MetroLyrics Blog » haiti http://metrolyricsblog.com Lyrics, Music, News Tue, 18 Oct 2011 18:31:55 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 The Covers: Jay-Z Doesn’t like the new “We Are The World” http://metrolyricsblog.com/2010/02/19/the-covers-jay-z-doesnt-like-the-new-we-are-the-world/ http://metrolyricsblog.com/2010/02/19/the-covers-jay-z-doesnt-like-the-new-we-are-the-world/#comments Fri, 19 Feb 2010 20:19:27 +0000 MetroLyrics http://metrolyricsblog.com/?p=380 It was all over the Internet this week, but we saw it on USA Today: “I know everybody is gonna take this wrong,” Jay-Z told MTV on Saturday at the annual 2 Kings dinner during NBA All-Star weekend in Dallas, “We Are the World, I love it, and I understand the point and think it’s great. But I think We Are the World is like [Michael Jackson's] Thriller to me. I don’t ever wanna see it touched.”

If you haven’t already seen it, what he’s talking about is the new version of the classic song that’s helping raise funds and awareness for Haiti relief. Jay-Z thinks they should have just written a new song instead of covering a legendary one. Here are both versions for you to consider. What do you think?

The original

The cover

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