cheek, hurt, see, rug |
   |
 |
 |
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10. Find in the text the abstract nouns that correspond to the following adjectives:
| Adjective | Abstract Noun | Meaning of the adjective and noun |
| fair | ||
| bad | ||
| selfish | ||
| united | ||
| guided | ||
| terrorist | ||
| human | ||
| true | ||
| equal |
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