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Yes We Can Song - will.i.am


Check out the song that will.i.am did that was inspired by Barack Obama's Yes we can speech www.yeswecansong.com


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Alliedawg
02/02/08 @309
 
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first comment!! :)
andrey
02/02/08 @311
 
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3 haha
shadowchaos30
02/02/08 @312
 
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k
bep-oilzaza93
02/02/08 @361
 
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4th comment hahaha!!

Cool
GiOvY
02/02/08 @367
 
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5th comment!!!
FaboLouSFergie
02/02/08 @374
 
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its cool ;)
why r all ppl just write "first, second or whatever comment"??
lisan14
02/02/08 @383
 
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COOL!
littlechicpea
02/02/08 @385
 
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Awesome!
Yay 8th comment :)
katerinaly
02/02/08 @399
 
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Cool!!!!
:)
olaadams
02/02/08 @419
 
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wow!!
Kristiansen
02/02/08 @422
 
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Nice song..

Vote Obama..
taboosinha
02/02/08 @428
 
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CoOoOoOoOoOLL
german-bep-fan
02/02/08 @432
 
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luv it
kuikkaa
02/02/08 @440
 
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cool
dedrty
02/02/08 @440
 
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cool!
gokh26
02/02/08 @451
 
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i will
nikita43
02/02/08 @454
 
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Yes We Can Song - will.i.am
BESTfanaBEP
02/02/08 @471
 
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18th yes we can ;)
buby05
02/02/08 @496
 
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19
wow
thanks!
FergieFerg-JR
02/02/08 @497
 
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It's Dopee. Tho, maybe a bit mixed up.
20 ^^.
farankapanda
02/02/08 @500
 
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cool =)
Krisi
02/02/08 @509
 
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nicee :)
Romibep
02/02/08 @514
 
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yannis
02/02/08 @531
 
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wwwwwwwwwwwwwwooooooooo
yannis
02/02/08 @532
 
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IT'S MY BIRTH DAY TODAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
yannis
02/02/08 @535
 
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IT's FOR MY BIRTHDAY ????
THX WILL.I.AM
you have read my mail thx!
nice present for me
THX THX THX THX
02/02/08
PEAS&LOVE
BEP EMPIRE FOR LIFE
blackeyedpeas26
02/02/08 @550
 
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It's just beautiful!
God! It's amazing!
Seriously listen to the song!
Hope he Mr Barack Obama wins!
I support him!

Ana
cleminou
02/02/08 @570
 
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i love it$*
beplovertjuh
02/02/08 @599
 
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I adore it! :o Everybody (USA) : vote for Obama!
fergie59
02/02/08 @602
 
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I love it!

Have you the list of celebrities of the video?
xFergieFergx
02/02/08 @603
 
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AWESOME!
bepAQ
02/02/08 @623
 
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nice song ;)
BEP-3
02/02/08 @635
 
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im gonna listen to it
im sure it gonna be super coooool!
taboofan1993
02/02/08 @642
 
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cool
Filixbep
02/02/08 @643
 
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Very cool!
will the best!
PhannxohBep75
02/02/08 @646
 
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35th :)
FergieFeliciaa
02/02/08 @655
 
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Great Song ;) Awesome !! <3
jessicaboots
02/02/08 @667
 
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38!:)
VoodooxDoll
02/02/08 @673
 
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39!c :)
FerGiezm0nKey
02/02/08 @700
 
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YAY for obama!!! lol
elephunkboy223
02/02/08 @719
 
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WOW-Cool
SweetPeas
02/02/08 @741
 
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It's Amazing! :o <33

BEPcrazyFAN
02/02/08 @746
 
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omg Willy i love you!!!
stalex
02/02/08 @752
 
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-.- it seems like it's impossible to express what i think on this page -.-
KT-1988
02/02/08 @761
 
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bep-the-best-
02/02/08 @767
 
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lol cool willllllll =P
Kristinka
02/02/08 @768
 
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cool:)
wilmery
02/02/08 @779
 
