We Are The World

(by Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie)



[Justin Bieber]
There comes a time When we heed a certain call

[Justin Bieber, Nicole Scherzinger & Jennifer Hudson]
When the world must come together as one

[Jennifer Hudson]
There are people dying

[Jennifer Nettles]
And it’s time to lend a hand to life The greatest gift of all

[Josh Groban]
We can’t go on Pretending day by day

[Tony Bennet]
that someone, somehow will soon make a change

[Mary J Blige]
We are all a part of God’s great big family And the truth, you know love is all we need

[Chorus]
[Michael Jackson]
We are the world We are the children

[Michael Jackson and Janet Jackson]
We are the ones who make a brighter day So let’s start giving

[Barbra Streisand]
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

[Miley Cyrus]
Send them your heart So they’ll know that someone cares

[Enrique Iglesias]
so their cries for help will not be in vain

[Nicole Scherzinger]
We can’t let them suffer no we cannot turn away

[Jamie Foxx]
Right now they need a helping hand

[Wyclef Jean]
Nou se mond la We are the Children

[Adam Levine]
We are the ones who make a brighter day so lets start giving

[Pink]
There’s a choice we’re making We’re saving our own lives

[BeBe Winans]
It’s true we’ll make a better day Just you and me

[Michael Jackson]
When you’re down and out There seems no hope at all

[Usher]
But if you just believe There’s no way we can fall

[Celine Dion]
Well, well, well, well, let us realize That a change can only come

[Fergie]
when we stand together as one

[Chorus - All]
We are the world We are the children We are the ones who make a brighter day So let’s start giving

[Nick Jonas]
Got to start giving

[All]
There’s a choice we’re making We’re saving our own lives

[Toni Braxton]
It’s true we’ll make a better day Just you and me

[Mary Mary]
We are the world We are the children

[Tony Bennet]
Its for the children

[Isaac Slade]
We are the ones who make a brighter day

[Toni Braxton]
So lets start giving

[Lil Wayne]
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

[Chorus - All]
We are the world We are the children We are the ones who make a brighter day So let’s start giving

[Akon]
There’s a choice we’re making We’re saving our own lives It’s true we make a better day Just you and me

[T-Pain]
We are the world We are the children We are the ones who make a brighter day So let’s start giving

[Jamie Foxx imitating Ray Charles]
Choice were making saving our own lives It’s true we’ll make a better day Just you and me

[Rapping - LL Cool J, Will-I-Am, Snoop Dogg, Busta Rhymes, Swizz Beatz]
We all need somebody that we can lean on
when you wake up look around and see that your dreams gone
when the earth quakes we’ll help you make it through the storm
when the floor breaks a magic carpet to stand on
we are the World united by love so strong
when the radio isn’t on you can hear the songs
a guided light on the dark road your walking on
a sign post to find the dreams you thought was gone
someone to help you move the obstacles you stumbled on
someone to help you rebuild after the rubble’s gone
we are the World connected by a common bond
Love the whole planet sing it along

[Wyclef]
CABARETT

[Chorus - All]
[Kanye West]
Everyday citizens everybody pitching in

[Singing - Children & Wyclef Jean]
Nou se mond la nou se timoun yo

[Will-I-Am]
You and I You and I

[Kanye West]
Uh, 12 days no water whats your will to live?

[Will-I-Am]
we amplified the love we watching multiply

[Kanye West]
Feeling like the Worlds end we can make the World win

[Will-I-Am]
Like Katrina, Africa, Indonesia and now Haiti needs us, the need us, they need us

[Chorus - All]

[Wyclef Jean]
Haiti, Haiti, Ha, Ha, ha, ha, ha Haiti,
Haiti, Ha, Ha, ha, ha, ha Haiti,
Haiti, Ha, Ha, ha, ha, ha

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Recorded on February 1st, 2010, in the same studio as the original 25 years earlier (Henson Recording Studios, formerly A&M Recording Studios) the new version, in which Jones and Richie serve as executive producers and producers, was created in collaboration with executive producers Wyclef Jean, Randy Phillips and Peter Tortorici; producers Humberto Gattica and RedOne; co-producers Rickey Minor, Mervyn Warren and Patti Austin; and project producers John Rubey and Adam Fell to benefit the Haitian earthquake relief efforts and the rebuilding of Haiti.

Academy Award-winning writer-director Paul Haggis (Crash, Million Dollar Baby), whose own personal efforts as well as those of Artists for Peace and Justice have already saved countless lives in Haiti, filmed the private recording session to create the accompanying video and “behind-the-scenes” production, and serves as Film Director and as an Executive Producer with Jones, Richie, Jean, Phillips and Tortorici.

