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PERFORMING ARTISTS
Seal
Seal
Vocals
Phil Palmer
Phil Palmer
Acoustic Guitar
Jimmie Wood
Jimmie Wood
Background Vocals
Trevor Horn
Trevor Horn
Background Vocals
Tim Weidner
Tim Weidner
Drum Programming
Ash Soan
Ash Soan
Drums
Victor Indrizzo
Victor Indrizzo
Drums
Leo Abrahams
Leo Abrahams
Electric Guitar
Everton Nelson
Everton Nelson
Orchestra Leader
Julian Hinton
Julian Hinton
Programming
Pete Murray
Pete Murray
Keyboards
Jo Buckley
Jo Buckley
Conductor
Alex Acuña
Alex Acuña
Percussion
Frank Ricotti
Frank Ricotti
Percussion
Jamie Muhoberac
Jamie Muhoberac
Bass Synthesizer
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Al Cleveland
Al Cleveland
Songwriter
Marvin Gaye
Marvin Gaye
Songwriter
Renaldo Benson
Renaldo Benson
Songwriter
Julian Hinton
Julian Hinton
Orchestrator
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Gary Langan
Gary Langan
Additional Engineer
Graham Archer
Graham Archer
Additional Engineer
Andy Hughes
Andy Hughes
Assistant Engineer
Chris Parker
Chris Parker
Assistant Engineer
John Cranfield
John Cranfield
Assistant Engineer
Simon Bloor
Simon Bloor
Assistant Engineer
Trevor Horn
Trevor Horn
Producer
Tim Weidner
Tim Weidner
Mixing Engineer
Brian Gardner
Brian Gardner
Mastering Engineer
Mat Bartram
Mat Bartram
Recording Engineer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Mother, mother
There's too many of you crying
Brother, brother, brother
There's far too many of you dying
You know we've got to find a way
To bring some loving here today
Hey
[Verse 2]
Father, father
We don't need to escalate
You see, war is not the answer
For only love can conquer hate
You know we've got to find a way
To bring some loving here today
Yeah
[Verse 3]
Picket lines and picket signs
Don't punish me with brutality
Talk to me so that you can see
What's going on, what's going on?
Hey, what's going on?
I'll tell you what's going on
[Verse 4]
Mother, mother
Everybody thinks we're wrong
Oh but who are they to judge us?
Simply 'cause our hair is long
Oh you know we got to find a way
To bring some understanding here today
Yeah
[Verse 5]
Picket lines (Brother)
And picket signs (Brother)
Don't punish (Brother)
With brutality (Brother)
Come on and talk to me (Brother)
So that you can see (Brother)
[Verse 6]
Oh what's going on?
Hey what's going on?
Tell me what's going on?
I tell you what's going on
[Verse 7]
Mother, mother
Father, father
Brother, brother, brother
Written by: Al Cleveland, Marvin Gaye, Renaldo Benson

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