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very nice!!!!......;)
jagelzey
02/02/08 @787
 
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nice!
Nika-rovinskaya
02/02/08 @795
 
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I Looooved It A Lot O.o
goldfrag
02/02/08 @813
 
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1st comment but in 50 so 51st comment.....and YES WE CAN
Bye Jarek from the Czech Republic
FergieDutchess
02/02/08 @819
 
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I love it!!
CAMILA-BEPFAN
02/02/08 @837
 
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GO WILL !!!!!!!!!!!!!
xhyper-girlx
02/02/08 @857
 
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It's Amazing! U Rock Will ;)
alexapicado
02/02/08 @866
 
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amazing!!! :) :) :) :) :)
Supernova5
02/02/08 @867
 
fergiebeppsd
02/02/08 @886
 
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love it!
mariano-peas
02/02/08 @894
 
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cool.
VoodooDoll124
02/02/08 @919
 
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personally i think the song suxs, but i still love Will as a singer
jomi
02/02/08 @920
 
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Yes We Can

YUCABEP
02/02/08 @948
 
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yesss we caaan
migIAm24
02/02/08 @950
 
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Peabody4life
02/02/08 @977
 
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Woow I Loove It!!
Amazing :o
xoxo
Alas-Wings
02/02/08 @002
 
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im going to listen to it right now..!!

by the way i haven't noticed there was a new mood.. welcome..!
rszuch
02/02/08 @003
 
Hey. I"m a volunteer for Obama campaign. Song is awesome, I heard on news last night. I just joined will.i.am webpage. Can someone tell me how/where to find the song on this webpage or elsewhere to hear/watch again?

Thanks!
Tara28674
02/02/08 @119
 
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Awesome!
lulitah
02/02/08 @125
 
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lo amooo :)
AlineBrazilPea
02/02/08 @147
 
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These are the moments that I get sooo glad to be his fan!
Amazing.. Im soo proud of will!

PEAce
ninor
02/02/08 @177
 
Awesome music and video.

Reminds me of Steve Reich's music that uses speech matched by notes -- like "Come Out" and "Different Trains".

Amazing work.
pmonique30
02/02/08 @231
 
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yes we can...LOVE IT....this year i will be 18 and i'm GOING to VOTE for the FIRST TIME....YYYYYEEEEEE!
madison444
02/02/08 @270
 
WOW - what a beautiful and inspirational video! I envision new Obama ads with this video.....beautiful! Great job, Will.i.am - YES WE CAN and YES WE WILL! Keep it up - we will soon be proud again - President Obama!!!
EvilPhil77
02/03/08 @327
 
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YES WE CAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Svensta
02/03/08 @469
 
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WOW

Yes We Can :) [?]
NeReC
02/03/08 @582
 
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So cool Yes We Can
yourLittleDevil
02/03/08 @602
 
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love it!!
Obama has to win!!
Mrs-way
02/03/08 @663
 
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1st comment
michelmarseille
02/03/08 @854
 
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ahhhh so cool
Dana-will-i-am
02/03/08 @878
 
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i love him (L)
Yovani
02/03/08 @909
 
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sii we cant
bep te amo-te amo-te amo-te amo-te amo-te amo-te amo-te amo-te amo

vani
Yovani
02/03/08 @910
 
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sii we can
bep te amo-te amo-te amo-te amo-te amo-te amo-te amo-te amo-te amo

vani
FFrocks
02/03/08 @943
 
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coolio!!!
blackbeppeas
02/03/08 @962
 
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ahmmm
Svensta
02/03/08 @981
 
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This video, song & speech is soo touching!

