The Black Eyed Peas – News Today (Guitar)

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[Refrain: will.i.am]
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Did you watch the news today?

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Did you hear what they said?
[Verse 1: will.i.am]
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One thousand more people passed away

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Aw, nah, somebody tell me what's going on

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New York, New York, big city of dreams

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There's a nightmare goin' down from the Bronx to Queens

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And everywhere in between

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We fighting somethin' we can't even see

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There's an invisible enemy

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Just knocked out Italy

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Keep the mask on 'cause if you cough they gon' look at you like you did a felony

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And they said we can't hug nobody

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Not until we find a remedy

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So we pray for Spain, France, and the U.K. 

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China and U.S.A., I pray we gon' be okay

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Pray for the grandmas and grandpas

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So they can live to see another day
[Refrain: will.i.am]
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Did you watch the news today?

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Did you hear what they said?
[Verse 2: apl.de.ap]
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They say don't worry folks, it's all a hoax

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The news is fake and it's all a joke

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The death toll's rising with broken hopes

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Now they got the cure and a antidote

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Inject yourself with a bleach or soap

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And a checks in the mail 'cause they know we're broke
[Refrain: will.i.am]
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Did you watch the news today?

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Did you hear what they said?
[Verse 3: Taboo & will.i.am, Both]
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They said no one's alive to see the pope

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It's a ghost town coast to coast

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We're just people that's tryna cope

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From different sides with different strokes

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Livin' different lives from different tribes

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But everybody's in the same boat
[Refrain: will.i.am]
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Did you hear the news today?
[Verse 4: will.i.am]
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They say the world is one

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'Cause we're all fighting a war

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But nobody pick up a gun

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We got nurses and doctors

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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

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Riskin' new encounters

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They in the front line

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Dying for the minimum wage
[Refrain: will.i.am]
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Did you watch the news today?

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Did you hear what they said?
[Verse 5: apl.de.ap & will.i.am, Both]
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They say stay in the house, don't step out

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If you step out, put the mask on the mouth

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Six feet back, virus attack

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Soap on the hands so your lungs don't collapse

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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

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Got the temperature risin', 106 degrees

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It don't care if you speak Cantonese

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François or Portuguese, Español or Japanese

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Gotta start sayin', "I can't breathe"

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Ah, isn't it ironic?

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When we can't breathe, the planet breathes

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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]
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Aw, did you hear the news today?

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Did you hear what they said?
[Outro: will.i.am]
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One thousand more people passed away

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Aw, nah, somebody tell me what's going on

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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

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Somebody tell me what's going on