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Radio Music Awards

Date confirmed in “Hits Daily Double” (archived) (“last night’s [October 27, 2003] Radio Music Awards”)

Michael Jackson, speech transcript

First, I want to say thank you for your love, your support, all that you've done. I am very honored to be here tonight.

We Are The World was a project we did to help feed people around the globe, who were starving and at risk. As you know, it was a huge success, "We Are The World". This time, the time has come for the sequel to "We Are The World", to express our feelings, inspires, hope and lift those who need it most. It has been two years – a very long time – but with over one hundred people participating and donating their pre-records, this project together finally arrived. It couldn’t have happened without you all. It couldn’t have happened without Beyoncé, she’s on there. A lot of the artists -

[he stops and points towards Beyoncé] I love this woman here – she’s lovely.

[he continues] The incredible talented artists who participated in creating this song that I just wrote.

Two years ago, we survived a terrorist attack that forever changed not only our country, but the entire world.

[he stops to say “I love you more” in response to a fan] We will never -

[he stops again to say “I love you more” in response to a fan]

We will never forget that that terrible tragedy brought us together and finally brought this project together. Producing this song was a miracle in itself. Here is a video showing some of the highlights of the moving collaboration, and tonight, you will experience it here first.

Thank you to Radio Music Awards for giving us this opportunity to bring it to the world. I hope, once again, we can set out on a mission to lead the world on a path of harmony, by asking ourselves every day: "What More Can I Give?”

[accepts award from Beyoncé]

Firstly, I’d like to thank all the disc jockeys, the program directors. Clear Channel, you’re amazing. I want to thank Von Freeman and Paul Joseph of Clear Channel. God bless you, I love you, thank you very much. Thank you, Beyoncé.