If I were American I'd vote for Obama.
camilaqwerty
02/03/08 @028
 
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sure!!!
mANDk
02/03/08 @110
 
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85th comment lol i will def check it out!!! :)
fergie004
02/03/08 @133
 
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Awesoomee!!!
lennybep
02/04/08 @628
 
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aww it's so damn awesome!
gr8 job Will!
Yes We Can!^^
fatymabep14
02/04/08 @777
 
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We can :);):p
I love "Songs About Girls"
jaimecq
02/04/08 @855
 
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ps la verdad YA PS WILL.I.AM saca videos de tu albúm, que seha de preferencia SHE´S A STAR
twofromtexas
02/05/08 @692
 
Fantastic...............also the reasons why you wrote it on your own website very profound!

Get the song on the radio ...................it can make an impact with just sound - try it - listen to it without video..........still powerful!
soosamagoose
02/05/08 @705
 
Your video is so inspiring - almost as inspiring as Barack Obama. The two together can change the minds and votes of a lot of Americans...Yes, we can!

The next time you decide to "get your friends together" I'm available to help. I'm not musical, I can't sing but I'm a great organizer and fixer of things, so count me in.

Thank you for the moving video.

Peace
BeP-fAn-4-EvA
02/05/08 @741
 
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Great video :)
Siki
02/05/08 @763
 
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Great Video!!!

Will.i.am and Scarlett Johansen :)
Siki
02/05/08 @764
 
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Yes We Can Si que se Puede
milena-allali
02/05/08 @849
 
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this song is sooooooooooooo amazing i loev it will u roxx and i love you soo mcuh thx 4 being so great :)
Ivan-Mitkov
02/05/08 @855
 
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The song is awesomeee!!! (thumbup)
peace-
02/05/08 @944
 
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Awesome!! I love it :)
& I would vote for Obama, If i lived in the usa ^__^
bep-fan2006
02/05/08 @036
 
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love the song!
FrogJenkins
02/05/08 @064
 
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Where’d you get inspiration from?
Tell me where’d you get inspiration from.
Where’d you get inspiration from?
Tell me where’d you get your inspiration from.
I got it from Obama
I got it from Obama
I got it from Obama
I got it got it got got it…

You really think change can be done?
Tell me you think change can be done?
You really think change can be done?
Tell me you think change can be done?
I got it from Obama
I got it from Obama
I got it from Obama
I got it got it…

Look out, look out, here he comes
Look out, look out, here he comes
Look out, here comes Obama!

YES WE CAN… Thank you for the song Will!

Peace!
Justus
02/06/08 @339
 
Yes, Awesome!

I would vote him! If i was American ;)
Help Obama. Heal your country!

Germany´s with you !
CatherineDBurke
02/06/08 @616
 
Will.I.Am, THANK YOU for the gift of this special, wonderful, inspirational song! I have watched the video again and again and it moves me to tears every time. I've shared it with everyone I know. I would love to buy it from Amazon or iTunes or something, cuz it usually stops when I'm playing it from the 'net. Anyway, Thanks again!

YES-WE-CAN! ...but will we? VOTE!!!
XpeaceandloveX
02/06/08 @903
 
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nice song
natalia14br
02/07/08 @595
 
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nice =D
wandbep
02/07/08 @806
 
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YEEEEEEEES!



WE CAN! WE CAN! WE CAN!

:)
BEPk-pos611
02/07/08 @876
 
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Omg , yes we can !
empty
02/07/08 @892
 
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woo 106th comment
Przemek28
02/07/08 @968
 
"Yes, we can" - Obama on president USA!!!!
PattyPeace
02/07/08 @241
 
WEBmaster, where are u??????

Is there anyway to retrieve text I wrote today in response to YES we can (video)???

I spent 2 hrs using his text (editing), writing response to will.i.am.

Didn't know I had to sign in! (old.geezer.technophobe.i.am) .

I hit the SAVE button, then the STOP EDITING, then POOF my heartflash/flashback had disappeared!

O WebMaster will you pls look for my ring--it could be floating still in cyberspace.

