Song 12: What's Going On?, Marvin Gaye

Marvin Gaye's album What's Going On is told from the point of view of an American soldier returning from the Vietnam war wondering when the fighting would end. Here's the title track:

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 lovin' here today

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 lovin' here today

Song 51: Inner City Blues (Make Me Want To Holler), Marvin Gaye

A few songs on the Top 100 Political Music Countdown thus far have a political take on religion and a few songs bring religion into politics. Marvin Gaye's Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler) always struck me as beautiful and interesting for its transition from a fighting stance (Oh Make Me Want To Holler) to a position of prayer (God Bless You, And Keep You). Desperate times for desperate people. The Holy and the Profane.