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“Wanna Be Startin' Somethin”

Michael Jackson (1958–2009) American singer, songwriter and dancer

Thriller (1982)

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“Skin head Dead head,
Everybody gone bad,
Situation, Aggravation,
Everybody allegation,
In the suite, On the news,
Everybody dogfood,
Bang Bang, Shot dead,
Everybody gone mad”

Michael Jackson (1958–2009) American singer, songwriter and dancer

HIStory: Past, Present & Future, Book I (1995)

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“Music has been my outlet, my gift to all of the lovers in this world. Through it — my music, I know I will live forever.”

Michael Jackson (1958–2009) American singer, songwriter and dancer

On his musical work
Ebony interview (2007)

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“Billie Jean is not my lover,
She's just a girl who claims that I am the one,
But the kid is not my son.”

Michael Jackson (1958–2009) American singer, songwriter and dancer

Billie Jean
Thriller (1982)

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“I know my race. I just look in the mirror. I know I'm black.”

Michael Jackson (1958–2009) American singer, songwriter and dancer

Remarks at National Action Network headquarters (9 July 2002)

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“Get on the floor and dance with me,
I love the way you shake your thing especially.”

Michael Jackson (1958–2009) American singer, songwriter and dancer

Get on the Floor (co-written with Louis Johnson)
Off the Wall (1979)

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“The way you make me feel,
You really turn me on,
You knock me off my feet,
My lonely days are gone.”

Michael Jackson (1958–2009) American singer, songwriter and dancer

The Way You Make Me Feel
Bad (1987)

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“She got me workin' day and night,
And I've been workin'
From sun-up to midnight.”

Michael Jackson (1958–2009) American singer, songwriter and dancer

Off the Wall (1979)

Michael Jackson photo
Michael Jackson photo

“Beat me, hate me
You can never break me
Will me, thrill me
You can never kill me.”

Michael Jackson (1958–2009) American singer, songwriter and dancer

HIStory: Past, Present & Future, Book I (1995)