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The Yes We Can Song<br />
by will.i.am<br />
<br />
I was sitting in my recording studio watching the debates...<br />
Torn between the candidates<br />
<br />
I was never really big on politics...<br />
and actually I?m still not big on politics...<br />
but 4 years ago, me and the black eyed peas supported Kerry...<br />
And we supported Kerry with all our might...<br />
We performed and performed and performed for the DNC...<br />
doing all we could do to get the youth involved...<br />
<br />
The outcome of the last 2 elections has saddened me...<br />
on how unfair, backwards, upside down, unbalanced, untruthful,<br />
corrupt, and just simply, how wrong the world and "politics" are...<br />
<br />
So this year i wanted to get involved and do all i could early...<br />
<br />
And i found myself torn...<br />
because this time it?s not that simple...<br />
our choices aren?t as clear as the last elections ...<br />
last time it was so obvious...<br />
Bush and war<br />
vs<br />
no Bush and no war...<br />
<br />
But this time it?s not that simple...<br />
and there are a lot of people that are torn just like i am...<br />
<br />
So for awhile I put it off and i was going to wait until it was decided for me...<br />
<br />
And then came New Hampshire...<br />
<br />
And i was captivated...<br />
<br />
Inspired...<br />
<br />
I reflected on my life...<br />
and the blessings I have...<br />
and the people who fought for me to have these rights and blessings...<br />
<br />
and I?m not talking about a "black thing"<br />
I?m talking about a "human thing" me as a "person"<br />
an American...<br />
<br />
That speech made me think of Martin Luther King...<br />
Kennedy...<br />
and Lincoln...<br />
and all the others that have fought for what we have today...<br />
<br />
what America is "supposed" to be...<br />
<br />
freedom...<br />
equality...<br />
and truth...<br />
<br />
and thats not what we have today...<br />
we think we are free...<br />
but in reality terror and fear controls our decisions...<br />
<br />
this is not the America that our pioneers and leaders fought and<br />
died for...<br />
<br />
and then there was New Hampshire<br />
<br />
it was that speech...<br />
like many great speeches...<br />
that one moved me...<br />
because words and ideas are powerful...<br />
<br />
It made me think...<br />
and realize that today we have "very few" leaders...<br />
maybe none...<br />
<br />
but that speech...<br />
<br />
it inspired me...<br />
it inspired me to look inside myself and outwards towards the world...<br />
it inspired me to want to change myself to better the world...<br />
and take a "leap" towards change...<br />
and hope that others become inspired to do the same...<br />
change themselves..<br />
change their greed...<br />
change their fears...<br />
and if we "change that"<br />
"then hey"..<br />
we got something right...???...<br />
<br />
1 week later after the speech settled in me...<br />
I began making this song...<br />
I came up with the idea to turn his speech into a song...<br />
because that speech effected and touched my inner core like nothing in a very long time...<br />
<br />
it spoke to me...<br />
<br />
because words and ideas are powerful...<br />
<br />
I just wanted to add a melody to those words...<br />
I wanted the inspiration that was bubbling inside me to take over...<br />
<br />
so i let it..<br />
<br />
I wasn't afraid to stand for something...<br />
to stand for "change"...<br />
I wasn't afraid of "fear"...<br />
it was pure inspiration...<br />
<br />
so I called my friends...<br />
and they called their friends...<br />
in a matter of 2 days...<br />
We made the song and video...<br />
<br />
Usually this process would take months...<br />
a bunch of record company people figuring out strategies and release dates...<br />
interviews...<br />
all that stuff...<br />
but this time i took it in my own hands...<br />
so i called my friends sarah pantera, mike jurkovac, fred goldring, and jesse dylan to help make it happen...<br />
and they called their friends..<br />
and we did it together in 48 hours...<br />
and instead of putting it in the hands of profit we put it in the hands of inspiration...<br />
<br />
then we put it on the net for the world to feel...<br />
<br />
When you are truly inspired..<br />
magic happens...<br />
incredible things happen...<br />
love happens..<br />
(and with that combination)<br />
<br />
"love, and inspiration"<br />
<br />
change happens...<br />
<br />
"change for the better"<br />
Inspiration breeds change...<br />
<br />
"Positive change"...<br />
<br />
no one on this planet is truly experienced to handle the obstacles we face today...<br />
Terror, fear, lies, agendas, politics, money, all the above...<br />
It?s all scary...<br />
<br />
Martin Luther King didn't have experience to lead...<br />
Kennedy didn't have experience to lead...<br />
Susan B. Anthony...<br />
Nelson Mandella...<br />
Rosa Parks...<br />
Gandhi...<br />
Anne Frank...<br />
and everyone else who has had a hand in molding the freedoms we have and take for granted today...<br />
<br />
no one truly has experience to deal with the world today...<br />
<br />
they just need "desire, strength, courage ability, and passion" to change...<br />
and to stand for something even when people say it's not possible...<br />
<br />
America would not be here "today" if we didn?t stand and fight for<br />
change "yesterday"...<br />
Everything we have as a "people" is because of the "people" who fought for<br />
change...<br />
and whoever is the President has to realize we have a lot of changing to do<br />
<br />
I'm not trying to convince people to see things how i do...<br />
I produced this song to share my new found inspiration and how I've been moved...<br />
I hope this song will make you feel...<br />
love...<br />
and think...<br />
and be inspired just like the speech inspired me...<br />
<br />
that?s all...<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
Let's all come together like America is supposed to...<br />
Like Japan did after Hiroshima...<br />
<br />
that was less than 65 years ago...<br />
and look at Japan now...<br />
<br />
they did it together...<br />
they did it...<br />
<br />
"We can't?...<br />
<br />
Are you serious..?..<br />
<br />
WE CAN!!!<br />
<br />
Yes we can...<br />
A United "America"<br />
Democrats, Republicans and Independents together...<br />
Building a new America<br />
<br />
We can do it...<br />
"TOGETHER"<br />
<br />
Please visit www.yeswecansong.com<br />
<br />
Thank you for reading and listening...<br />
will.i.am <br />
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