✰ stratospheric⇨ adjective informal very high or great ◎The project had proved a stratospheric success. ✰ perspective⇨ noun a particular way of considering something ◎Her attitude lends a fresh perspective to the subject. ✰ characteristic⇨ noun a typical or noticeable quality of someone or something ◎Sentimentality seems a characteristic of all the writers of that period.
My Comments
Perhaps because we are in a highly competitive environment, sometimes we are eager to succeed. But we seem forgot that our life is a marathon not a sprint, and the enemy of this race are not others but the ones who are unwilling to move forward yourself. Therefore, I believe if you are willing and persistent, you will become a successful person.
I used to think that I could not go on
And life was nothing but an awful song
But now I know the meaning of true love
I'm leaning on the everlasting arms
If I can see it, then I can do it
If I just believe it, there's nothing to it
I believe I can fly
I believe I can touch the sky
I think about it every night and day (Night and day)
Spread my wings and fly away
I believe I can soar
I see me running through that open door
I believe I can fly
I believe I can fly
I believe I can fly hoo
See I was on the verge of breaking down
Sometimes silence can seem so loud
There are miracles in life I must achieve
But first I know it starts inside of me, ho oh
If I can see it hoo, then I can be it
If I just believe it, there's nothing to it
I believe I can fly
I believe I can touch the sky
I think about it every night and day
Spread my wings and fly away
I believe I can soar
I see me running through that open door
I believe I can fly
I believe I can fly
Oh, I believe I can fly hoo
Hey, 'cause I believe in me, oh
If I can see it hoo, then I can do it
If I just believe it, there's nothing to it hey
I believe I can fly hoo
I believe I can touch the sky
I think about it every night and day
Spread my wings and fly away
I believe I can soar
I see me running through that open door
I believe I can fly (I can fly)
I believe I can fly (I can fly)
I believe I can fly (I can fly) hey
If I just spread my wings (I can fly)
I can fly (I can fly)
I can fly (I can fly)
I can fly,(I can fly) hey
If I just spread my wings (I can fly)
I can fly (I can fly)
(I can fly)
(I can fly)
Song Story
Kelly wrote this for Space Jam, which was a kid's movie starring Michael Jordan in a world of cartoons (including Bugs Bunny). The song was much more popular than the movie and became an inspirational anthem often played at weddings and used in video tributes.
Speaking to The Boombox, Kelly revealed his creative process for this song: "When I met Michael Jordan on a basketball court at an athletic club - we hooped together in Chicago - he came to me and asked me if I wanted to do a song for his upcoming movie. I was like, 'Yeah!' I didn't even ask what it was. [Eventually] he let me know what it was, we went to a screening to watch it and that's when I ended up coming up with 'I Believe I Can Fly.' I knew from the first melody that was gonna be the song that was gonna take me out of R&B and into another genre of music."
Kelly added that the Notorious B.I.G. came around while he was writing the song and immediately saw its hit potential. "I was in a hotel in a deep sleep, so I kinda dreamt that melody," he recalled. "I went down to the lobby and had the security unlock the piano because it was locked. I started messing around with three-finger chords to give myself a guide with the melody. And I started hearing… [hums the melody of 'I Believe I Can Fly']. I had a lot of 'duh duh duhs' before I actually wrote what it is. But after spending two hours at that piano, watching a whole 'lotta women and men coming in back and forth, I was over in that corner on that piano. By the time Biggie came in [the hotel] it was like two hours later, I had [begins singing] 'I believe I can fly, I believe I can touch the sky, I think about it every night and day, spread my wings and fly away' - I had about that much. He was like, 'Oh, B, that's a big hit, son.' And it ended up being exactly that."
✨Award: 1997 Grammy Best Male R&B Vocal Performance / Best R&B Song / Best Song Written Specifically for a Motion Picture or for Television
Why I like the song?
You have to believe in yourself. That's the secret of success.——Charles Chaplin , American actor
I'm not a confident person, but I agree completely that people must trust yourself. It’s impossible to be a successful person if you merely keep the faith and don’t do anything, but when you believe in yourself, you can gain more strength to persist, and more courage to face and break through difficulties. Therefore, I listen some inspirational song when I began to deny myself.And this song is one of them. It conveys to people that if you believe in yourself, you can do it! It is a very positive song.
Learning
✰ awful⇨ adjective extremely bad or unpleasant ◎The last six months have been awful for her. ✰ everlasting⇨ adjective lasting forever or for a long time ◎I wish someone would invent an everlasting light bulb ✰ verge⇨ noun the edge or border of something ◎They set up camp on the verge of the desert.
