Will.i.am recently wrote a song, "Yes We Can", in support of the 2008 U.S. presidential campaign of Barack Obama, which in turn became a music video directed by Jesse Dylan (son of Bob Dylan). These are some of my thoughts.
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The We Are The Ones Song by will.i.am people say Obama’s words are just words... but... when was the last time "words" weren’t important...???... when was the last time a great leader didn’t use words to lead...??... when was the last time a person didn’t use words to describe how they felt...?... when was the last time "words" weren’t empowering...?... and we can all recall the last time "words" were used to divide us and install fear... Bush used words to fear us into voting for him the second time around... terror this... terror that... nuclear here... weapons of mass destruction there... and those words effected a lot of people’s choices... "enough is enough"... let’s rebuild... let’s change ourselves... let’s allow positivity to guide us... ...
The Yes We Can Song by will.i.am I was sitting in my recording studio watching the debates... Torn between the candidates I was never really big on politics... and actually I’m still not big on politics... but 4 years ago, me and the black eyed peas supported Kerry... And we supported Kerry with all our might... We performed and performed and performed for the DNC... doing all we could do to get the youth involved... The outcome of the last 2 elections has saddened me... on how unfair, backwards, upside down, unbalanced, untruthful, corrupt, and just simply, how wrong the world and "politics" are... So this year i wanted to get involved and do all i could early... And i found myself torn... because this time it’s not that simple... our choices aren’t as clear as the last elections ......