we are the world
posted on Thursday, July 9, 2009 @ 6:47 AM
watched it while smsing priy and harith.priy and i sent the message yang dekat atas 8tv punya screen tu.the one yang kononnya for MJ.we were so semangat-ed but in the end,our message tak keluar pun.wasting priy's money je.dahlah the other messages macam so..erghh.i didnt get what those people were trying to say really.and we waited so long for our message to actually keluar.
“When Michael started, it was a different world. But because Michael kept going, because he didn't accept limitations, because he refused to let people decide his boundaries, he opened up the whole world.
In the music world, he put on one glove, pulled his pants up and broke down the color curtain where now our videos are shown and magazines put us on the cover. It was Michael Jackson that brought Blacks and Whites and Asians and Latinos together. It was Michael Jackson that made us sing, "We are the World" and feed the hungry long before Live Aid.
Because Michael Jackson kept going, he created a comfort level where people that felt they were separate became interconnected with his music. And it was that comfort level that kids from Japan and Ghana and France and Iowa and Pennsylvania got comfortable enough with each other until later it wasnt strange to us to watch Oprah on television. It wasn't strange to watch Tiger Woods golf. Those young kids grew up from being teenage, comfortable fans of Michael to being 40 years old and being comfortable to vote for a person of color to be the President of the United States of America.
Michael did that. Michael made us love each other. Michael taught us to stand with each other. There are those that like to dig around mess. But millions around the world, we're going to uphold his message. It's not about mess, but it's about his love message. As you climb up steep mountains, sometimes you scar your knee; sometimes you break your skin. But don't focus on the scars, focus on the journey. Michael beat 'em, Michael rose to the top. He out-sang his cynics, he out-danced his doubters; he out-performed the pessimists. Every time he got knocked down, he got back up. Every time you counted him out, he came back in. Michael never stopped. Michael never stopped. Michael never stopped.
I want to say to Mrs. Jackson and Joe Jackson, his sisters and brothers: We thank you for giving us someone that taught us love; someone who taught us hope. We want to thank you because we know it was your dream too.
We know that your heart is broken. I know you have some comfort from the letter from the President of the United States and Nelson Mandela. But this was your child. This was your brother. This was your brother. This was your cousin. Nothing will fill your hearts' lost. But I hope the love that people are showing will make you know he didn't live in vain. I want his three children to know: Wasn't nothing strange about your Daddy. It was strange what your Daddy had to deal with. But he dealt with it...He dealt with it anyway. He dealt with it for us.
So, some came today, Mrs. Jackson, to say goodbye to Michael. I came to say, thank you. Thank you because you never stopped, thank you because you never gave up, thank you because you never gave out, thank you because you tore down our divisions. Thank you because you eradicated barriers.Thank you because you gave us hope.Thank you Michael.Thank you Michael.Thank you Michael! ” -Rev Al Sharpton.
i never realised how special MJ was up till now.and im glad that i have lived to see how big of an impact he has made to the world :)
my sympathy goes out to his children.be strong.
needless to say,priy and i cried.for like tak tahu lah kali ke berapa kan.we were like,okay,im gonna cry now.no,okay,its crying time :) and harith..haha XD we were dissing mariah carey.seriously,i wanted to cry when she was singing i'll be there but her voice was so so teruk that i couldnt even force myself to cry.
im in love with MJ's man in the mirror now.haha.okay,lets just say im in love with all MJ's songs.thats better.
school was okay.didnt study that much during bio.tomorrow's pn___ 's last day as our prac.bio teacher.how sad.she's a huge fun laa,that teacher.
and im like so proud of myself sekejap.finished my add math homework.Pn___ was so proud of us just now :) she was like,this is how science 1 students should be.very good
i have to say,i enjoyed learning add math today.naik sikit my semangat nak study,kan :)
ps: thanks Harith,for being there yesterday :)
It's true we'll make a better day,
Just you and me