we are the world michael j. and friends
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Famous song, set to photos from photojournalists from around the globe.TRANSCRIPT
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AND SO SO LUCKY!Give thanks!Help others!
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There comes a time when we heed a certain call
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When the world must come together as one
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There are people dying
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and it’s time to lend a hand to life
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The greatest gift of all
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We can’t go on pretending day by day
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That someone, somewhere will soon make a change
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We are all a part of God’s great big family
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And the truth, you know
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Love is all we need
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We are the world, we are the children
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We are the ones who make a brighter day
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So let’s start giving
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There’s a choice we're making
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We're saving our own lives
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it’s true we'll make a better day
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Just you and me
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Send them your heart so they'll know that someone cares
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And their lives will be stronger and free
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As God has shown us by turning stones to bread
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So we all must lend a helping hand
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We are the world, we are the children
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We are the ones who make a brighter day
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So let’s start giving
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There’s a choice we're making
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We're saving our own lives
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it’s true we'll make a better day
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Just you and me
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When you're down and out, there seems no hope at allWhen you're down and out, there seems no hope at all
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But if you just believe there’s no way we can fall
But if you just believe there’s no way we can fall
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Let us realize that a change can only come
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When we stand together as one
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We are the world, we are the children
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We are the ones who make a brighter day
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So let’s start giving
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There’s a choice we're making
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We're saving our own lives
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it’s true we'll make a better day
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Just you and me
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We are the world, we are the children
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We are the ones who make a brighter day
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So let’s start giving
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There’s a choice we're making
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We're saving our own lives
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it’s true we'll make a better day
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Just you and me
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We are the world, we are the children
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We are the ones who make a brighter day
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So let’s start giving
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There’s a choice we're making
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We're saving our own lives
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it’s true we'll make a better day
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Just you and me
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If you were to shrink the earth’s population to a village of 100 people, it
would look something like this:
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52 would be female, 48 would be male
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70 would be Non-Christian, 30 would be
Christian
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6 of them would be Americans. These 6
would have over half of the world’s wealth.
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70 would be unable to read
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50 would suffer from mal-nutrition,
1 would be near death, l near birth.
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1 would have a college education,
1 would own a computer.
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Education and pay for people 18 and older (1998):
•No high school diploma $16,124•High school diploma $22,895•Some college, no degree $24,804•Associate degree $29,872•Bachelor’s degree $40,478•Master’s degree $51,183•Doctoral degree $77,445•Professional degree $95,148Does it pay to go to school?Does it pay to go to school?
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If you woke up this morning with more
health than illness, you are more blessed than the million who will not
survive this week.
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If you have a non-dirt floor in the place you
live, you belong to the upper half of the
world’s most prosperous people.
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If you have a window, a door and more than
one room, you belong to the upper 20 percent
of the world’s richest people.
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If you have never experienced the danger of battle, the loneliness
of imprisonment, the agony of torture, or the
pangs of starvation, you are ahead of 500 million people in the
world.
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If you can attend church without fear of harassment, arrest or torture, or death, you are more blessed than 3 billion people in the
world.
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If you have food in the refrigerator, clothes on you back, a roof over head and a place to sleep you are richer
than 57% of this world.
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If you have money in the bank, in your wallet, and spare
change in a dish some place you are among
the top 8% of the world’s most wealthy.
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If your parents are still alive and still married
you are very rare, even here in the United
States and Canada.
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Regardless of where you live, if you can read and you have a pair of shoes, a change of underwear
and can choose from two or more foods to eat, you
belong to the top 10 percent of the world’s
most wealthy.