Chords with lyrics
Refrain: will.i.am:
G+G
Did you watch the news today?
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Did you hear what they said?
Verse 1: will.i.am:
A minorAm
One thousand more people passed away
A minorAm C majorC G+G
Aw, nah, somebody tell me what's going on
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New York, New York, big city of dreams
C majorC
There's a nightmare goin' down from the Bronx to Queens
A minorAm
And everywhere in between
D MajorD G+G
We fighting somethin' we can't even see
G+G
There's an invisible enemy
G+G
Just knocked out Italy
A minorAm
Keep the mask on 'cause if you cough they gon' look at you like you did a felony
C majorC
And they said we can't hug nobody
D MajorD G+G
Not until we find a remedy
G+G
So we pray for Spain, France, and the U.K.
A minorAm
China and U.S.A., I pray we gon' be okay
C majorC
Pray for the grandmas and grandpas
D MajorD G+G
So they can live to see another day
Refrain: will.i.am:
G+G
Did you watch the news today?
G+G
Did you hear what they said?
Verse 2: apl.de.ap:
A minorAm
They say don't worry folks, it's all a hoax
A minorAm
The news is fake and it's all a joke
C majorC
The death toll's rising with broken hopes
D MajorD
Now they got the cure and a antidote
G+G
Inject yourself with a bleach or soap
G+G
And a checks in the mail 'cause they know we're broke
Refrain: will.i.am:
G+G
Did you watch the news today?
G+G
Did you hear what they said?
Verse 3: Taboo & will.i.am, Both:
A minorAm
They said no one's alive to see the pope
A minorAm
It's a ghost town coast to coast
C majorC
We're just people that's tryna cope
D MajorD
From different sides with different strokes
G+G
Livin' different lives from different tribes
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But everybody's in the same boat
Refrain: will.i.am:
G+G
Did you hear the news today?
Verse 4: will.i.am:
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They say the world is one
A minorAm
'Cause we're all fighting a war
A minorAm
But nobody pick up a gun
C majorC
We got nurses and doctors
D MajorD
They fightin' in the front line, savin' lifes
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I'm waitin' in line, I'm frightened
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In the store, ah, that's the hero
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Behind the counter
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They makin' the world go round
A minorAm
Riskin' new encounters
C majorC
They in the front line
D MajorD G+G
Dying for the minimum wage
Refrain: will.i.am:
G+G
Did you watch the news today?
G+G
Did you hear what they said?
Verse 5: apl.de.ap & will.i.am, Both:
A minorAm
They say stay in the house, don't step out
A minorAm
If you step out, put the mask on the mouth
C majorC
Six feet back, virus attack
D MajorD
Soap on the hands so your lungs don't collapse
G+G
Don't know the truth, don't know the facts
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Ro-ro killin' all the brown and the black
Verse 6: will.i.am:
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COVID-19 got us on our knees
A minorAm
Got the temperature risin', 106 degrees
C majorC
It don't care if you speak Cantonese
D MajorD G+G
François or Portuguese, Español or Japanese
G+G
Gotta start sayin', "I can't breathe"
G+G
Ah, isn't it ironic?
G+G C majorC
When we can't breathe, the planet breathes
C majorC D MajorD
And we can see blue sky, blue seas, green leaves, birds and bees
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I don't know what to believe
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All the lies or conspiracies
Refrain: will.i.am:
G+G
Aw, did you hear the news today?
G+G
Did you hear what they said?
Outro: will.i.am:
A minorAm
One thousand more people passed away
A minorAm C majorC G+G
Aw, nah, somebody tell me what's going on
G+G
And on, and on, and on, and on, and on, and on, and on
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On, and on, and on, and on, and on, and on
G+G
Somebody tell me what's going on