Quincy said, “25 years ago, the entertainment industry showed the power of community to help our fellow man when we recorded ‘We Are The World’ to bring relief to those suffering from famine in Ethiopia. And while the need to assistant Africa continues, today the country of Haiti is suffering immeasurably from the destruction due to the recent earthquake and is in immediate need of relief that will last long after the television cameras have left. As artists, we have joined together on this 25th anniversary and in the spirit of ‘We Are The World’ to help meet that need.”

“What an unbelievable group of people who have come together to give their voices, for a cause to start the healing of a people who have experienced a devastation of such magnitude,” said Richie. “We believe ‘We Are The World – 25 for Haiti’ can be the start of the healing process.”

“I’m thrilled Quincy, Lionel and Randy invited me to be a part of something so wonderful in which we are standing side by side with Haitian artists and community to help them rebuild their broken nation,” stated Paul Haggis.

“On January 12th, the people of Haiti were faced with a tragedy unlike anything the country has ever experienced,” said Wyclef Jean, songwriter and cofounder of the We Are The World Foundation. “Today, I am proud to be joined by so many members of the artistic community that want to support the region and have donated their time and talents to providing an effective way for the global community to get involved with helping the Haitian population.”

The 25th Anniversary recording features over 80 artists and performers. The recording of ‘We Are The World 25 For Haiti’ embodied the same enthusiasm, sense of purpose and generosity as the original recording 25 years ago. Every one of the artists who participated, regardless of genre or generation, walked into the room with their hearts and souls completely open to coming together to help the people of Haiti.

This production was made possible through financial support from Visa Inc.

ARTISTS FOR HAITI:
QUINCY JONES – Executive Producer
LIONEL RICHIE – Executive Producer
WYCLEF JEAN – Executive Producer
RICKEY MINOR – Producer
RedOne – Producer

CARLOS SANTANA, JENNIFER HUDSON, JAMIE FOXX, SUGARLAND, ADAM LEVINE, JASON MRAZ, EARTH WIND & FIRE, NATALIE COLE, THE JONAS BROTHERS, T PAIN, BRIAN WILSON, JUSTIN BIEBER, NICOLE SCHERZINGER, INDIA.ARIE, JULIANNE HOUGH, MARY MARY, MELANIE FIONA, BEBE WINANS, MYA, TYRESE GIBSON, ANTHONY HAMILTON, RAPHAEL SAADIQ, GLADYS KNIGHT, KERI HILSON, JOEL & BENJI MADDEN, HEART, BRANDY, P!NK, MUSIQ SOULCHILD, MILEY CYRUS, AKON, JORDIN SPARKS, CELINE DION, ROB THOMAS, KATHARINE McPHEE, JEFF BRIDGES, RANDY JACKSON, PATTI AUSTIN, KID CUDI, USHER, WILL.I.AM, KANYE WEST, LL COOL J, ISSAC SLADE (aka The Fray), SNOOP DOGG, NICOLE RICHIE, TREY SONGZ, ETHAN BORTNICK, TARYLL JACKSON, TAJ JACKSON, TJ JACKSON, VINCE VAUGHN, DRAKE, FREDA PAYNE, FAITH EVANS, ROBIN THICKE, RASHIDA JONES, BARBRA STREISAND, JIMMY JEAN LOUIS, ENRIQUE IGLESIAS, ZAC BROWN, LIL WAYNE, TONY BENNETT, JOSH GROBAN, SEAN GARRETT, HARRY CONNICK, JR., AL JARDINE, BONE THUGS AND HARMONY (BIZZY BONES), AR RAHMEN, FERGIE, MARY J. BLIGE, ORIANTHI, MANN, NIPSEY HUSSLE, IYAZ, KEITH HARRIS, NIKKA COSTA, TONI BRAXTON, FARNSWORTH BENTLEY, PLAIN PAT, IL TRIO

“We Are the World” is a song and charity single originally recorded by the supergroup USA for Africa in 1985. It was written by Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie, and co-produced by Quincy Jones and Michael Omartian for the album We Are the World. Honored numerous times — including three Grammy Awards, one American Music Award and a People’s Choice Award — the song was promoted with a critically received music video, a home video, a special edition magazine, a simulcast, and several books, posters and shirts. The promotion and merchandise aided the success of “We Are the World”, which was eventually named the biggest-selling single of all time.

In the years that have followed, USA for Africa has raised and distributed more than $63 million in revenue from the sales of more than 7 million units of the album, single and cassettes, plus nearly 2 million digital sales and related merchandise. Just over half the total was spent on emergency relief (food, medicine, and refugee services) and the balance was used to support more than 500 different relief, rehabilitation and development projects in 18 different countries in sub-Saharan Africa.