When I was small during history class I discovered that people are different Different country, different language, different religion Causing the world a few thousand years of endless conflicts Each difference caused strangeness and hatred unlimited Even though we already have the most modern inventions Still every day people are arguing and fighting This really caused me to have a little internal fear I really don't understand why people are like that However if the world does not have so many differences Imagine our lives will be so boring, goes without saying Like the Monkey God with his seventy-two changes If he doesn't change, we can say goodbye to 'Journey to the West'* It doesn't matter if you are Chinese, Korean, Japanese, Malay Or Spanish, or missing a tooth You only need to have compassion in your heart To overcome anything and forge a brand new life (Chorus) Different means different What's the matter? I am just different! Just different! I am, I am just different! Different means different, so what! so what! I am just different! Just different!
Often on the street I hear people gossiping What's hot! What's not! Currently who's the richest? Which's the best selling brand? What music is in? Who is most popular? Whose hairstyle is best? I couldn't care less what is the flavor of the month? Because I know popularity is a habit like Eat fat oil, eat fat oil** Causing harm to your heart, and your health to deteriorate It doesn't matter who you are, what language you speak You must not forget that the world has many different races Please broaden your mind, and not be so insular Everyday you can be eating a bowl of rice, a hamburger, spaghetti A fried dough, a stick of satay, chotto matte But only if you have compassion in your heart You will overcome anything and forge a brand new life (Chorus) Different means different What's the matter? I am just different! Just different! I am, I am just different! Different means different, so what! so what! I am just different! Just different!
Gandhi, Sirkalang***, Laozi, Confucius, Lennon, Chaplin, Brando, Picasso, Einstein, Freud, Dalai Lama They are different and brave men, but all our modern day heroes Each and every one came from different backgrounds So we can see that with different personalities Only then the world can have a beautiful future Digest this interesting fact and get rid of your prejudice That's why next time when you encounter someone with a tatoo Or if your friend feel that the music of golden oldies is cool Doesn't matter if they are Taiwanese, other people or they are fat They are still the same as you, their love the same as yours You must be tolerant, your manners tolerant, your feelings tolerant Without hope, I only wish you have compassion in your heart So you will overcome anything and forge a brand new life
Music by David Tao, lyrics by David Tao, sang by David Tao from his I'm OK album *Fictional account of how a Chinese monk seek for the Sutra with the help of a monkey, pig and mole. **'Eat fat oil' could be taiwanese saying, not sure ***Not sure what the chinese characters mean
