William James Adams Jr. (born March 15, 1975), known professionally as will… Read Full Bio ↴William James Adams Jr. (born March 15, 1975), known professionally as will.i.am, is an American hip-hop and pop musician and founding member of the Black Eyed Peas. Adams is of Jamaican descent and has rapped since his teenage years. Along with co-writing many of the Peas' hit songs, he's also had a solo career featuring multiple top 20 hit singles as well as collaborations with various artists such as Mick Jagger and Britney Spears among many others.
When William was sixteen years old, he started rapping in late 1991 under the name "Will-1X" after being discovered by Compton rapper and former N.W.A. leader Eazy-E and signed a deal to Eazy's Ruthless Records. will.i.am's first rap song was "Merry Muthafuckin' Xmas" from Eazy-E's 1992 EP 5150: Home 4 tha Sick. Shortly after Eazy-E's death in 1995, Will left Ruthless to start a group that would later be called the Black Eyed Peas with fellow rappers Taboo and apl.de.ap.
After the addition of singer-songwriter Fergie, the group shot into mainstream pop consciousness with a set of hit singles in the mid-00s, popularity that continues to this day. The Black Eyed Peas' producer is Sergio Mendes, an internationally successful Brazilian musician and jazz aficionado. In September 2007, will.i.am took a major step into a solo career identity by joining with his record label, Universal Music Group (UMG), on a pilot scheme to reward certain file-sharing with cash incentives, including will.i.am tracks from his then upcoming release Songs About Girls.
In total, he has released four solo albums: Lost Change (2001), Must B 21 (2003), Songs About Girls (2007), and #willpower (2013). Although often facing mixed critical reviews, he's experienced significant commercial success, including a set of popular singles. His solo performances, featuring collaborations with a wide group of artists including Justin Bieber, Chris Brown, Phife Dawg, Snoop Dogg, and Nicole Scherzinger, are perhaps best summed up in the international top 20 mega-hit "Scream & Shout".
Will.i.am was also recently cast as John Wraith in the film X-Men Origins: Wolverine, a prequel to the X-Men movie series. And if one enjoyed Madagascar 2's chunky hippo, Moto Moto, then one should know that the deep voice belonged will.i.am., who came in after he was ''pimped'' out to the directors by his friend and sometimes collaborator Justin Timberlake.
Before joining the Black Eyed Peas, Will.i.am attended the Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising in Los Angeles. In 2001, he began designing his own signature clothing line, i.am, which made its official debut in 2005 at the Magic apparel trade show in Las Vegas. In 2007, Will.i.am teamed up with Blue Holdings to design a premium denim collection, i.am Antik, that had its debut on the Project Show in Las Vegas. He has also designed clothing for the Black Eyed Peas.
In January 2008, will.i.am helped write 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. The lyrics of the song are composed almost entirely of excerpts from Obama's speech on January 8, 2008, following the New Hampshire presidential primary election. The video features appearances from numerous celebrities like Scarlett Johansson, Tatyana Ali, John Legend, Herbie Hancock, Kate Walsh, Kareem Abdul Jabbar, Adam Rodriguez, Kelly Hu, Hill Harper, Amber Valletta, Eric Balfour, Aisha Tyler, Nicole Scherzinger, Nick Cannon, Bryan Greenberg, Common and first appeared on the website for Dipdive, and within a week of its appearance racked up three million views, and over four million views on Youtube.
On February 29, 2008, a second video titled "We Are The Ones" was released on Dipdive and YouTube. It included cameo appearances from Jessica Alba, Ryan Phillippe, Kerry Washington, John Leguizamo, Regina King, Tyrese Gibson, Eric Mabius, Tichina Arnold, Adrienne Palicki, comedian George Lopez, and singers Macy Gray, Zoe Kravitz and Black Eyed Peas’ Taboo. The video features everyone chanting "O-BA-MA" as a portrayal as their hopes and wishes for Obama and his presidential campaign.
In 2013, will.i.am released his album "#thatpower".
