Remember the Live Aid song, written by Micheal Jackson, and sung by a whole host of characters, including Stevie Wonder, Diana Ross, and your favourite and mine, Kenny Rogers. Well, one of the presenters in the plenary session had everyone in the conference stand up and sing "We are the World" together. Now, this would have been a better idea had she not been speaking to a room full of mostly Africans who have never in their lives heard the song, and if she had made the font of the lyrics on her powerpoint bigger than 12 point, Times New Roman. Needless to say, she didn't get much of a group karoke session happening.
Too bad, since I've had the chorus to the song in my head for the last day and a half! And now, for those of you who know the song, you can sing right along with me! We are the world, we are the children, we are the ones who make a brigher day, so let's start giving...
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