Childhood (Theme from Free willy 2)

Childhood Video | HIStory | Videos from HIStory
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"Childhood" was a song written, produced and sung by Michael Jackson. It became the theme song for Free Willy 2. Michael Jackson has said that if one should want to know him, they should listen to "Childhood", saying, "It's the most honest song I've ever written". In the song Jackson expresses the pain he feels from his early memories. He asks not to be judged and shows us why he is trying to recapture his childhood.

The Music Video

The video for "Childhood", directed by Nick Brant, is of Michael in a forest as ships full of children float up in the air. The video is well remembered for its Peter Pan theme. The video was shot in 1995 Sequoia National Park where Jackson and many children reenacted scenes from Peter Pan. The video was a short shoot and Michael Jackson's appearance seemed youthful and for the first time, Jackson's hair was short in a music video. The video never caught on like its partner single "Scream" and was not in the track line-up of the HIStory World Tour. Jackson was supposed to perform the song at the Grammy Awards of 1996 where he was nominated for Album of the Year. However, the performance was canceled.

Credits

* Written and composed by Michael Jackson
* Produced by Michael Jackson and David Foster

Lyrics

Have you seen my childhood?
Im searching for the world that I come from
cause Ive been looking around
In the lost and found of my heart...
No one understands me
They view it as such strange eccentricities...
cause I keep kidding around
Like a child, but pardon me...

People say Im not okay
cause I love such elementary things...
Its been my fate to compensate,
For the childhood
Ive never known...

Have you seen my childhood?
Im searching for that wonder in my youth
Like pirates in adventurous dreams,
Of conquest and kings on the throne...

Before you judge me, try hard to love me,
Look within your heart then ask,
Have you seen my childhood?

People say Im strange that way
cause I love such elementary things,
Its been my fate to compensate,
For the childhood Ive never known...

Have you seen my childhood?
Im searching for that wonder in my youth
Like fantastical stories to share
The dreams I would dare, watch me fly...

Before you judge me, try hard to love me.
The painful youth Ive had

Have you seen my childhood....