HIVE OPEN MIC WEEK 165 "IN LOVE WITH NATURE AND MOTHER EARTH" | HEAL THE WORLD (COVER BY BABYMOYIN)

This was the first song that came to my mind when I saw the theme of the week "in love with Nature and mother earth." Actually no, the first song that came to my head was "Earth Song" by Michael Jackson. That would have been a better choice musically and it even syncs better with the theme, now that I am thinking about it. Well, I guess 'Heal The World' has just always been my go-to song anytime we are singing about Earth. The song has a very powerful message that serves as a wake-up call to every human.

Let's talk about the background of the song. According to Wikipedia, "Heal the World" is a song recorded by American recording artist Micheal Jackson from his eighth studio album, Dangerous (1991). It was released on November 23, 1992, as the sixth single from the album. It was written and composed by Jackson, and produced by Jackson and Bruce Swedien. It is a song steeped with antiwar lyrics and Jackson's wish for humanity of making the world a better place.

This song makes me cry almost every time I sing or listen to it because it speaks the truth about how we humans are not only destroying ourselves but the world we live in also. We are all obsessed with being at the top, resorting to means of disposing of whoever or whatever is in our way. While getting to the top should be everyone's goal, we should not use selfish and harmful means to get what we want. We also might not agree with one another. I mean we are different people from different cultural backgrounds with different beliefs. We are bound to misunderstand each other sometimes but it doesn't mean we should hurt ourselves because of misunderstandings. We see countries going to war, and innocent people dying all because the two leaders of a nation refused to see eye to eye. It's not right. We need to allow peace to reign. We need to let the love in our hearts shine brighter than any misunderstanding. We need to stand together. We are all the same. Yes, we might have different skins and speak different languages but we are all the same and we live on planet Earth. We must let love lead.

We must also ensure we take care of mother earth. All activities we are doing that are hurting our beloved habitat should be stopped. As I said in the video, we are not here alone. There are other living things on earth like plants and animals and it is our duty to carter for them. The truth is we can not survive without them. Imagine a world without plants and animals, humanity will go extinct. So we must ensure we take care of nature so that nature can take care of us.

Here are the lyrics to the song. I hope you enjoy my cover. See you next week!

There's a place in your heart
And I know that it is love
And this place it was brighter than tomorrow
And if you really try
You'll find there's no need to cry
In this place you'll feel there's no hurt or sorrow

There are ways to get there
If you care enough for the living
Make a little space
Make a better place

Heal the world
Make it a better place
For you and for me, and the entire human race
There are people dying
If you care enough for the living
Make a better place for you and for me

If you want to know why
There's love that cannot lie
Love is strong
It only cares of joyful giving
If we try we shall see
In this bliss we cannot feel
Fear of dread, we stop existing and start living

Then it feels that always
Love's enough for us growing
Make a better world
So make a better world

Heal the world
Make it a better place
For you and for me, and the entire human race
There are people dying
If you care enough for the living
Make a better place for you and for me

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