We are the world/四海一家

語言：英語
作曲/填詞：Michael Jackson米高積遜/ Lionel Richie萊諾李奇
原唱：U.S.A. for Africa美國援非群星

There comes a time when we hear a certain call.
當我們聽到懇切的呼喚
When the world must come together as one.
全世界應團結一致
There are people dying
有些人正面臨死亡
And it's time to lend a hand to life.
該是時候伸出援手
The greatest gift of all.
對眾生而言，這是最好的禮物

We can't go on pretending day by day.
我們不能日復一日的偽裝下去
That someone somewhere will soon make a change.
某人在某些地方快要作出改變
We are all a part of God's great big family.
我們都是神所造大家族中的一員
And the truth you know love is all we need.
事實上，我們需要的就是愛

* We are the world. We are the children.
我們是四海一家，我們全是神的兒女
We are the ones, who make a brighter day,
創造美好的未來全賴我們
So let's start giving.
故讓我們開始奉獻
There's a choice we're making.
我們正在作出抉擇
We're saving our own lives.
在拯救自己的生命
It's true we'll make a better day just you and me.
你我真的可以創造更美好的明天

Oh! Send them your heart,
將你的心意傳遞給他們
So they'll know that someone cares.
讓他們明瞭仍有人關心他們
And their lives will be stronger and free.
令他們生活得更堅強、更自由
As God had shown us by turning storns to bread.
如同神向我們展現的神蹟
So we all must lend a helping hand.
故我們全都應該伸出援手

(Repeat重複 *)

When you're down and out,
當你意志消沉、不被接納
There seems no hope at all.
一切似乎全無希望
But if you just believe
但只要你相信
There's no way we can fall.
我們是不可能倒下的
Let us realize that a change can only come
讓我們體會到，改變只會出現
When we stand together as one.
當我們如同一家人的站在一起

(Repeat重複 * * *)

(Let me hear you)
（讓我聽到你的聲音）

(Repeat重複 * * * * * *)

另一首讓我們憶起Michael Jackson的名曲，便是We are the World。

在1985年，數十位美國當紅歌星一起灌錄了這首著名的We are the World。這首歌是由Lionel Richie（萊諾李奇）和Michael Jackson（米高積遜）合力創作的，兩人只用了４天便寫成了旋律，Lionel Richie先完成一部分，Michael Jackson看到完成的片段後靈感大發，一夜之間就把全曲寫成。隨後，他們亦只花了２個多小時完成歌詞。

美妙的歌曲，加上簡單的歌詞，充分展示了這位天王巨星的才華。

資料來源：
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WmxT21uFRwM&feature=player_embedded