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Analysis Of Michael Jackson's Man In The Mirror
Every song isn’t just a bunch of rhyming words that get stuck in your head all day. Songs are just another way to tell us stories. It’s a way to show others another point of view on how that person see things, weather in a good or bad manner. All songs are different; they talk about loving someone, how they feel in general, how they met their spouse etc. In Michael Jackson’s “Man In The Mirror” is telling a story about how he sees homeless people on the streets, mostly kids, and how it breaks his heart. It’s upsetting on how Michael wishes that he could help them. Michael tells how he’s going to start by making this change, “I’m starting with the man in the mirror, I’m asking him to change his ways. No message could have been any clearer.”

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