[00:01.49]In Stockholm, 1982,
[00:06.06]I grew up in a world where everything was possible.
[00:09.31]No limitation, no racial or financial issues.
[00:13.25]A world full of hopes and dreams.
[00:16.95]I lost my dad when I was 14,
[00:19.13]I lost my stepdad at the age of 18,
[00:21.72]both by the consequence of violence.
[00:25.57]My dad was murdered,
[00:26.98]and my stepdad died after years of struggling on the wheelchair
[00:30.02]that violence put him in.
[00:33.27]It threw me off life(?).
[00:35.25]It took something that was so precious away from me
[00:37.18]that I started to see the issue we have in our society.
[00:40.77]I could now see racism, classism,
[00:43.56]and the discomfort amongst the middle-class.
[00:47.06]A world full of violence,
[00:49.34]and it was something I hadn't seen before.
[00:52.08]A world that was dark and bitter.
[00:56.93]Shortly after my realization, I discovered something special,
[01:00.88]so special that it drown all the negativity and darkness.
[01:04.88]I discovered music, the powerful language of unity.
[01:11.92]Music healed depression, slaughtered racism, and strangled struggle(?).
[01:18.45]Music has no religion, no color, nor limit.
[01:22.45]Music was a cure, my ear, my blood.
[01:27.56]It kept my heart beating, and it made me who I am.
[01:33.23]My wish for us now is to take a moment,
[01:36.17]and reflect on what's going on in the world;
[01:39.35]to tune in, and feel the power to end our bad lies within all of us.
[01:45.13]Together we can change the world, make it a better place;
[01:50.10]make it a place of happiness and unity, undivided.
[01:56.71]So take a moment together to gather strength and start this day,
[02:00.33]feeling as important as it can be.
[02:03.02]The power is ours.
[02:05.71]Take a moment.