You danced & sang
And moonwalked
Your way through life
Life that wasn’t easy
Your childhood was lost
You played in gigs
While other kids went to school
You brought home animals
To talk and show love to
Because humans around you
Didn’t always show up
You lived life on your terms
You broke out of the gilded cage
Made by your father, music producers
You called out the truth and the lies
You reached heights and lows
As a black man you rose high
What a white man
could only dream of
Obviously you had to be punished
They had to make
An example out of you
So that no one else would dare
That’s how white world
Keeps things in order
And gets away with every crime
They still are vilifying you
Even after all these years
Killing you again and again
Yet they cannot dim your shine
For you were born a star
With your own stupendous
Creative energy and charm
Which no one could take away
You showed the world
Music was a universal language
That could unite and heal the planet
And just when the world
Is very badly wounded
You have made daring comeback
In your movie posthumously
To teach people to live again
To heal the planet again
To dance and moonwalk
Through tears and smiles
To the music of life!!
Mad Decadence 