TEXT IV
Where is the love? (Black Eyed Peas)
What's wrong with the world, mama?
People living like they ain't got no mamas
I think the whole world's addicted to the drama
Only attracted to things that'll bring you trauma
Overseas, yeah, we're trying to stop terrorism
But we still got terrorists here living
In the USA, the big CIA
The Bloods and The Crips and the KKK
But if you only have a 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 this'll set us straight
Take control of your mind and meditate
Let your soul gravitate to the love, y'all, y'all
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- Adapted from https://www.letras.mus.br/black-eyed-peas/446106/
Song writers sometimes use, in their lyrics, non-standard language in order to create a certain effect of meaning. The alternative in which all the examples belong to the non-standard variety of English usage or spoken language is: