四海一家萨克斯谱
创作背景
1984年，英国歌手菲尔·科林斯和鲍勃·格尔多夫召集了十余位歌手录制了歌曲《Do they know it's Christmas》，为非洲饥民筹集了许多善款。英国歌坛的此项义举打动了美国歌手哈里·贝拉方特，他认为美国人也不能落后，这一想法得到了许多人的支持。当时，埃塞俄比亚和苏丹的食物短缺、人民挨饿的消息同时也震惊了迈克尔· 杰克逊和莱昂内尔·里奇，两人认为自己该做点什么。于是他们合写了这首歌曲。两人费了四天的时间写作曲，里奇先完成一部分，杰克逊看到后灵感大发，一夜之间就把全曲写好。之后杰克逊又花了两个半小时作词。1985年1月28日，全美音乐奖颁奖典礼结束后，迈克尔杰克逊号召45位歌手来到位于洛杉矶的A&M录音室，花了一晚上时间录制出了《We Are The World》
歌曲歌词
There comes a time when we heed a certain call
When the world must come together as one
There are people dying
And it's time to lend a hand to life
The greatest gift of all
We can't go on pretending day by day
That someone， somewhere will soon make a change
We are all a part of God's great big family
And the truth， you know
Love is all we need
We are the world， we are the children
We are the ones who make a brighter day
So let's start giving
There's a choice we're making
We're saving our own lives
It's true we'll make a better day
Just you and me
Send them your heart so they'll know that someone cares
And their lives will be stronger and free
As God has shown us by turning stone to bread
And so we all must lend a helping hand
We are the world， we are the children
We are the ones who make a brighter day
So let's start giving
There's a choice we're making
We're saving our own lives
It's true we'll make a better day
Just you and me
When you're down and out， there seems no hope at all
But if you just believe there's no way we can fall
Well well well
Let's realize that a change can only come
When we stand together as one
We are the world， we are the children
We are the ones who make a brighter day
So let's start giving
There's a choice we're making
We're saving our own lives
It's true we'll make a better day
Just you and me
We are the world， we are the children
We are the ones who make a brighter day
So let's start giving
There's a choice we're making
We're saving our own lives
It's true we'll make a better day
Just you and me
We are the world， we are the children
We are the ones who make a brighter day
So let's start giving
There's a choice we're making
We're saving our own lives
It's true we'll make a better day
Just you and me
We are the world， we are the children
We are the ones who make a brighter day
So let's start giving
There's a choice we're making
We're saving our own lives
It's true we'll make a better day
Just you and me
We are the world， we are the children
We are the ones who make a brighter day
So let's start giving
There's a choice we're making
We're saving our own lives
It's true we'll make a better day
Just you and me
We are the world， we are the children
We are the ones who make a brighter day
So let's start giving
So let's start giving
There's a choice we're making
We're saving our own lives
It's true we'll make a better day
Just you and me
We are the world， we are the children
We are the ones who make a brighter day
So let's start giving
There's a choice we're making
We're saving our own lives
It's true we'll make a better day
Just you and me
We are the world， we are the world
We are the children
We are the ones who make a brighter day
So let's start giving
There's a choice we're making
We're saving our own lives
It's true we'll make a better day
Just you and me
We are the world， we are the children
We are the ones who make a brighter day
So let's start giving
There's a choice we're making
We're saving our own lives