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 ...
last time it was so obvious...
Bush and war
vs
no Bush and no war...

But this time it’s not that simple...
and there are a lot of people that are torn just like i am...

So for awhile I put it off and i was going to wait until it was decided for me...

And then came New Hampshire...

And i was captivated...

Inspired...

I reflected on my life...
and the blessings I have...
and the people who fought for me to have these rights and blessings...

and I’m not talking about a "black thing"
I’m talking about a "human thing" me as a "person"
an American...

That speech made me think of Martin Luther King...
Kennedy...
and Lincoln...
and all the others that have fought for what we have today...

what America is "supposed" to be...

freedom...
equality...
and truth...

and thats not what we have today...
we think we are free...
but in reality terror and fear controls our decisions...

this is not the America that our pioneers and leaders fought and
died for...

and then there was New Hampshire

it was that speech...
like many great speeches...
that one moved me...
because words and ideas are powerful...

It made me think...
and realize that today we have "very few" leaders...
maybe none...

but that speech...

it inspired me...
it inspired me to look inside myself and outwards towards the world...
it inspired me to want to change myself to better the world...
and take a "leap" towards change...
and hope that others become inspired to do the same...
change themselves..
change their greed...
change their fears...
and if we "change that"
"then hey"..
we got something right...???...

1 week later after the speech settled in me...
I began making this song...
I came up with the idea to turn his speech into a song...
because that speech effected and touched my inner core like nothing in a very long time...

it spoke to me...

because words and ideas are powerful...

I just wanted to add a melody to those words...
I wanted the inspiration that was bubbling inside me to take over...

so i let it..

I wasn't afraid to stand for something...
to stand for "change"...
I wasn't afraid of "fear"...
it was pure inspiration...

so I called my friends...
and they called their friends...
in a matter of 2 days...
We made the song and video...

Usually this process would take months...
a bunch of record company people figuring out strategies and release dates...
interviews...
all that stuff...
but this time i took it in my own hands...
so i called my friends sarah pantera, mike jurkovac, fred goldring, and jesse dylan to help make it happen...
and they called their friends..
and we did it together in 48 hours...
and instead of putting it in the hands of profit we put it in the hands of inspiration...

then we put it on the net for the world to feel...

When you are truly inspired..
magic happens...
incredible things happen...
love happens..
(and with that combination)

"love, and inspiration"

change happens...

"change for the better"
Inspiration breeds change...

"Positive change"...

no one on this planet is truly experienced to handle the obstacles we face today...
Terror, fear, lies, agendas, politics, money, all the above...
It’s all scary...

Martin Luther King didn't have experience to lead...
Kennedy didn't have experience to lead...
Susan B. Anthony...
Nelson Mandela...
Rosa Parks...
Gandhi...
Anne Frank...
and everyone else who has had a hand in molding the freedoms we have and take for granted today...

no one truly has experience to deal with the world today...

they just need "desire, strength, courage ability, and passion" to change...
and to stand for something even when people say it's not possible...

America would not be here "today" if we didn’t stand and fight for
change "yesterday"...
Everything we have as a "people" is because of the "people" who fought for
change...
and whoever is the President has to realize we have a lot of changing to do

I'm not trying to convince people to see things how i do...
I produced this song to share my new found inspiration and how I've been moved...
I hope this song will make you feel...
love...
and think...
and be inspired just like the speech inspired me...

that’s all...



Let's all come together like America is supposed to...
Like Japan did after Hiroshima...

that was less than 65 years ago...
and look at Japan now...

they did it together...
they did it...

"We can't?...

Are you serious..?..

WE CAN!!!

Yes we can...
A United "America"
Democrats, Republicans and Independents together...
Building a new America

We can do it...
"TOGETHER"

Please visit www.yeswecansong.com

Thank you for reading and listening...
will.i.am

I always come across some great songs at Late Night Mix @ AOL radio....

 

This time is Esthero...and the song was "Breath From Another"... it just strucked me...

 

her voice is over a mix of mellow bass lines, jazzy trumpets, Spanish guitar and hip-hop.

 

Found another song called "Fast Lane" ---

 

This is so torturous, I know that I shouldn't, but I can not resist
Just what is it that you are weaving that's keeping my body from leaving?
Your presence is lingering longer than I thought it would
And I feel that I should succumb to your majik cause I know you're just as?br>
Strong as an earthquake, bright as a shinin' star
I remember the fragrance, I just couldn't believe I'd come so far for
Love in the fast lane, as my sanity quickly passed me by
Yeah I left it all behind

Battling, battling, these feelings are traveling
Quicker than a flick of lightning, you were tightening
Round my heart and won't slow down
Burning hotter than the world underground
I'm feeling like cupid's fool, what to do?
And the arrow's headed straight for you you
I don't wanna love another, gotta keep this undercover
Brother I'm about to explode, I am?br>
Strong as an earthquake, bright as a shinin' star
I remember the fragrance, I just couldn't believe I'd come so far for
Love in the fast lane, as my sanity quickly passed me by
Yeah I left it all behind

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CEI's 2008 entrepreneur competition: object: Rubber Band!!

 

If you'r reading my blog...give me some ideas what we can do with Rubber Bands (橡皮筋）

 

my goal is to create as much value as possible with rubber bands and we'll capture it in a 3-min video...

 

thx for ur ideas everybody!! :)

 

 

 

Peter Drucker said about business: at root, only two things really matter — marketing and innovation.

 

consider the Apple Stores. The received wisdom was that Apple was crazy to go direct to consumers through retail.

 

Nitendo - the Wii is for the whole family, and lets baby boomers and older relive their youth.

 

fierce focus on delivering customer value and securing differential advantage.

 

I was surprised to find the writings from my Economic professor to be more interesting than he apparently seemed to be in class:

 

“Imagination is more important than knowledge.”  (Einstein)

 

The mind is like a parachute, it works only when it’s open. (Anon)

 

Yesterday is a cancelled check; tomorrow is a promissory note; today is the only cash available, so spend it wisely. (Kim Lyons)

 

 

 

Today i went to the CNYC at Philip center too bad that we couldnt get free dinner so decided to go to bento's at archer... and bumped into Belinda ~ yeah!

 

sichuan beef noodel soup! omg~~ so yum!! i miss food in CA and China!

 

Then we went back to the center and a lot of talent shows are awesome! totally out of my expectation...the peacock dance was extraodianary....and the casa dancing as well...made me wanna stretch and have super flexible body...

 

when i was watching the kids doing the menggu dance...i just thought of my primary school...thinking about all those 文艺表演。。。at bgy...such good memories...i still remembered my face being painted super red like a monkey butt when we had to perform....wow....and all the dancing class we had to take during primary school...those were fun classes....this is the first time i wish i was a child again....remembering we all had to carry our chairs to the 篮球场。。and 小歌剧院 for those performances...thinking of me and 马颖，阿广主持。。。thinking of the fashion show during which practice that i first saw chammy....and the night i was mad at lao guan wen for whatever reason i dont remember....and also a show where me and 肥文 were the lead  performer...and ithought that was super halarious....(一肥一瘦lol)...

 

i still feel regret that i didnt contine doing dancing after transferring to BGY....i probably would have loved it to death and killed it if i had continued...lol ....and i remembered super many drama coming out from the dancing team...梁燕燕。。and 莫卡。。and 张伟安。。。

 

哈哈哈。。。primary school times start to flow out....omg...i really wish i could go back to my childhood again....

 

someday...i believe time machine will be totally possible.......lets travel back thru black hole..........

 

that would be super super super awesome!