Begging.i.am,

-PattyPeace

old child of Martin, Malcolm and John


michelmarseille
02/08/08 @453
 
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really cool wil i like you
Schooner
02/08/08 @642
 
Dear Will i am,
I want to thank you for the video you made in collaboration with Barack Obama’s speech of hope and change. Yes We Can! With tears in my eyes, I am filled with a new hope for myself for the first time in several years. I have been sick, unable to work, with little hope of recovery. Like you, I have been saddened and frustrated by the outcome of the last several elections. I have felt as if my voice is no longer strong enough to bring about good change and with great sadness have watched our politicians ignore the will and desire of the people. Watching your video has given me hope, for myself as well as for all the people in this nation. Thank you for selflessly taking your time to help bring the message of hope and change this country so desperately needs. I pray the over three million people who have seen the video so far will spread this good message. Thank you for having the courage to speak out, stand out, and have your voice be heard by so many.
Respectfully, I remain,
Kathleen
Aboard
Schooner MISTRESS
rufus1133
02/08/08 @154
 
What's up Will.

Thanks for coming on board with Obama. Yes we can.

I thought I'd pass on knowledge to you. Follow this through, if you already haven't. I'm sure you know all about it by your namesake.

The truth sets us free. In the land of the free that is the plan, right?

Good Luck and God Bless.

Yes we can!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Am_Movement

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theosophical_Society

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jiddu_Krishnamurti
yammmmmmiiiiii
02/08/08 @275
 
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I have never heard something like this...
I have never felt this way... no comments... just want to say thanx for music which u created for our soal. it's fantastic and incredible.
baba3
02/09/08 @696
 
"to stand for something even when people say it's not possible..." this video left me with a surge of conflicting emotions and tears of frustration. i want to believe in the hope, to see this country heal. but obama is not standing up for me, for my love, for my gay marriage. so he seems as "pragmatic" as clinton through my eyes - hiding behind the fact that it is not possible for the american public to accept marriage so we have to say civil unions. or else he really does not believe that gay people are equal to straight people, that gay marriages are valuable like straight marriages. sad sad sad either way.
phunkybep93
02/09/08 @776
 
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awesome! luv it sooo much! mwah!!! xoxo. ;)
PattyPeace
02/09/08 @879
 
WEBMASTER, WEBMASTER, U hv failed me!!!!!!!!!!!!

(+ failed WILLyesurandr)

I am working to swing the dem vote in WA. Hopefully my other efforts worked.

Gotta go to the caucus' now---Remember,
if Obama doesn't get DELEGATES the video didn't completely work.

U DIGGGGG???????? ---PattyPeaceOut
LoveYouWill
02/10/08 @327
 
I am on YouTube all the time. Great site!!!
I am also on http://www.barackobama.com all the time. Greater Site!!!!
And then came the day I saw the YesWeCan video and I was changed.

That thing choked me up.
I cried, I really choked up and wept.
Will.I.Am, you deserve every good thing that is coming to you because of
what you have created.

You must accept it all and go with the flow.

Will, take these good things and use them wisely.

However, like Barack Obama says, this election is not about him.
This is about us, the people. It is about all of us.
He is here for the purpose of bringing us together. just as you are.

Barack Obama is my brother and your brother and through him,
we will take over this country.

God says so.
DinoGiovanni
02/10/08 @823
 
My many thanks!

I look forward to your participation in one of the Inauguration Gala events for President Obama.

In the meantime, how may I buy this song for my iPod to stay inspired as I continue to volunteer for EastEnders for Obama? A New York group of committed folks supporting Senator Obama. Thanks.
PattyPeace
02/10/08 @196
 
What many non-American born Americans may not know is that M L King (MLK) was assassinated b/c he was he starting to speak against the Vietnam War and make a connection between discrimination, poor people being used as “cannon fodder”/soldiers/pawns, and WAR.

Here is what a friend of mine said abt that:
""What!? I didn't know the bullet can go that far?...I thought only the Vietnamese are the one who get shot at in Viet Nam. - not here? and how could it hit a ...black man. Maybe because he wasn't black enough. :)- Nguyen"""

Check the name, folks. He's another old dude like me. He got here AFTER the WAR via a boat and almost starved, now he works in high tech and is another American who doesn't know Martin!!! Do U know Martin?

