Marvin Gaye: What's Going On? Meaning
Song Released: 1971
What's Going On? Lyrics
'Hey, hey, hey, Robert'
('Hey, what's happenin?')
(I saved a grand)
(Brother, what's happenin?)
'Boy, this is a groove recording, man'
(Hey, how ya doin?)
(Say, it's right on)
'I could dig it'
('Yeah, brother like a fine solid, right...
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This song is about discrimination and racism that is going on in the world right now. It is wrong, and it needs to be stopped. I think that Marvin Gaye is trying to show that violence is not the answer and that it doesn't need to be applied. For example; If there is one cookie left in the cookie jar and two people want it. Fighting over the cookie isn’t going to do anything, but splitting it in half will make sure that they both get some.
Racism is a big problem and it needs to be stopped. This is what Marvin Gaye is trying to say. (No rhyme intended). He is trying to explain that through all of this brutality and all of this violence, it's not like people are just going to disappear. It makes me angry to think that one person is treated than another just because of their race. It. Is. Wrong. -
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