For the Single Mothers: Will I Am Sends Four Boys To College

Will.I.Am praises single mothers:


Here's another mother's day moment:

We Are One Concert Photos

Photos above by Ken Mazur
See more photos here.
U2 video here
Beyonce finale here.
Will.I.Am and Sheryl Crow here.
NPR has some terrific photos here.
Coverage of We are One:

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Happy 2009 - It's a New Day!

19 days until inauguration. It's the year of hope.

ITS A NEW DAY

by will.i.am

I WENT TO SLEEP LAST NIGHT

TIRED FROM THE FIGHT

IVE BEEN FIGHTING FOR TOMORROW ALL MY LIFE

YEAH I WOKE UP THIS MORNING FEELING BRAND NEW

CAUSE THE DREAMS THAT IVE BEEN DREAMING HAS FINALLY CAME TRUE

ITS A NEW DAY (5X)


VERSE 1


ITS BEEN A LONG TIME COMING

UP THE MOUNTAIN KEPT RUNNING

SONGS OF FREEDOM KEPT HUMMING

CHANNELING HARRIET TUBMAN

KENNEDY LINCOLN AND KING

WE GOTTA MANIFEST THAT DREAM

IT FEELS LIKE IM SWIMMING UPSTREAM

IT FEELS LIKE IM STUCK IN BETWEEN

A ROCK AND A HARD PLACE WEVE BEEN THROUGH THE HEARTACHES

AND LIVED THROUGH THE DARKEST DAYS

IF YOU AND I MADE IT THIS FAR WELL THEN HEY WE CAN MAKE IT ALL THE WAY

AND THEY SAID NO WE CANT

AND WE SAID YES WE CAN

REMEMBER ITS YOU AND ME TOGETHER


CHORUS


I WOKE UP THIS MORNING FEELING ALRIGHT

IVE BEEN FIGHTING FOR TOMORROW ALL MY LIFE

YEAH I WOKE UP THIS MORNING FEELING BRAND NEW

CAUSE THE DREAMS THAT IVE BEEN DREAMING HAS FINALLY COME TRUE

ITS A NEW DAY (5X)


VERSE 2

ITS BEEN A LONG TIME WAITING

WAITING FOR THIS MOMENT

ITS BEEN A LONG TIME PRAYING

PRAYING FOR THIS MOMENT

AND HOPE FOR THIS MOMENT

AND NOW THAT WE OWN IT

CLOSER IMA HOLD IT

AND I WONT LET IT GO

THIS IS FOR OUR FATHERS, OUR BROTHERS, OUR FRIENDS WHO FOUGHT FOR FREEDOM, OUR SISTERS OUR MOTHERS, WHO DIED FOR US TO BE IN THIS MOMENT

STOP AND CHERISH THIS MOMENT

STOP AND CHERISH THIS TIME

ITS BEAUTIFUL AINT IT

WE DID IT FOR HER AND HIM AND HE AND SHE AND YOU AND ME TOGETHER


CHORUS


YEAH I WOKE UP THIS MORNING FEELING BRAND NEW

CAUSE THE DREAMS THAT IVE BEEN DREAMING FINALLY COME TRUE

YEAH I WOKE UP THIS MORNING FEELING ALRIGHT

CAUSE WE WASNT FIGHTING FOR NOTHING

AND MALCOLM WASNT FIGHTING FOR NOTHING

AND MARTIN WASNT DREAMING FOR NOTHING

AND LINCOLN WASNT TRYING FOR NOTHING

AND CHILDREN WASNT CRYING FOR NOTHING


ITS A NEW DAY (7X)

It's a New Day: Will I Am's New Video

It's hard to top Yes We Can but this is pretty good.

Will.I.Am Vote for Change

Story of the Yes We Can Video

an excerpt for the UK telegraph

Granted, it was a rousing address, but it has been made considerably more palatable by the addition of light hip-hop beats, a softly strummed acoustic guitar, and a chorus line of celebrities singing out the rallying cry, "Yes, we can." Artfully shot in black and white, faces and voices layered one on top of the other, this is the political speech as pop video.

Cut from the speech's original 13 minutes to a concise and uplifting four and a half, the video achieves things politicians can usually only dream about, but which pop takes for granted: it puts emotion at the centre of the message, it never bores, and it is effortlessly cool. It is a party political broadcast for a generation who would never watch a party political broadcast.

The song was conceived by Will.i.am of superstar hip-hop trio Black Eyed Peas, and the video was shot by Jesse Dylan, son of rock's original protest superstar, Bob Dylan. The pair claim that it took just a few days from conception to completion. Will.i.am had the idea while watching a televised political debate on January 29, and by Feb 2 it was online, in time for the Super Tuesday polls.

yes we can video
yes we can lyrics