Ladies and gentlemen,
I am going to talk to you about someone who has inspired everything in my life, Michael Jackson.
First, I’ll talk about Michael's achievements in music and dance.
Second, his unbelievable humanitarian efforts.
And third, the disgusting lies made about him during and after his life.
First of all, I don't think we've ever seen a career as successful as Michael Jackson's.
• He had 4 no. 1 singles before he was a teenager
• Revolutionized music videos with short films for songs such as "Beat It", "Smooth Criminal" and "Black or White"
• 750 million albums sold (every tenth person in the world owns a Michael Jackson record)
In addition, when Michael announced his comeback tour in 2009, all 50 concerts sold out in just four hours.
Secondly, Michael Jackson was wonderful human being. In three minutes, it's almost impossible for me to make you fully understand this side of Michael. Just to give you an idea, this is an incomplete list, covering only some of his charity throughout his life *at this point I rolled out a list of charitable activities by MJ on the floor of my classroom. The room wasn't long enough for the entire list*. It's quite long. He let thousands upon thousands of ill children visit his Neverland home. He wanted to give them a fun and exiting day, or even a last day of joy, as some of the children could be waiting to die from their disease.
Finally, Michael Jackson was a victim of several disgusting and malicious lies, let alone the false allegations of child molestation. As a consequence of these rumours, it became trendy to think of Michael as weird, or even as some dangerous freak. But when you grow up like Michael did, in front of 100 million people since the age of five, you're automatically different. There was no Christmas, there were no birthdays, it was not a normal childhood, no normal pleasures of childhood - those were exchanged for hard work, struggle, and pain.
In conclusion, I think you should all give Michael Jackson a second chance. I do understand that some of the things that I've told you can be hard to believe at first. However, I am positive that you would all reach the same conclusion as I have if you took the time to understand this hidden truth about Michael.
Thank you, ladies and gentlemen, for your attention.