Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Milton Nascimento
Vocals
Esperanza Spalding
Vocals
Dianne Reeves
Vocals
Andre Geiger
Double Bass
Breno Cruz
Cello
Camilla Cristina Ribeiro Santos Lima
Cello
Lucas Martins de Barros dos Santos
Violin
Glaikson Luiz Marques Nogueira
Violin
Victor Alves Rocha
Violin
Kamila Anna Druzd
Viola
Katarzyna Marta Druzd
Viola
Rodrigo de Oliveira
Violin
Márcio José Vale Valladão
Violin
Marcos Paulo Gonçalves de Amorim
Viola
Mara Reis Toffolo
Violin
Mariana Alves Furtado
Violin
Mariana Pardinho Reis
Violin
Leonardo Lacerda
Violin
Robson Fonseca Ferreira
Cello
Rodolfo Marques Toffolo
Violin
Rodrigo Ângelo Toffolo
Conductor
Sara Oliveira Alves
Violin
Talitha Debora Gomes Marinho
Cello
Gabriel Teodoro de Andrade
Viola
Wesley Prates Lima
Violin
Wagner Mateus Pereira de Oliveira
Violin
Pablo Eduardo Guinez Vergara
Double Bass
Daniel Fernandes Mendes Junior
Violin
Corey King
Vocals
Leo Genovese
Piano
Justin Tyson
Drums
Matthew Stevens
Guitar
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Michael Jackson
Composer
Esperanza Spalding
Arranger
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Esperanza Spalding
Producer
Raphael Rui Castro
Assistant Recording Engineer
Enzo Menegazzi
Assistant Recording Engineer
Arthur Luna
Recording Engineer
Fernando Lodeiro
Mixing Engineer
William Luna Jr
Engineer
Oscar Zambrano
Mastering Engineer
Piotr Garbaczonek
Mastering Engineer
Lyrics
What about sunrise?
What about rain?
What about all the things
That you said we were to gain?
Have you ever stopped to notice
All the blood we've shed before?
Have you ever stopped to notice
This crying Earth, these weeping shores?
What about flowering fields?
Is there a time?
What about all the truth
That you said was yours and mine?
Did you ever stop to notice
All the children dead from war?
Did you ever stop to notice
This crying Earth, these weeping shores?
I used to dream
I used to glance among the stars
Now I don't know where we are
Although I know we've drifted far, so far
What about yesterday?
(What about us?)
What about the seas?
(What about us?)
The heavens are falling down
(What about us?)
Oh, I can't breathe
(What about us?)
What about apathy?
(What about us?)
I need you, I need you
(What about us?)
What about nature's worth?
(What about us?)
It's our planet's womb
(What about us?)
What about the animals?
We've turned kingdoms into dust
What about the elephants?
Have we lost their trust?
What about the crying, what about the crying whales?
(What about us?)
What about the forest trails?
Burnt despite our pleas
(What about us?)
What about the holy land?
(What about us?)
Torn apart by creed
What about the common man?
(What about us?)
Can't we set him free
(What about us?)
What about, what about, what about
What about, what about the dying children?
Can't you hear them, can you hear them cry?
Oh, oh, can you hear them cry?
What about the baby girl? What about the baby boy?
What about the joy?
What about, what about you, what about me
(What about us?)
(What about us?)
I wanna know where we went wrong
(What about us?)
I gotta know
Does anybody give a damn
Does anybody have a plan, oh
(What about us?)
Written by: Michael Jackson