Well I am back and WA went to OBAMA.

....I got up @ my caucus and said what the bad Boy cannot in his campaign.....

(Hillary is a good person and all) BUT her mistake on the WAR is being paid for in BLOOD...no matter how clever BUSH has been at keeping the pain and suffering from the people!!

Well if u don't go to church u damn well better go to CAUCUS, people......music alone ain't gonna save us....like OBAMA says, its gotta happen from the ground up. PattyPeacesigning OUT
PattyPeace
02/10/08 @205
 
Will.i.am:

U need to make another QUICK

U need to get Vietnam War images, John Kerry (he will do it),
John Lewis, Bob Dylan some hard up Vets (they were screwed)...get some more white folks init., real ones not that modelchickw/the baby(nooffenseuwerebeautiful)

Forget all those pretty people (U can fill the pretty quotient) in your last video the OLdassBABY BOOMERs don't get it and they need some images that will knock the sense back into them and remind them they're not deadyet.

U Need to ROCK the next CAUCUS" and save Hillary some money!!!
scoot266
02/11/08 @391
 
I agree that this speech moved me. Activated my brain as it were.
I love what you've done with it.
I am 42 and this will be my 7th presidential election.
And I will say that it is arguably the most important.
I used to think it was left or right. Right or wrong.
But Barack has made me stop and wonder.
What do we need to do.
As the citizens of this country.
To make it the great place it is, was and needs to be again
Peapodfan3
02/11/08 @946
 
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I just saw this today, prty cool take on his speech. Makes it have an "I Have A Dream" feel
babypanda
02/11/08 @043
 
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This from http://my.barackobama.com/page/community/blog/benhu (pass it forward)

In New Zealand we used to have an event called Telethon and I think it was once a year. It raised a lot of extra money to help the chosen cause.

I strongly urge readers to click this link and see what a great time Telethons were and what a larger televised Obamathon July 4 could be like, the whole nation unified and really enjoyed these wonderful events...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3pw5XUG350&NR=1

Panda Plan idea where "Black and White Unite".

The idea is simple. Anyone can come up with ways to raise money and get sponsors, kids can do skipping a certain number of skips, some people cycle a certain distance, last year I walked 50km in 24 hours practicing for a similar event,,, anything that can raise sponsorship money including small businesses who pledge money for the completed event...

Lisa Gibbons from Entertainment Tonight was one of the biggest stars of the show in 1988 and it raised mega amounts, actually Perth Telethon on Channel 7 Perth is the largest per capita fundraising event in the world - just in the tiny city of Perth Australia they raised over 6 million last year in this one Telethon event http://telethon.7perth.com.au/. With all the celebrities backing Barack Obama like Kelly Hu, Robert De nero and the Kennedy's (plus lots more) it could make for a great national unifying event.

If anyone can get the ball rolling I thought Will might not mind if we did here at the Peas, I am a big fan think with Yes We Can and Obamathons the world will change this year. Obamathons were started by a 14 year old kid who raised about quarter of a million USD for the Obama campaign. This election is a lot about who has the funds to get to the finish line and Obama needs all the help he can get.
luliitaa
02/11/08 @222
 
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i lovee this song..
:)
Lulaisa
02/13/08 @994
 
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Thanks thanks Will.... !!!!!

Now i can remember why i Love the The Black Eyed Peas .... because I love yours words, I feel that you are in my mind... of course that the words are powerful and we can change.
I remember the day that I heard the song "where is the love?" and And did not know who you were... But I knew that The Black Eyed Peas are good persons and you are my inspiration and the inspiration of a lot of people who belive that the world and our hearts can cange, to be better people... we can learn love things that are important in this short life that we have.

Im just a Girl who belive that the world can change to be better, and iI hope that people will understand, that a lot of people needs a hand.
I only wanna say that I'm really sad for some bads things that are happening in this little world.


