Will We Be there???

By Joyce Ashuntantang

Will we be there for him, now that he is gone in flesh?

Will we be there to protect his name, his children, his love, his care, and his dreams?

Will we be there beyond the tears and songs, beyond our own myopia and sins?

Will we be there in the fullness of time when the media comes swinging

And the racial bigots in envy swim? Will we be there?

 Will we be there for a mother who grieves and a father who cared?

Will we be there to heal the world and be the world?

Will we be there with a smile like Jermaine sang?

Will we be there when it is black or white?

That's all MJ is asking: will we be there??

 

 

 

From "Will you be there"  by Michael Jackson:

Spoken:

In our darkest hour
In my deepest despair
Will you still care
Will you be there
In my trials
And my tribulations

Through our doubts
And frustrations
In my violence
In my turbulence
Through my fear
And my confessions
In my anguish and my pain
Through my joy and my sorrow
In the promise
Of another tomorrow
I'll never let you part
For you're always in my heart