(a tribute to) Michael Jackson

kurang lebih satu minggu yg lalu, publik dunia dikejutkan dengan berita meninggalnya King of Pop Michael Jackson..diberitakan bahwa Jacko (panggilan akrabnya, sok akrab gini gw?!) meninggal karena serangan jantung..

gw pribadi bukanlah seorang yg fanatik terhadap raja pop tersebut..coz gw lahir tahun 1984, dan baru mulai bisa mengkonsumsi lagu luar awal 90an yg mana ketika itu lagu-lagu Jacko yg jadi hits lebih banyak yg berirama cepat, let say..Black or White, Beat It atau Smooth Criminal..secara telinga gw yg masih belum bisa mencerna lirik bahasa Inggris dgn baik (ampe sekarang kayanya mah..hehehe), ditambah beat yg cepat sehingga menambah sulit daya tangkap telinga gw..jadi, ketika itu kepopuleran Jacko di telinga gw dikalahkan "..step by step..ooh baby.." dari NKOTB.. :)

belakangan gw lebih suka lagu-lagu Jacko yg lebih lambat, such as..Heal the World, You're not Alone, atau One Day in Your Life (baru sebatas iramanya)..tapi itu tetep aja ga membuat gw menyukai Jacko..terlalu banyak kontroversi dalam hidupnya yg membuat gw kurang bersimpati, dari merubah warna kulit, hingga kasus pdofilia..walaupun gw akui gaya-gayanya diikuti banyak orang dan menjadi trendstter saat itu, such as..gaya Moonwalker, lengkingan suaranya, maupun pakaian yg dikenakannya..

dan gw baru memahami kata-kata di lagu-lagunya setelah sang bintang meninggal dunia..terutama lirik di lagu Man In The Mirror..sangat menginspirasi dan memotivasi..KEREN dan SALUT buat Jacko..ini menyadarkan gw bahwa setiap manusia pasti memiliki dua sisi, baik dan buruk..even Jacko the King of Pop, dan itu harus bisa kita terima sebagai satu kesatuan..here's the lyric..

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
(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)
(Na Na Na, Na Na Na, Na Na,
Na Nah)

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
(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
(Starting With Me!)

I'm Starting With The Man In
The Mirror
(Ooh!)
I'm Asking Him To Change
His Ways
(Ooh!)
And 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)

I'm Starting With The Man In
The Mirror
(Ooh!)
I'm Asking Him To Change His
Ways
(Change His Ways-Ooh!)
And No Message Could've
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 That . . .
(Take A Look At Yourself And
Then Make That . . .)
Change!

I'm Starting With The Man In
The Mirror,
(Man In The Mirror-Oh
Yeah!)
I'm Asking Him To Change
His Ways
(Better Change!)
No Message Could Have
Been Any Clearer
(If You Wanna Make The
World A Better Place)
(Take A Look At Yourself And
Then Make The Change)
(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)
Hoo! Hoo! Hoo! Hoo! Hoo!
Na Na Na, Na Na Na, Na Na,
Na Nah
(Oh Yeah!)
Gonna Feel Real Good Now!
Yeah Yeah! Yeah Yeah!
Yeah Yeah!
Na Na Na, Na Na Na, Na Na,
Na Nah
(Ooooh . . .)
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.

since today, I become your fans..Rest In Peace Jacko..