We Are The Ones Song
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...
let's take action....
let’s activate our passion...
we are Americans....
and this is the first time in forever that someone running for president represents "US"...
some say this is all excitement...
I call it “proud to be an American”...
some say this whole Obama movement is "cult like"...
well...
if it comes across cult like...
then...
the cult is called America...
the Obama movement is connecting America.
and it has made "US" realize our importance...
the youth is excited and activated...
adults are passionate and motivated...
the elderly are proud to know the country they built is in safe hands...
we are one...
for too long politics has been corrupt...
separate from the American people...
with agendas that go against what the American people "need"...
education...
health...
safety...
jobs
etc...
politicians have spoken a different language...
making it so the youth and poor people feel as if voting was only for the wealthy and old people...
making "US" feel as if "we" had no voice...
making "US" feel powerless...
making it feel like if "we" did vote it wouldn’t change anything...
but wait...
that did happen...
some of us voted, and it didn’t change anything...
we were in the dark...
we had no voice...
we were powerless...
because America was not a united America...
and "they" spoke a different language...
and they had an agenda different from our well being...
correct me if I’m wrong... or speak up if I’m missing something...
we want education, health, safety, and good jobs...right???...
oh yeah...
and "a healthy planet to live on"...
but here we are...
in a war... poor education... poor health programs... the dollar is down... the planet, polluted...
the rich, richer... and the poor, struggling...
with sky high gas prices to top it all off...
and now even the rich aren't really rich internationally because our dollar is has fallen so far down...
in our slumber... a very small few got really rich...
because when you’re sleeping...
"it’s hard to change agendas"...
we know what happened in 2000 and 2004...
but in 2008...
it’s different...
we are awake...
and there is a movement...
and "it’s hard to change a movement"...
last time "we" didn’t have a movement...
America wasn’t united...
and now "United and "Standing"...for something...
we know the power of "US"...
and we have a person who represents the "U.S."...
"US"…
"we are the ones we’ve been waiting for"...
I’m proud to be an American...
will.i.am
THE WE ARE THE ONES SONG WAS RECORDED AT ETHER AND RECORD PLANT IN LA, CYCLOPS IN NYC, THE FOUR SEASONS IN AUSTIN, THE CLIPPER IN CHICAGO AND ON FLIGHT 108 TO SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA ON FEBRUARY, 20TH, 2008.
ceo of inspiration:
barack obama:
song produced by:
will.i.am
strings by:
Keith Harris
piano by:
will.i.am
video produced by:
will.i.am and mike jurkovac
director:
jesse dylan for cYclops form
creative director:
mike jurkovac
executive producers:
will.i.am
mike jurkovac
jesse dylan
fred goldring
priscilla cohen
sheri howell
lawrence bender
carol cohen
associate producers:
sean larkin
pantera sarah
sara ramaker
scott spanjich
steve koskie
talent producer:
pantera sarah
talent:
jessica alba
ryan phillippe
george lopez
adrianne palicki
regina king
zoe kravitz
freddie rodriguez
john leguizamo
luis guzman
jay hernandez
kerry washington
ryan key
macy gray
omar benson miller
malcolm jamal warner
taboo
eric mabius
tichina arnold
nate parker
kate del castillo
tyrese
jesse plemons
ben mckenzie
leonor varela
n'dambi
cucu diamantes
andres levin
noah segan
troy garity
simone bent
susanna hoffs
jackson roach
anna david
javier castillo
adriana castillo
will.i.am
choir:
traci preuitt
tiffany smith
mika lett
mabvuto carpenter
gorden campbell
music engineer:
padriac kerin for will.i.am music
a and r:
dante santiago for will.i.am music
management:
polo molina for grassroots productions
wendi morris for grassroots productions
LA crew:
carol cohen LINE PRODUCER
matt harrison PRODUCTION SUPERVISOR
larry droguett 1ST AD
brandy pollard 2nd AD
patrick mcgovern PRODUCTION ASSISTANT
corey czemniak PRODUCTION ASSISTANT
danita clark PRODUCTION ASSISTANT
rolf kestermann DP
justin rhoads 1ST AC
justin giugno DIT
marek kanievska 2ND UNIT DP
shawn helgedalen GAFFER
rossmoor warren ELECTRIC
braeden baldwin GRIP
adam joseph SOUND
adam kleifield STILLS DIT
robin black HAIR AND MAKEUP
nYc crew:
warren fisher 2nd UNIT DIRECTOR
kip bogden DP
scott spanjich SUPERVISING PRODUCER
maura mandt SEGMENT PRODUCER
david chamberlain LINE PRODUCER
jay wert BUNKER PRODUCER
stephanie bargas HEAD OF PRODUCTION
ryan hendricks CAMERA OPERATOR/ TECH
dickie plofker TECH ASSISTANCE
rebecca sommer HAIR/ MAKE-UP
anthony marchegiano PA
zoe jackson PA
lindsay mcneil PA
cassie goodluck PA
dakota arikin PA
tyler neely PRODUCTION COORDINATOR
lee manne PRODUCTION ASSISTANT
angela madden CFO
chicago crew:
bob teitel 3rd UNIT DIRECTOR
bobby rockwell DP
austin crew:
christian vera 4th UNIT DIRECTOR
brett spackman 4th UNIT DP
post production:
chad sipkin EDITOR for consulate
charlyn derrick PRODUCER for consulate
alan lopez ASSOCIATE POST PRODUCER for consulate
michael dwass COLORIST for consulate
antonio sanchez ASSISTANT EDITOR for consulate
tyler peck ASSISTANT EDITOR for consulate
jeremy maneval ASSISTANT EDITOR for consulate
pr:
michael terpin for terpin communications
elina heng for terpin communications
jessica hasson for terpin communications
nYc vendors:
maggievision PRODUCTION SUPPORT
roadside entertainment CAMERA
P3 entertainment LIGHT PAKAGE
eastern effects LIGHTS
hello world communications P2 CARDS/ CAMERA EQUIPMENT
expendables plus EXPENDABLES
able cinetech MONITORS
LA vendors:
consulates EDITORIAL
indie rentals CAMERA
cinelease LIGHTING AND GRIP
film this! PERMIT
image mechanics STILLS
rushes TELECINE
greenberg teleprompting SCRIPTING
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