To make my father proud
by Michael Jackson
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To make my father proud
To make my mother smile
I need not conquer worlds aflame
Not set the pace for style
If I can follow through
All what they gave me as my tools
I´ll find a way to sail my course
Avoiding ships of fools
If I don´t come up number one
I´ll stand up well apart
As one from numbered numbers
For knowing in my heart
I´ve done all to be done
To always do my best
By listening to me myself
So he can know a rest
For without compromise
Shall follow the food of constant care
In my eleventh hour
I´ll be a man aware
To face whatever falls my way
Prepared then unashamed
To just be called a part of God
For which I have been named
A man and woman´s younger son
While growing still a child
And that will make my father proud
And make my mother smile
To make my mother smile
I need not conquer worlds aflame
Not set the pace for style
If I can follow through
All what they gave me as my tools
I´ll find a way to sail my course
Avoiding ships of fools
If I don´t come up number one
I´ll stand up well apart
As one from numbered numbers
For knowing in my heart
I´ve done all to be done
To always do my best
By listening to me myself
So he can know a rest
For without compromise
Shall follow the food of constant care
In my eleventh hour
I´ll be a man aware
To face whatever falls my way
Prepared then unashamed
To just be called a part of God
For which I have been named
A man and woman´s younger son
While growing still a child
And that will make my father proud
And make my mother smile