Where is the love ?

The song Where Is The Love by the Black Eyed Peas is one of the three songs that I picked for the Main Idea vs Topic Essay. At first sight the song seems to be about the war in the foreign countries such as Afghanistan, Iraq, etc. This is just one of the topics of the song which is telling that U.S is more involve outside other countries than itself. The main idea of the whole song is the fight against racism in the country and the equality for all. Another topic here is that kids are being influenced negatively by getting involved in gangs and these type of situations should be avoided. Another message that this band is giving is that "U.S have to fix the situation" by stating all the negative this that are happening such as materialism, racism, media's negative influence, etc. A strategy that the group is doing this are rhetorical questions and using faith to persuade and influence people where is exemplified in this fragment of the song "Father father father father send some guidance from above 'cause people got me questioning Where is the love?".