I think that this generetion has to rescue the world of the bad things That makes many people cry, because some people dont understand what is LOVE... some people fight for stupids thing... How do you want stop a war if you can not stop a small Quarrel??
If all the people puts one Bit we can do a big Strength and so we can Strengthen our hearts, that s are hurt and some are cryinig And begging for a little peace.... We need a big Movement to find Love and rescue the souls that are lost in war. We need more persons like you, Will, people who can understand you. I wanna help you., i wanna help the world, Im not live in USA, but the war affect me and and to all the world.. Of course that we can change all the world... And of course that the words are powerful....




When i was 9 years old i discover that the world is not well, ..... and that when i going to be biggest will be much worse, and even believe that my children would live worse ...
I am afraid for this pure reality .... And really ..I do not want the world ends in this well....
I had a dream: someday someone is going to change the world to be better. but now, i understand that we need a lot of pople to rescue the world and finish the war...
last year i started to writte a book, I called it "LGX. Eagle" it talk about the war the love, and all this things that Worry me and i going to edit next year in Spain And to hope that people will support me...
i just wanna help the world and.... i wanna a better place to my children and for all people that needs a hand.

Bush and the war are killing a lot of people... and i'm not saying that im sad only for them,..... im sad too for people who lost their friends their family, people that lives in In inhumane ways, people Who are not heard, people who dont have a home, that lives in the street, people who dies because they have hungry, Those who are suffering I'm really sad for the childrend who has to work for food, and don't have family, childrens that dies in the war. THE CHILDRENS ARE THE PEOPLE MORE INNOCENCE IN THIS WORLD . they cant understand what is happening, they only wanna have a god Chritsmas open their present belive in Santa Clore, Discover the world, play, learn the colours the numbers, go to school! Be HAPPY! ..... they need to belive that the world can change.

We can do it possible, TOGUETHERS, dont be afraid for the differences. We are only a one soul, and the world is our strength. It just needs a little repair and we must have strong our hearts. Words are powerful, i know that we can do it.....





THANKS Will, thanks to The Black Eyed Peas, Thanks to people who belives in the peace....
PEOPLE: is just a little movement that can do big things. HELP THE WORLD, help USA, Help to do a better America,.... The govermet is Destroying the WORLD,
If you have to Fight for something .. HDo it for The Peace in all the World.. And forever.... Do it for The future childrens.
Sorry if you dont undertand some words because i speak spanish. PlZ people listen your heart

. WE CAN DO IT; WE CAN HAVE PEACE! ..... YES WE CAN!!!!!! --- i love this Song!

The song is cool!! ... I love it ! congratulations Will !!, you have a big talent with the music.


"....True happiness exist .... Only we have to find it ... And we already have a magnifying glass... and now we only need LOVE...."



Lulaisa
jeromefortin
02/14/08 @963
 
I d'ont like this song
stanfaryna
02/14/08 @280
 
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Booker T. Washington was born a slave and became a hero, a leader, and a scholar.

Over a hundred years ago, he wrote his encouragement to us:

“Following in the tracks of the lowly Nazarene, we shall continue to work and wait, till, by the exercise of the higher virtues, by the product of our brains and hands, we make ourselves so important to the American people that we shall compel them to recognize us because of our intrinsic worth.”

Booker T. Washington’s hope, that the intrinsic dignity of the human person would be fully recognized in the black American, is a witness to the ongoing quest for freedom in American history.

Similarly, Reverend Dr. King’s dream for black Americans to enjoy a fuller share in the life of society reminded Americans that the quest for freedom must be constantly renewed.

All over the world, we have witnessed that same longing for freedom.

As Pope John Paul II told the United Nations General Assembly in 1995, this is truly one of the distinguishing marks of our time. In America, we have known this quest to be a plow that makes way for seeds that will grow into the heavy fruits of freedom.

Black Americans have increased the treasure that belongs to all Americans. When America became disaffected with the cause for freedom, black Americans reminded the world of the intrinsic dignity of the human person and of the universal right of the individual to participat