When William was sixteen years old, he started rapping in late 1991 under the name "Will-1X" after being discovered by Compton rapper and former N.W.A. leader Eazy-E and signed a deal to Eazy's Ruthless Records. will.i.am's first rap song was "Merry Muthafuckin' Xmas" from Eazy-E's 1992 EP 5150: Home 4 tha Sick. Shortly after Eazy-E's death in 1995, Will left Ruthless to start a group that would later be called the Black Eyed Peas with fellow rappers Taboo and apl.de.ap.
After the addition of singer-songwriter Fergie, the group shot into mainstream pop consciousness with a set of hit singles in the mid-00s, popularity that continues to this day. The Black Eyed Peas' producer is Sergio Mendes, an internationally successful Brazilian musician and jazz aficionado. In September 2007, will.i.am took a major step into a solo career identity by joining with his record label, Universal Music Group (UMG), on a pilot scheme to reward certain file-sharing with cash incentives, including will.i.am tracks from his then upcoming release Songs About Girls.
In total, he has released four solo albums: Lost Change (2001), Must B 21 (2003), Songs About Girls (2007), and #willpower (2013). Although often facing mixed critical reviews, he's experienced significant commercial success, including a set of popular singles. His solo performances, featuring collaborations with a wide group of artists including Justin Bieber, Chris Brown, Phife Dawg, Snoop Dogg, and Nicole Scherzinger, are perhaps best summed up in the international top 20 mega-hit "Scream & Shout".
Will.i.am was also recently cast as John Wraith in the film X-Men Origins: Wolverine, a prequel to the X-Men movie series. And if one enjoyed Madagascar 2's chunky hippo, Moto Moto, then one should know that the deep voice belonged will.i.am., who came in after he was ''pimped'' out to the directors by his friend and sometimes collaborator Justin Timberlake.
Before joining the Black Eyed Peas, Will.i.am attended the Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising in Los Angeles. In 2001, he began designing his own signature clothing line, i.am, which made its official debut in 2005 at the Magic apparel trade show in Las Vegas. In 2007, Will.i.am teamed up with Blue Holdings to design a premium denim collection, i.am Antik, that had its debut on the Project Show in Las Vegas. He has also designed clothing for the Black Eyed Peas.
In January 2008, will.i.am helped write 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. The lyrics of the song are composed almost entirely of excerpts from Obama's speech on January 8, 2008, following the New Hampshire presidential primary election. The video features appearances from numerous celebrities like Scarlett Johansson, Tatyana Ali, John Legend, Herbie Hancock, Kate Walsh, Kareem Abdul Jabbar, Adam Rodriguez, Kelly Hu, Hill Harper, Amber Valletta, Eric Balfour, Aisha Tyler, Nicole Scherzinger, Nick Cannon, Bryan Greenberg, Common and first appeared on the website for Dipdive, and within a week of its appearance racked up three million views, and over four million views on Youtube.
On February 29, 2008, a second video titled "We Are The Ones" was released on Dipdive and YouTube. It included cameo appearances from Jessica Alba, Ryan Phillippe, Kerry Washington, John Leguizamo, Regina King, Tyrese Gibson, Eric Mabius, Tichina Arnold, Adrienne Palicki, comedian George Lopez, and singers Macy Gray, Zoe Kravitz and Black Eyed Peas’ Taboo. The video features everyone chanting "O-BA-MA" as a portrayal as their hopes and wishes for Obama and his presidential campaign.
In 2013, will.i.am released his album "#thatpower".
Need U
will.i.am Lyrics
You packed in the morning, I stared out the window.
And I struggled for something to say.
You left in the rain without closing the dooe.
I did't stand in your way.
在清晨醒过来 想念一个女孩
她长头发的样子
她上个月今天 飘洋过海
时间过的真快
醒来第一件事就是在那想着你
完全忽略我们之间遥远的距离
看不到那么熟悉的环境 却又让我们两人可以静一静
没有你在 没那么快乐
脑里的回忆永远那么深刻
白天黑夜颠覆我们的年轻
在不见面就快没空气
在这里我只想跟你说一去
那天起 你离去
我的心 已经跟着去
见不到你 想起你的可爱
这种感觉 说不出个明白
想为你唱个lullaby
永远都不在say godbye
I just want you here with me
For me until the end of the time.
