We Are The World Michael J. And Friends
- 1. AND SO SO LUCKY! Give thanks! Help others! We are the World
- 2. There comes a time when we heed a certain call
- 3. When the world must come together as one
- 4. There are people dying
- 5. and it’s time to lend a hand to life
- 6. The greatest gift of all
- 7. We can’t go on pretending day by day
- 8. That someone, somewhere will soon make a change
- 9. We are all a part of God’s great big family
- 10. And the truth, you know
- 11. Love is all we need
- 12. We are the world, we are the children
- 13. We are the ones who make a brighter day
- 14. So let’s start giving
- 15. There’s a choice we're making
- 16. We're saving our own lives
- 17. it’s true we'll make a better day
- 18. Just you and me
- 19. Send them your heart so they'll know that someone cares
- 20. And their lives will be stronger and free
- 21. As God has shown us by turning stones to bread
- 22. So we all must lend a helping hand
- 23. We are the world, we are the children
- 24. We are the ones who make a brighter day
- 25. So let’s start giving
- 26. There’s a choice we're making
- 27. We're saving our own lives
- 28. it’s true we'll make a better day
- 29. Just you and me
- 30. When you're down and out, there seems no hope at all
- 31. But if you just believe there’s no way we can fall But if you just believe there’s no way we can fall
- 32. Let us realize that a change can only come
- 33. When we stand together as one
- 34. We are the world, we are the children
- 35. We are the ones who make a brighter day
- 36. So let’s start giving
- 37. There’s a choice we're making
- 38. We're saving our own lives
- 39. it’s true we'll make a better day
- 40. Just you and me
- 41. We are the world, we are the children
- 42. We are the ones who make a brighter day
- 43. So let’s start giving
- 44. There’s a choice we're making
- 45. We're saving our own lives
- 46. it’s true we'll make a better day
- 47. Just you and me
- 48. We are the world, we are the children
- 49. We are the ones who make a brighter day
- 50. So let’s start giving
- 51. There’s a choice we're making
- 52. We're saving our own lives
- 53. it’s true we'll make a better day
- 54. Just you and me
- 62. If you were to shrink the earth’s population to a village of 100 people, it would look something like this:
- 63. 52 would be female, 48 would be male
- 64. 70 would be Non-Christian, 30 would be Christian
- 65. 6 of them would be Americans. These 6 would have over half of the world’s wealth.
- 66. 70 would be unable to read
- 67. 50 would suffer from mal-nutrition, 1 would be near death, l near birth.
- 68. 1 would have a college education, 1 would own a computer.
- 69. 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 $95,148 Does it pay to go to school?
- 70. If you woke up this morning with more health than illness, you are more blessed than the million who will not survive this week.
- 71. 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.
- 72. 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.
- 73. 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.
- 74. 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.
- 75. 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.
- 76. 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.
- 77. If your parents are still alive and still married you are very rare, even here in the United States and Canada.
- 78. 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.