Janet Jackson Joins Jimmy Fallon and the Roots to Sing ‘Runaway’
February 13, 2020 11:58AM EST
She made a small but significant change to the lyrics of the song. Here’s the lyric she changed:
“I woke up with an Australian breeze / and danced the dance with Aborigines” was changed to “and danced the dance with Indigenous peeps,
Aborigines is considered a racially insensitive term so she changed it.