"If you want
to be remembered after you are dead, write something worth reading, or do
something worth writing about'
-Benjamin Franklin
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fter the death of the greatest Vocalist,
Singer, Stage Performer, Moon Walker and above all the King of Pop Music-Micheal Jackson in
the year 2009 I decided that I was going to take my time to watch all his legendary hit tracks he recorded and performed until his death. So I purchase
a DVD that contain all of his music collections. I must confess that, that one decision was
phenomenal and it has shaped my life hitherto!
Many fell, many were in coma, many lost their memories, many screamed on top of their voices, mammoth crowd gathered just to watch a young man perform on stage! You need to see the countless assembly of people who stampeded to
hear Micheal sing. Children, grand father and mothers, all and sundry scream ‘Micheal!
Micheal’. Micheal Jackson's enigma and popularity is the greatest I have ever known.
Generations and it's successions would talk and continue to talk about Micheal because
of the magnitude of his impact he left in the hearts of the world.
Micheal Jackson is the greatest Pop Singer
the world has ever seen and believe me no one can ever be like him until eternity.
Micheal Jackson's music had some kind of originality that is lacking today among
many young artistes. He did not sing because he wanted to amass money for himself
rather, he sang because he wanted to Impact lives. He had an unbeatable orientation about music. His track ‘Beat it’ to my best understanding
means ‘to let go’ ‘to retreat’ ‘to let sleeping dogs lie’ and was dedicated to
all those who are still living ‘street lives’; those who find delight in
causing nuisance in the society. He dedicated the song to all those young
people who do nothing than fight themselves on the street. ‘Beat it’ is a song
than make those people understand that there is no gain in brawling rather than
in peace and Unity. He added ‘It doesn't matter who is wrong or right just beat it’. Really great!
Another piece of his songs that lifts my
spirit is ‘Heal the world’. ‘Heal
the world’ stresses on making the world a better place than we met it. It
encourages unity, love and fosters 'public-spiritedness.' It is a song that urges
the world to add value to the lives of people instead of making life
unbearable for them. I can remember vividly two years ago, a young girl wearing
ear pieces around her ears sat beside me in a bus heading for Oshodi, but to my
greatest chagrin, I suddenly noticed tears dropping from her eyes. I never
wanted to interrupt, but I was compelled to ask her when I noticed the tears kept
pouring. I asked her ‘What 's the matter?’ but she never said a word, all she did
was show me the music she was listening to . I realized she was listening to Micheal
Jackson’s ‘Heal the world’. I never knew all that went inside this damsel’s
mind but I knew one thing –the song
impacted and touched her life causing her to reminisce on certain issues about
her life.
In contemporary times, music that pierces
deep into the soul causing us to reflect and sober are scarce. The world now is
polluted with ‘heart aching’, and ‘high blood
pressure rising’ song. Rock! Rock! Rock! A popular Gospel Singer said that ‘Music
is the gateway to the human soul’.
His popular hit track ‘They don’t really care about us’ is another blessing that came to the
world in time when the world needed it most. Back then, many Third World World
Nations are beset with racial discrimination, oppression from the government
and the rich, mental slavery and many more. ‘They don’t care about us’ was
composed to awaken the senses within the blacks and all those facing oppression and to imbue them with a strong will to fight for liberty.
It made them realize that inside them lie tremendous powers beyond measure! It reinforced their guts and effontery to confort the government and their oppressor
telling them in their face ‘Enough is enough’ ‘We want freedom and not slavery’.
‘They don’t care about us’ cut across the world sending the message of hope and freedom. It impacted every child and people who had been downcasted and reveal the well of potentials and powers lying dormant inside them. It was a blessing indeed! I can go on and on and on. His impact in this generation cannot be over stressed. You know yourself, you know what I am talking about.
God’s plan for our lives
‘So God
created Human being making them to be like Himself; He created them male and
female, blessed them and said ‘Have many children, so that your descedants will
live all over the earth and bring it under control. I am putting you in charge
of the fish, the birds and all wild animals’-Genesis
1:27-28
‘God looked
at everything He had made, He was very pleased’-Genesis 1:31
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od’s plan for man since inception is to make
him great, powerful, and influential beyond measures. God never created
anything nor anybody to live average lives. He created us to live a life of
impact and meaning. This is the same reason why he said ‘I am putting you in
charge’. He has give us the power to be Famous and powerful. He has caused us
to be the cynosure of all eyes. He has released us from being slaves to being
Kings and Queens in our different capacities.
To be in charge means that people obey your
command before taking a certain step concerning you. Remember how God caused
Pharoh to put the Prisoner of yesterday to being the Prime Minister of Egygt of
all time? In fact, Pharoh said ‘I am putting your in charge of all provinces
and the people would take orders from you’ Joseph was only 30 years old! The name: Micheal Jackson would remain a
brand forever. People pay huge amount of money to watch sing and make his funny
moves, people bow at his feet, people fainted when he grabs the microphone,
people tremble at his giftedness! Even now that his body is dead his spirit lives in the heart of everyone who listens to his music. What a man like Micheal Jackson.
Whenever I think of the name Micheal Jackson
all I see is God’s plan for our lives. He is an epitome of the totality of who
God has designed and hardwired us to become in our respect fields . In an
interview with Micheal Jackson he noted "I’ve
always wanted to be able to tell stories, you know, stories that came from my
soul. I'd like to sit by a fire and tell people stories – make them see
pictures, make them cry and laugh, take them anywhere emotionally with
something as deceptively simple as words. I'd like to tell tales to move their
souls and transform them. I've always wanted to be able to do that. Imagine how
the great writers must feel, knowing they have that power. I sometimes feel I
could do it. It's something I'd like to develop. In a way, songwriting uses the
same skills, creates the emotional highs and lows, but the story is a sketch.
It's quicksilver. There are very few books written on the art of storytelling,
how to grip listeners, how to get a group of people together and amuse them. No
costumes, no makeup, no nothing, just you and your voice, and your powerful
ability to take them anywhere, to transform their lives, if only for minutes."
–Michael Jackson, in Moonwalk he also said ‘Sometimes I feel like an angel’ Just like Micheal we are similitudes of angels. We are
created in the Image and likeness of the biggest brand of all brands called
GOD! Maybe you did not understand what I mean. I am trying to make us undertand
that ‘We are like small gods’
Until we accept that we have tremendous
powers inside yourselves we cannot use that power to the maximum. So stop walking with a long face! Breake off the fetters of low self esteem that yokes your life. Awake! Add value to your life! Carry your
self high a little. Walk majestically.
Fear no one except God. Do that thing you have been scared to do, simply
because you have the power inside of you. Stop living a small life and start
living big inside yourself. Stop thinking you are worse. God never creates junk, you are product of purpose and meaning. God can still
make many things out of you.
Cyprian Henry
Inspirational Speaker/Columnist
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