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with a family who has loved him, and always had enough money to live. He knows that some people are not so fortunate like him and some people don’t have any money to give.
Then the next stanza, They follow the pattern of the wind ya see. Cause they got no place to be. Thats why Im starting with me.
It’s like people go through the same cycle of hoping for a change, but never thinking to be that change in the world they want to see,
Jackson’s going to break that cycle and change the world. Take a look at yourself and then make the change. You gotta get it right, while you got the time,
it means that you don’t have forever to make a change the world, the best time to start is now. If you don’t
do it, who will?
4.1.3 Heal The World
Theres a place in your heart And I know that it is love
And this place could be much Brighter than tomorrow
And if you really try Youll find theres no need to cry
In this place youll feel Theres no hurt or sorrow
There are ways to get there If you care enough for the living
Make a little space, make a better place
Heal the world Make it a better place
For you and for me and the entire human race There are people dying
If you care enough for the living Make a better place
For you and for me
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If you want to know why Theres a love that cannot lie
Love is strong It only cares for joyful giving
If we try we shall see In this bliss we cannot feel
Fear or dread We stop existing and start living
Then it feels that always Loves enough for us growing
Make a better world, make a better world
And the dream we would conceived in Will reveal a joyful face
And the world we once believed in Will shine again in grace
Then why do we keep strangling life Wound this earth, crucify its soul
Though its plain to see, this world is heavenly Be Gods glow
We could fly so high Let our spirits never die
In my heart I feel You all are my brothers
Create a world with no fear Together well cry happy tears
See the nations turn Their swords into plowshares
We could really get there If you cared enough for the living
Make a little space to make a better place
The album Dangerous was released on November 26, 1991. The album consists of 14 tracks with “Heal the World” as the seventh track. ‘Heal the World’ is a song that
describes a place where needy people need our help to save their live. This song was written by Michael Jackson himself. Given the title ‘Heal the World’, Michael brings his
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idea to develop his voice to help the needy children in the lyric. This song tells a real story to human being that there is a place in the world that needs our help.
In the first stanza, I assume this place refers to the world or something related to the existence or relationship surrounding by creation, especially human. We can see that
Jackson hopes the world will be better more, more, and more in long extent. He uses brighter than tomorrow
not brighter than yesterday. If tomorrow is bright, so today must be brighter. Tomorrow is a mystery. No one knows what will happen tomorrow. It could
be there is day for tomorrow or not. Afterwards, Jackson reveals that everything is possible. Look in the line, And if you really try youll find theres no need to cry. Phrase
“really try” means people should be much more seriously try to gain what people hope, while phrase “theres no need to cry” means happiness. I think the use of conditional
clause if is to highlight that most of people are sad or not happy because they give up before trying in many times. Sometimes, people give up in the peak of effort, while they
will get success in the one next step. In the next line, In this place youll feel theres no hurt or sorrow
, this sentence fragment can be delivered the meaning that if people try to help the needy children, there will be no sadness or regret for the loss of
someone or something loved. They need our care, our love, and our attention. The way Jackson sings it is really impressive that remind people to willingly give their attention to
those people, keep continuing their life. In the line, there are ways to get there if you care enough for the living, make a little space make a better place
, shows that the way to gain hope is so many, not only one. Nevertheless, people must keep other people and
environment in a good circumstance. I think peaceful is not a dream anymore if people
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can keep each other. Moreover, the narrator asks people to be close each other for better life. It shows in the phrase ‘make a little space make a better place’.
In the second stanza, For you and for me and the entire human race, There are people dying,
it means that Jackson reveals with how many people feel ill, are injured and going to die. However, many people do not care about this condition. Therefore, he
invites to make the world normal again. The peaceful is not only for other people, but also for yourself. Moreover, the narrator asks to make a better relation to the whole of
human race. Thus, race is not a reason to be far with other people, all is same. In the next stanza, Love is strong, means not easily broken and can support hard
problem. Moreover, there’s love that cannot lie. By giving love, there will be sincerity, not lying, and love only delivers happiness and pleasure. Then, in this line, the Jackson
emphasize on how effort is really important. Then, you will get happiness after struggle for something and no fear there. Afterwards, people start to get the real life, contact and
communicate each other, not only existence. By those are, people always feel there is love to grow. Thus, the world become better and better.
In the next stanza, And the dream we would conceived in, Will reveal a joyful face
, it means that Jackson says that every dream, hope, and what people imagine will come true. Besides, the world also will be normal and run well although step by step, not
directly as fold the hand. However, Jackson is questioning why people still kill others or not in humanist way. However, Jackson believes that although live in non-humanist way
until died, he take a hope to the God from His Glow.
In the next stanza, We could fly so high, Let our spirits never die, In my heart I feel, You all are my brothers
, we can see that Jackson takes a hope that although people
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had been dying, do not let the soul also die. And he also acknowledges all the people is his brother, means that brother has sameness in the parent, religion, or nationality in the
larger area. Then, he invites to struggle together although there is sadness but the sadness of happiness. And the important thing is there is no wound anymore, all is peace.
The repeated choruses again and again are sung by Jackson with groups of people’s voices, which can be stereotyped as black voice character, creating the powerful
and strong accents. The chorus states, Heal the World; make it a better place, for you and for me, and the entire human race. There are people dying. If you care enough for the
living, make a better place for you and for me . This statement directly assigned to
people or the other word ‘persuade’. To create a better place for human being themselves, heal the world by helping those needy people especially in the place such as Africa. What
to say is that what you do is for you yourself not for others. The purpose of this action is clearly sung by Jackson as his persuasion in the ending of the song again and again, you
and for me .
4.2 Racial Discrimination Reflected in Michael Jackson’s Songs 4.2.1 Black or White
