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“For What It’s Worth” by Buffalo Springfield was written by Stephen Stills in 1966 after violent clashes between police and young people on the Sunset Strip in Los Angeles. What started as protests against curfews and club closures quickly escalated, and Stills captured that tension almost immediately in this song.Despite sounding calm and almost understated, the lyrics reflect confusion, division, and rising unrest. Lines like “There’s something happening here” aren’t specific on purpose. They mirror how unclear and unsettling the situation felt at the time.Over the years, the song became widely associated with the Vietnam War, but it was never originally about that. It’s really about a cultural shift, a moment when people felt things were changing fast and no one fully understood what was coming next.Follow @ExplainingLyrics for more songs you thought you understood#ExplainingLyrics #BuffaloSpringfield #ClassicRock #SongMeaning #MusicHistory