My group has chosen the song “Pray” by Justin Bieber. This song is written by Justin Bieber with Adam Messenger, Nasri and Omar Martinez. It is also an inspiration from Michael Jackson’s “Man in the Mirror” song. In the music video of the song, there are victims of devastating earthquake in Haiti which happened 2010,Katrina hurricane of New Orleans, soldiers being reunited with their family members and those who are homeless also featured in this music video. It shows us the conditions of the victims and the pains they have to gone through in order to survive.
The lines from this song highlight the difficulties and sufferings of people around us. There are issues of poverty, how innocent lives are being affected, sacrifices made by soldiers fighting for their country, living behind their loved ones. In order to change all these, we must put our faith in God and pray. The purpose of Bieber singing this song is to instill hope on those who are giving up in life. We can see this from his visit to the hospitals, homes and soldier camps.
This song can be used in the classroom to create awareness among the students of how lucky they are. Most of us are not appreciating what we have. We often waste food, water and other necessities. We do not appreciate the love of our parents and we do not appreciate the beauty of nature around us. So, through this song, we can show the students how people are suffering, how happy they are when they get something that they really wish for. At the end of the music video, there is a quotation that relates all of us to the Almighty; “God speaks in the silence of the heart. Listening is the beginning of prayer.” This phrase is very true as we should never let the faith towards God fade away and by praying, we are moving closer to God.
