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John Lennon and the Beatles protested against the Vietnam War. Him and his group spoke very little about the war and about the people who were in it. By 1969 lennon was very involved with Yoko Ono. Yoko lead him to be involved into more political dissent. (Fontenot 1).

"Give Peace A Chance" [|Lyrics]
Ev'rybody's talking about Bagism, Shagism, Dragism, Madism, Ragism, Tagism This-ism, that-ism Isn't it the most All we are saying is give peace a chance All we are saying is give peace a chance

Ev'rybody's talking about Ministers, Sinisters, Banisters and canisters, Bishops and Fishops and Rabbis and Pop eyes, And bye bye, bye byes. All we are saying is give peace a chance All we are saying is give peace a chance

Let me tell you now Ev'rybody's talking about Revolution, Evolution, Mastication, Flagelolation, Regulations. Integrations, Meditations, United Nations, Congratulations All we are saying is give peace a chance All we are saying is give peace a chance

Oh Let's stick to it Ev'rybody's talking about John and Yoko, Timmy Leary, Rosemary, Tommy smothers, Bob Dylan, Tommy Cooper, Derek Tayor, Norman Mailer, Alan Ginsberg, Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna All we are saying is give peace a chance All we are saying is give peace a chance

The interpretation of the first half of “Give Peace A Chance” is that belief and religious systems did not work out nor solve any problems. Lennon says afterwards, ‘so give peace a chance,’ to tell the listeners what he thinks will be successful. The song also talks about the people in the world who have power to make peace, but all of them have failed (Yahoo Answers 1). The message of the song is simply to live by peace.

"Imagine" [|Lyrics]
Imagine there's no heaven It's easy if you try No hell below us Above us only sky Imagine all the people Living for today

Imagine there's no countries, It isn't hard to do Nothing to kill or die for And no religion too Imagine all the people Living life in peace

You...you may say I'm a dreamer But I'm not the only one I hope some day you'll join us And the world will be as one

Imagine no possessions I wonder if you can No need for greed or hunger A brotherhood of man Imagine all the people Sharing all the world

You...you may say I'm a dreamer But I'm not the only one I hope some day you'll join us And the world will live as one

This song is a strong political message that is sugarcoated in a beautiful melody. Lennon realized that the softer approach would bring the song to a wider audience, who hopefully would listen to his message. Lennon was asking us to imagine a place where things that divide people (religion, possessions, etc.) did not exist. He felt that it would be a much better place to live (Imagine 1).

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