By: Maria Ciezak
For BiggerThanBeyonce.Com

[photograph by: matt sayles, associated press]
It’s been an entire year since we’ve lost the King of Pop, Sir Michael Jackson, and The BET Awards recently decided to pay tribute. Who measured up to par, you ask? Ironically, the former Prince of Pop, Chris Brown. I’ve decided to write about this video because it truly moved me.

The moving tribute contained songs such as Smooth Criminal, Billie Jean, and more. Granted, I was impressed with Brown’s moves and renditions of Jackson’s hits, but it wasn’t until the end when Man In The Mirror was unleashed that I felt fully convinced. Brown became overtaken by emotion, laying his whole being out on the stage. You can’t run from your demons forever, and this was his time to face the music. People make mistakes, and it seems to me, as is if he’s finally come to terms with it. For 6 minutes and 11 seconds, the crowd, and millions of viewers, pushed the negative vibes aside, and focused on the music.

Man in the Mirror is such a powerful song that Brown could barely sing the words. Sometimes when we do wrong in life, we need to be faced with our demons before we can actually conquer them. This tribute may be emotional, for we lost one of the greatest talents to ever walk this planet, but in a strange mixed-up way, it was almost like the rebirth of a talent still present here on earth.

True performers move you; granted, I do not agree with what Chris Brown has done, and do not feel the need to even touch on that topic. I strongly suggest watching the entire performance, whether of fan of Chris Brown, Michael Jackson, or just a fan of music in general. If you have ever connected a song to your life, and felt it fit entirely, you will get what I mean. “I’m starting with the man in the mirror, I’m asking him to change his ways, and no message could have been any clearer,” — it’s amazing how much songs can actually relate to people’s lives, and this was a perfect example.

We can’t deny the talent of either one of these performers, dead or alive, even if we don’t agree with some of the things they may or may not have done. At the end of the day, BET and Chris Brown created a wonderfully moving tribute to the late King of Pop, Michael Jackson.

Watch and comment. Is this a comeback for Chris Brown?

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