{"id":56,"date":"2011-08-02T17:36:58","date_gmt":"2011-08-02T17:36:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/inspirationalsongoftheweek\/?p=56"},"modified":"2011-08-02T17:39:21","modified_gmt":"2011-08-02T17:39:21","slug":"we-are-the-world-usa-for-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/inspirationalsongoftheweek\/2011\/08\/we-are-the-world-usa-for-africa.html","title":{"rendered":"We Are the World &#8211; USA for Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"We Are the World - Lionel Richie, Tina Turner, Michael Jackson\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ne7fPpxAnuM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<p>With MTV <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/the_prophet_of_pop\/2011\/08\/mtv-is-old-yall.html\" target=\"_blank\">celebrating its 30th birthday this week<\/a>, I thought it appropriate to feature a song and video that wouldn&#8217;t have existed without them. \u00a0&#8220;We are the World&#8221; is perhaps the biggest and boldest musical collaboration of our time. \u00a0The sheer number of stars in this video is overwhelming, and the song is as inspiring as many of the people who helped to sing it.<\/p>\n<p><em>There comes a time\u00a0<\/em><br \/>\n<em>When we head a certain call\u00a0<\/em><br \/>\n<em>When the world must come together as one\u00a0<\/em><br \/>\n<em>There are people dying\u00a0<\/em><br \/>\n<em>And it&#8217;s time to lend a hand to life\u00a0<\/em><br \/>\n<em>The greatest gift of all\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>We can&#8217;t go on\u00a0<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Pretending day by day\u00a0<\/em><br \/>\n<em>That someone, somewhere will soon make a change\u00a0<\/em><br \/>\n<em>We are all a part of\u00a0<\/em><br \/>\n<em>God&#8217;s great big family\u00a0<\/em><br \/>\n<em>And the truth, you know love is all we need\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>We are the world\u00a0<\/em><br \/>\n<em>We are the children\u00a0<\/em><br \/>\n<em>We are the ones who make a brighter day\u00a0<\/em><br \/>\n<em>So let&#8217;s start giving\u00a0<\/em><br \/>\n<em>There&#8217;s a choice we&#8217;re making\u00a0<\/em><br \/>\n<em>We&#8217;re saving our own lives\u00a0<\/em><br \/>\n<em>It&#8217;s true we&#8217;ll make a better day\u00a0<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Just you and me\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Send them your heart\u00a0<\/em><br \/>\n<em>So they&#8217;ll know that someone cares\u00a0<\/em><br \/>\n<em>And their lives will be stronger and free\u00a0<\/em><br \/>\n<em>As God has shown us by turning stone to bread\u00a0<\/em><br \/>\n<em>So we all must lend a helping hand\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>When you&#8217;re down and out\u00a0<\/em><br \/>\n<em>There seems no hope at all\u00a0<\/em><br \/>\n<em>But if you just believe\u00a0<\/em><br \/>\n<em>There&#8217;s no way we can fall\u00a0<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Well, well, well, well, let us realize\u00a0<\/em><br \/>\n<em>That a change will only come\u00a0<\/em><br \/>\n<em>When we stand together as one<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Related &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/the_prophet_of_pop\/2011\/08\/mtv-is-old-yall.html\" target=\"_blank\">MTV Turns 30<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/bnetmusic\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Follow Beliefnet Music on Twitter<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With MTV celebrating its 30th birthday this week, I thought it appropriate to feature a song and video that wouldn&#8217;t have existed without them. \u00a0&#8220;We are the World&#8221; 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