“You know sometimes I sit and wonder
Just how this world would be
If we had all the people laughing
And everybody living in harmony.
We'd have to say se la se la.
Talking to the people se la, se la.”

—  Lionel Richie

Se La, co-written with Greg Phillinganes.
Song lyrics, Dancing on the Ceiling (1986)

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