Paris and Prince Jackson, Michael Jackson’s two oldest kids, delivered a touching speech when they accepted a lifetime achievement award at the Grammy Awards tonight.

Prince and Paris Jackson, Michael Jackson’s two oldest children, have been sweating over addressing the audience at tonight’s Special Merit Awards ceremony .. where their dad will be honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award.

Joe Jackson tells TMZ Prince and Paris have each prepared a speech. Joe says they are both great speakers and Paris has been working on her speech for a week.

As for the buzz that the kids will perform at the Grammys on Sunday — Joe says it ain’t happening.

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Michael Jackson isn’t going let a little thing like death get in the way of making his presence felt at tonight’s Grammy Awards.

The King of Pop and the longtime producer of the awards show, Ken Ehrlich, actually discussed his appearing at the Recording Academy’s self-proclaimed “biggest night in music” during one of Jackson’s final Staples Center rehearsals for his “This Is It” tour.

The appearance is now an emotion-packed tribute, and its exact content is under tight wraps. What we know is that Jackson’s children will accept an award for dad, and then an all-star choir featuring Celine Dion, Jennifer Hudson, Smokey Robinson, Carrie Underwood and Usher will sing along with

undisclosed recording by MJ.

That performance will segue into the

never-before-seen 3-D film created for Jackson’s environmentally conscious tune “Earth Song.” That short film, which requires special 3-D glasses (available at Target outlets), was supposed to have made its debut in London during the ill-fated “This Is It” concerts.

Like 2003, when the Grammys made a technological breakthrough as the first awards show to broadcast in high definition and 5.1 surround sound, this 3-D segment will be another TV awards show first.

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