I'm looking at the man in the mirror

People have said thousands of things about him. They have hailed him a legend and dragged him down the mud as a pervert. But I am completely aware of the very fact that we live in a society when a man seems to perfect to be true, there is always a couple of heads roaming around wanting to prove that he is human after all. They may be right. They may be wrong. But what they will not take away from me is my Michael Jackson. A man, who is, for me, well and truly a legend, not only for his music, but for everything that he had done in his life. For MJ, music wasn't a profession, it was well and truly him, his own self. It was a gift planted and seeded in the body of this humble man,and here was a man who knew how responsible he had to be in order to share that gift with the whole world, share the gift with those who need it, and a man who has given back to the world so much of what he took from it. Today, I realize it has been 21 years since MJ and written 'Man in the Mirror', a song which embodies everything that MJ was all about- an inspirational figure, and if you still had doubts in your mind as to why he is the king of pop, this video might answer it:






This was much more than a song for me personally, its not that regular feet-tapping number you have, but instead a number that will move you to the extent of giving you goosebumps every time you watch how the audiences respond to his songs. But I am not writing this down to prove why MJ is a king or legend or why this is such a good song. Instead, a song that well and truly stays in the heart of many music listeners 21 years after its release- a song that has gathered nearly an accumulated 10 million hits in YouTube, is certainly no small song. It speaks for itself.

"Man In The Mirror"

I'm Gonna Make A Change,
For Once In My Life
It's Gonna Feel Real Good,
Gonna Make A Difference
Gonna Make It Right . . .

As I, Turn Up The Collar On My
Favourite Winter Coat
This Wind Is Blowin' My Mind
I See The Kids In The Street,
With Not Enough To Eat
Who Am I, To Be Blind?
Pretending Not To See
Their Needs
A Summer's Disregard,
A Broken Bottle Top
And A One Man's Soul
They Follow Each Other On
The Wind Ya' Know
'Cause They Got Nowhere
To Go
That's Why I Want You To
Know

I'm Starting With The Man In
The Mirror
I'm Asking Him To Change
His Ways
And No Message Could Have
Been Any Clearer
If You Wanna Make The World
A Better Place
Take A Look At Yourself, And
Then Make A Change

I've Been A Victim Of A Selfish
Kind Of Love
It's Time That I Realize
That There Are Some With No
Home, Not A Nickel To Loan
Could It Be Really Me,
Pretending That They're Not
Alone?

A Willow Deeply Scarred,
Somebody's Broken Heart
And A Washed-Out Dream
They Follow The Pattern Of
The Wind, Ya' See
Cause They Got No Place
To Be
That's Why I'm Starting With
Me

(You Gotta Get It Right, While
You Got The Time)
('Cause When You Close Your
Heart)
You Can't Close Your . . .Your
Mind!
(Then You Close Your . . .
Mind!)
That Man, That Man, That
Man, That Man
With That Man In The Mirror
(Man In The Mirror, Oh Yeah!)
That Man, That Man, That Man
I'm Asking Him To Change
His Ways
(Better Change!)
You Know . . .That Man
No Message Could Have
Been Any Clearer
If You Wanna Make The World
A Better Place
(If You Wanna Make The
World A Better Place)
Take A Look At Yourself And
Then Make A Change
(Take A Look At Yourself And
Then Make A Change)
Gonna Feel Real Good Now!

Oh No, No No . . .
I'm Gonna Make A Change
It's Gonna Feel Real Good!
Come On!
(Change . . .)
Just Lift Yourself
You Know
You've Got To Stop It.
Yourself!
(Yeah!-Make That Change!)
I've Got To Make That Change,
Today!
Hoo!
(Man In The Mirror)
You Got To
You Got To Not Let Yourself . . .
Brother . . .
Hoo!
(Yeah!-Make That Change!)
You Know-I've Got To Get
That Man, That Man . . .
(Man In The Mirror)
You've Got To
You've Got To Move! Come
On! Come On!
You Got To . . .
Stand Up! Stand Up!
Stand Up!
(Yeah-Make That Change)
Stand Up And Lift
Yourself, Now!
(Man In The Mirror)
Hoo! Hoo! Hoo!
Aaow!
(Yeah-Make That Change)
Gonna Make That Change . . .
Come On!
(Man In The Mirror)
You Know It!
You Know It!
You Know It!
You Know . . .
(Change . . .)
Make That Change!

Critiques of this man are aloft. But I do not need many arguments to simplify how strong I feel about this man. When this man has sung the song that I hold so dear to my heart when I was still in my mother's womb (literally), could he be anything else than a legend for me? When that particular song has been one of the few other songs that I hear everytime I'm in dire need of inspiration and meaning in life, and when the song gives me that inspiration and allows me to pick myself up and continue in my quest to reach my dream, could this man be anything other than a legend to me? And could any body deny that when an artist manages to inspire a boy he had never even seen, heard or even been aware of, with a song he wrote even before the boy was born- until the stage where the boy is on the brink of touching his own dream- that the artist in question is a legend? Because I believe that is what the best artists and true legends could do- give you inspiration beyond borders, beyond time and fractions. And no matter what others may see unfit about this man- I'd say that if I am successful tomorrow, that this man has played a big part in helping me to it- just through what he does best. And when any man in the world has had the ability to inspire another person as much in their lives- then it makes them legends in their own rights. And I know I'm not the only one inspired by MJ. For that, he is a true legend and icon.

21 years later, I still look in the mirror everyday and ask that man to change for the better, to improve everyday, for I want to make this world a better place, and I shall be the change.