Back in 1974, a special aired on ABC entitled Free To Be... You And Me, based on a children's songbook that encouraged individuality and achievement, regardless of background or gender. Diana Ross sang "When We Grow Up" for the recording, but on the televised version it was performed by Michael Jackson and Roberta Flack. It was intended to be a very light-hearted, sweet and empowering segment, but viewed within the context of Michael's development into a more polarizing figure, it reads a little heartbreaking. If no other Michael Jackson clip has brought you to tears since his passing, it might be this one.
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