NEWS TODAY

(album: TRANSLATION - 2020)

[Will.I.am:]
Did you watch the news today?
Did you hear what they said?

One thousand more people passed away
Aw, nah, somebody tell me what's going on
New York, New York, big city of dreams
There's a nightmare going down from the Bronx to Queens
And everywhere in between
We fighting something we can't even see
There's an invisible enemy
Just knocked out Italy
Keep the mask on 'cause if you cough they gon' look at you like you did a felony
And they said we can't hug nobody
Not until we find a remedy
So we pray for Spain, France, and the U.K
China and U.S.A., I pray we gon' be okay
Pray for the grandmas and grandpas
So they can live to see another day

Did you watch the news today?
Did you hear what they said?

[Apl.de.ap:]
They say don't worry folks, it's all a hoax
The news is fake and it's all a joke
The death toll's rising with broken hopes
Now they got the cure and a antidote
Inject yourself with the bleach and soap
And a check's in the mail 'cause they know we're broke

[Will.I.am:]
Did you watch the news today?
Did you hear what they said?

[Taboo (will.I.am) Both:]
They said no one's allowed to see the Pope
It's a ghost town coast to coast
We're just people that's tryna cope
From different sides with different strokes
(Living different lives) {from different tribes}
{But everybody's in the same boat}

[Will.I.am:]
Did you hear the news today?

They say the world is one
'Cause we're all fighting a war
But nobody pick up a gun
We got nurses and doctors
They fighting in the front line, saving lifes
I'm waiting in line, I'm frightened
In the store, ah, that's the hero
Behind the counter
They making the world go round
Risking new encounters
They in the front line
Dying for the minimum wage

Did you watch the news today?
Did you hear what they said?

[Apl.de.ap (will.I.am) {Both}:]
They say stay in the house, don't step out
If you step out, put the mask on the mouth
Six feet back, virus attack
{Soap on the hands so your lungs don't collapse}
(Don't know the truth) don't know the facts
Ro-ro killing all the brown and the black

[Will.I.am:]
COVID-19 got us on our knees
Got the temperature rising, 106 degrees
It don't care if you speak Cantonese
François or Portuguese, Español or Japanese
Gotta start saying, "I can't breathe"
Ah, isn't it ironic?
When we can't breathe, the planet breathes
And we can see blue sky, blue seas, green leaves, birds and bees
I don't know what to believe
All the lies or conspiracies

Aw, did you hear the news today?
Did you hear what they said?

One thousand more people passed away
Aw, nah, somebody tell me what's going on
And on, and on, and on, and on, and on, and on, and on
On, and on, and on, and on, and on, and on
Somebody tell me what's going on