Bank Sues Michael Jackson For $2.5 million

With all the money that he's got, you'd think Michael Jackson would remember to pay back his loans -- or at least hire someone to do it for him. But the King of Pop is now facing yet another law suit. This time the City National Bank claims that Jackson hasn't repaid a two and a half million dollar loan and that he missed payments of more than $850,000 last November.

However, as Jackson's lawyer puts it, this case may not make it to the courts because it's simply the result of a miscommunication.

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Song Stories

“The A Team”

Ed Sheeran | 2011

This debut track from the then-20-year-old British singer-songwriter has a dark story behind it. Sheeran says he culls songwriting inspiration from "viewing other people's situations," which, for the heroine in "The A Team," involves drug addiction and prostitution that began as a teen. Sheeran paints the woman's trials with haunting imagery such as "But lately her face seems/Slowly sinking, wasting/Crumbling like pastries." "I did a gig at a homeless shelter, [and the song] is about one of the women there. It's her story," he said.

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