Logos: "Where Is The Love?"

Logos is the use of statistics, quotes, facts, images, reasons, and values in an attempt to persuade. In the song "Where Is The Love?" by the Black Eyed Peas, the artist never gives a statistic with numbers, but instead just describes the things that are actually going on in the United States. They talk about the corrupt CIA, the Bloods, the Crips, and the Ku Klux Klan. Due to the text being a song, there are no actual images, but I believe that the song creates images in the listener's mind as he or she is listening to it. In the lyrics, the Black Eyed Peas say "People killin', people dyin', children hurt and you hear them cryin', can you practice what you preach and turn the other cheek?" I believe that this lyric creates the image of children crying, people killing others, and also the image of what is wanted, peace. The Black Eyed Peas also once again refer to something that actually happened when they say "Nations droppin' bombs, chemical gasses fillin' the lungs of little ones", even though there is not an actual statistic of how many young children were effected by bombs, they still refer to the event happening. In a way, you could see the song as a cause-an-effect statement. Because there is no peace in the world, people are dying, countries are at war, and young, innocent children are losing their lives. Even though it is impossible to tell what will happen in the world if "the love" was more prevalent, it seems as if the Black Eyed Peas definitely believe that things would be different if they did not have to ask the question of "Where Is The Love?".

- Young Park