Life dealt a very strong blow to Jermaine. First "Thriller" becomes the best-selling album of all time after Jermaine said it was pure garbage. Then a long time later Michael responds to this diss in black or White in a very polite way. Then Michael dies and decides to shed fake tears. And then the other year his own son will play Michael in a biopic of him. Fuck the hater of Jermaine Michael will always be the best of all time! He wouldn't be anyone without Mike so when he says "you think you're number one" it's true lol, everyone knows that Michael is and always will be the best of all time
Jermaine knew he was wrong Edit: no wonder mike said “including jermaine”,Jermaine was always the one who started drama and he wrote this song because he was jealous of mike. Bc Michael always loved Jermaine but Jermaine was just too much.
It's crazy how jealous Jermaine always was of Michael's success. How did he figure that MJ was only thinking about himself and "taking his pie" just because he decided to have a solo career? And it's ironic that he talks about MJ being selfish when Jermaine married his brother Randy's ex and had 2 kids with her. Does he not see the irony in his words back then? I think he was always jealous because MJ had far more hit songs and was a bigger star than him. Jealousy is such a bad thing. It's no wonder that he stayed away from certain members of his family.
This is actually a pretty good song. I feel like Michael maybe separated himself from his family and maybe resented them, but I think maybe Michael should have stepped off the throne and gone back home. Maybe he did I don’t know. I feel like Jermaine was a good brother to Michael. I just didn’t understand why I think Jermaine seemed to diss him about turning white, but I don’t know if he really dissed him about it. I feel like Jermaine wasn’t even really jealous of Michael, even though it might have seemed like he was. I think Jermaine was speaking his truth in this song, and he didn’t do this for fame or money. I think he did it for more legit reasons, but I might be wrong.
if Jermaine could dance like Michael and Janet, he and Michael couldve really made some magic with a video for this. that wouldve been all he needed to a major solo star, some dance skills sidenote: i recommend any Michael/Jacksons fan that hasnt seen any "Victory" Tour footage to search that up. Michael was on another level
Being honest and speaking as a devoted fan of Michael Jackson, I believe that this song, setting aside all the venom Jermaine tried to vent against his own brother, is a song full of pain and even a plea for his brother to come back home. We've all been immature and reactive in certain situations. I believe that all the resentment, jealousy, and envy are the result of a wound that didn't heal properly. I'm not at all siding with Jermaine, I just want to say that listening to this song from a certain perspective, it truly is a very sad song. Listen to the part of the song at 3:04, you can see a little of Jermaine's true pain... I can feel it's appeal to MJ.
