Lyrics to
What’s Happening Brother

This version of What’S Happening Brother was released by Marvin Gaye in 1971.

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Hey baby, what’cha know good
I’m just gettin’ back, but you knew I would
War is hell, when will it end,
When will people start gettin’ together again
Are things really gettin’ better, like the newspaper said
What else is new my friend, besides what I read
Can’t find no work, can’t find no job my friend
Money is tighter than it’s ever been
Say man, I just don’t understand
What’s going on across this land
Ah what’s happening brother,
Oh ya, what’s happening my man
Are they still gettin’ down where we used to go and dance
Will our ball club win the pennant,
do you think they have a chance
And tell me friend, how in the world have you been.
Tell me what’s out and I want to know what’s in.
What’s the deal man, what’s happening
What’s happening brother
Ah what’s happening brother
What’s happening my man
Ah what’s happening brother
What’s been shaken up and down the line
I want to know cause I’m slightly behind the time.

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About Lyrics and What’S Happening Brother by Marvin Gaye

The lyrics for What’S Happening Brother are made up of the words, verses and background chorus for the popular 1971 song by Marvin Gaye. Like a lot of songs, the lyrics to What’S Happening Brother have both direct meanings and metaphorical context hidden within the song's words. All of the meanings are only truly known by the creators of the lyrics for What’S Happening Brother - Marvin Gaye and any of the writers who worked with them on the song.

If you have an interest in the structure of words and phrases, you can dissect the lyrics to What’S Happening Brother by Marvin Gaye in multiple ways. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to What’S Happening Brother" means the words set to the music of What’S Happening Brother, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Marvin Gaye. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to What’S Happening Brother and the lyrics to What’S Happening Brother are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Marvin Gaye who came here looking just for the lyrics to What’S Happening Brother, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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