Where is the love?...

A arte tem sido, ao longo dos tempos, uma das melhores e mais utilizadas formas de comunicação. Porque? porque a sua linguagem é universal.

Músicos, cantores, pintores, actores, poetas e escritores em geral, são mensageiros, muitas vezes de uma mensagem Superior, que nos chega, não deles mas através deles. Artistas de um modo geral, são embaixadores das qualidades humanas universais, presentes em todos nós, e muitas vezes, transmissores de grandes verdades, que nem sempre são entendidas pelo homem comum durante a vida do artista, vindo a ser entendidas apenas pelas gerações seguintes. Deste modo, os artistas também são por vezes motores da evolução humana.

É esse o verdadeiro valor da cultura, tantas vezes desvalorizada, e mesmo menosprezada, pelos governos e até pelo público, que prefere entretenimentos "fast-food" sem o mínimo de qualidade.

Um exemplo disso são as "canções da moda" que ficam no ouvido mas que nada nos acrescentam.

Por isso decidi colocar aqui um exemplo contrário. De uma canção cuja letra nos toca a todos, transmitindo uma mensagem que a todos diz respeito. 

A maioria de nós, na sua correria diária, reflexo de uma sociedade que privilegia o "fazer dinheiro" e o "consumir" em vez do ser, do aprender e de contemplar, até pode ouvir canções como esta mas não lhe presta a devida atenção. Por isso incluí também a letra para que leiam enquanto escutam. Espero que gostem e que se sintonizem com a mensagem transmitida. 

"Where is the Love?"

What's wrong with the world, mama
People livin' like they ain't got no mamas
I think the whole world addicted to the drama
Only attracted to things that'll bring you trauma

Overseas, yeah, we try to stop terrorism
But we still got terrorists here livin'
In the USA, the big CIA
The Bloods and The Crips and the KKK

But if you only have 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 just to set it straight
Take control of your mind and meditate
Let your soul gravitate to the love, y'all, y'all

People killin', people dyin'
Children hurt and you hear them cryin'
Can you practise what you preach
And would you turn the other cheek

Father, Father, Father help us
Send some guidance from above
'Cause people got me, got me questionin'
Where is the love (Love)

Where is the love (The love)
Where is the love (The love)
Where is the love, the love, the love

It just ain't the same, old ways have changed
New days are strange, is the world insane?
If love and peace are so strong
Why are there pieces of love that don't belong?

Nations droppin' bombs
Chemical gasses fillin' lungs of little ones
With ongoin' sufferin' as the youth die young
So ask yourself is the lovin' really gone

So I could ask myself really what is goin' wrong
In this world that we livin' in people keep on givin' in
Makin' wrong decisions, only visions of them dividends
Not respectin' each other, deny thy brother
A war is goin' on but the reason's undercover

The truth is kept secret, it's swept under the rug
If you never know truth then you never know love
Where's the love, y'all, come on (I don't know)
Where's the truth, y'all, come on (I don't know)
Where's the love, y'all

People killin', people dyin'
Children hurt and you hear them cryin'
Can you practise what you preach
And would you turn the other cheek

Father, Father, Father help us
Send some guidance from above
'Cause people got me, got me questionin'
Where is the love (Love)

Where is the love (The love)?
Where is the love (The love)?
Where is the love (The love)?
Where is the love (The love)?
Where is the love (The love)?
Where is the love (The love)?
Where is the love, the love, the love?

I feel the weight of the world on my shoulder
As I'm gettin' older, y'all, people gets colder
Most of us only care about money makin'
Selfishness got us followin' the wrong direction

Wrong information always shown by the media
Negative images is the main criteria
Infecting the young minds faster than bacteria
Kids wanna act like what they see in the cinema

Yo', whatever happened to the values of humanity
Whatever happened to the fairness and equality
Instead of spreading love we're spreading animosity
Lack of understanding, leading us away from unity

That's the reason why sometimes I'm feelin' under
That's the reason why sometimes I'm feelin' down
There's no wonder why sometimes I'm feelin' under
Gotta keep my faith alive 'til love is found
Now ask yourself

Where is the love?
Where is the love?
Where is the love?
Where is the love?

Father, Father, Father, help us
Send some guidance from above
'Cause people got me, got me questionin'
Where is the love?

Sing with me y'all:
One world, one world (We only got)
One world, one world (That's all we got)
One world, one world
And something's wrong with it (Yeah)
Something's wrong with it (Yeah)
Something's wrong with the wo-wo-world, yeah
We only got
(One world, one world)
That's all we got
(One world, one world)

Breathe

Midge Ure Breathe Lyrics: (Breathe) With every waking breath I breathe I see what life has dealt to me With every sadness I deny I feel a chance inside me die Give me a taste of something new To touch to hold to pull me through Send me a guiding light that shines Across this darkened life of mine Breathe some soul in me Breathe your gift of love to me Breathe life to lay ¹fore me Breathe to make me breathe For every man who built a home A paper promise for his own He fights against an open flow Of lies and failures, we all know To those who have and who have not How can you live with what you¹ve got? Give me a touch of something sure I could be happy evermore Breathe some soul in me Breathe your gift of love to me Breathe life to lay ¹fore me To see to make me breathe Breathe your honesty Breathe your innocence to me Breathe your word and set me free Breathe to make me breathe This life prepares the strangest things The dreams we dream of what life brings The highest highs can turn around To sow love¹s seeds on stony ground Breathe Breathe Breathe some soul in me Breathe your gift of love to me Breathe life to lay ¹fore me To see to make me breathe Breathe your honesty Breathe your innocence to me Breathe your word and set me free Breathe to make me breathe (Breathe)

Um Pouco de Céu

"Só hoje senti
que o rumo a seguir
levava pra longe
senti que este chão
já não tinha espaço
pra tudo o que foge
não sei o motivo pra ir
só sei que não posso ficar
não sei o que vem a seguir
mas quero procurar

e hoje deixei
de tentar erguer
os planos de sempre
aqueles que são
pra outro amanhã
que há-de ser diferente
não quero levar o que dei
talvez nem sequer o que é meu
é que hoje parece bastar
um pouco de céu
um pouco de céu

só hoje esperei
já sem desespero
que a noite caísse
nenhuma palavra
foi hoje diferente
do que já se disse
e há qualquer coisa a nascer
bem dentro no fundo de mim
e há uma força a vencer
qualquer outro fim

não quero levar o que dei
talvez nem sequer o que é meu
é que hoje parece bastar
um pouco de céu
um pouco de céu"

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