A Flower Unlike Any Other in The World

I've never known that much about the Japanese pop group Smap. I thought they were just another boy band type group. While written by someone outside of the group, I ran the translated lyrics to one of their hits, 世界中唯一僅有的花 (A Flower Unlike Any Other in The World). I think the song contains a very impressive message.

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Artist: Smap
Title: Sekai ni Hitotsu Dake no Hana (A Flower Unlike Any Other in The World)
Words: Makihara Noriyuki
Music: Makihara Noriyuki

There’s no need to be No. 1
you’ve always been a very special only one.

I saw many kinds of flowers lined up in front of the flower shop.
everyone has their favorite kinds but all of them are pretty.
Without competing to see which was the best among them,
they were standing straight up proudly inside the bucket.
So why then do we humans have to compare ourselves to one another?
Even though each and every person is different,
why do we want to be number one?
Yes we are each
 A flower unlike any other in the world
 and each and everyone of us carries a different seed
 We should focus all our efforts on trying to make that flower bloom.

There are people who are constantly unsure of what they want,
as they laugh a little put out.
It can’t be helped, all those flowers,
that did everything they could to bloom, are pretty.
when at last that person comes out of the store,
they’re holding a colorful bouquet
and I see them smiling happilly as they go by me.
I never knew their name but
that day they made me smile.

We too are like flowers that bloom in places where no one pays any attention.
Yes we too are each
 A flower unlike any other in the world
 and each and everyone of us carries a different seed

We should focus all our efforts on trying to make that flower bloom.
 Small flowers and big flowers, none are the same as one another.

There’s no need to be No. 1
you’ve always been a very special only one.