在清晨醒过来 想念一个女孩
她长头发的样子
她上个月今天 飘洋过海
时间过的真快
遥远的一份爱 跟思念在比赛
无聊的下午 剩下我回忆
多精采
just when I needed you most
简单的爱彷佛已经不存在
无法在你身边让你依赖
爱的信息没法投递得那么快
baby please be here to tell me why.
come and tell me where you gonna be
别让我一个人在这那么的那么的想你
回到过去 故事继续
时空的距离 is gonna drive ma carzy
如今的生活 已经不像从前
这样的思念 到底会到那年
梦中画面空空 我看到 电视上的情节
终于发生在我身边
你的想念 阻挡我的视线
让我体验人生喜怒哀乐真实一面
I really miss ya really need ya.
Really wanna hold ya.
But you just ain't here with me
在清晨醒过来 想念一个女孩
她长头发的样子
她上个月今天 飘洋过海
时间过的真快
遥远的一份爱 跟思念在比赛
无聊的下午 剩下我回忆
多精采
just when I needed you most
在清晨醒过来 想念一个女孩
她长头发的样子
她上个月今天 飘洋过海
时间过的真快
遥远的一份爱 跟思念在比赛
无聊的下午 剩下我回忆
多精采
just when I needed you most
just when I needed you most
And I struggled for something to say.
You left in the rain without closing the dooe.
I did't stand in your way.
在清晨醒过来 想念一个女孩
她长头发的样子
她上个月今天 飘洋过海
时间过的真快
醒来第一件事就是在那想着你
完全忽略我们之间遥远的距离
没有你在 没那么快乐
脑里的回忆永远那么深刻
白天黑夜颠覆我们的年轻
在不见面就快没空气
在这里我只想跟你说一去
那天起 你离去
我的心 已经跟着去
见不到你 想起你的可爱
这种感觉 说不出个明白
想为你唱个lullaby
永远都不在say godbye
I just want you here with me
For me until the end of the time.
在清晨醒过来 想念一个女孩
她长头发的样子
她上个月今天 飘洋过海
时间过的真快
遥远的一份爱 跟思念在比赛
无聊的下午 剩下我回忆
多精采
just when I needed you most
简单的爱彷佛已经不存在
无法在你身边让你依赖
爱的信息没法投递得那么快
baby please be here to tell me why.
come and tell me where you gonna be
别让我一个人在这那么的那么的想你
回到过去 故事继续
时空的距离 is gonna drive ma carzy
如今的生活 已经不像从前
这样的思念 到底会到那年
梦中画面空空 我看到 电视上的情节
终于发生在我身边
你的想念 阻挡我的视线
让我体验人生喜怒哀乐真实一面
I really miss ya really need ya.
Really wanna hold ya.
But you just ain't here with me
在清晨醒过来 想念一个女孩
她长头发的样子
她上个月今天 飘洋过海
时间过的真快
遥远的一份爱 跟思念在比赛
无聊的下午 剩下我回忆
多精采
just when I needed you most
在清晨醒过来 想念一个女孩
她长头发的样子
她上个月今天 飘洋过海
时间过的真快
遥远的一份爱 跟思念在比赛
无聊的下午 剩下我回忆
多精采
just when I needed you most
just when I needed you most
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@th3azscorpio
My absolute favorite part of this song is the poem at the end-
"We do what we do and we do what we live
I love this way cause I got it as a kid
With so much to give from it, I never hid
The love that I wrote on the mirror it got smeared
My friends say it was a change for the better
But I say, girl you changed my forever
Relationships they can be as strange as the weather
Rain or sun we can sing this together"
@CarlaSophieMar
"Once the love was strong
Now it's long, long gone
Cause the pain, pain now as a storm
I would make, growing old
Cause I want you, cause I want you
I want you, I want you
I've been thinking bout, I've been thinking bout
I've been thinking bout you lately
Thoughts take me to when we were close
Addicted to your love, feel I need another dose
I know it's a feeling that should be long gone
Things seem to come up when I hear our song
Golden brown girl, it seemed so long
Since I heard your voice, where did the king go wrong?
Emotions that, that they linger on
I guess cause I never knew a love so strong
So many hot girls I need your warm
The taste of your mouth girl I need your warm
Good food and love I need your warm
This here was made before we were born
A dreamer so I'm a keep dreaming on
It's kind of like 'The Breakup' with Jen and Vince Vaughn
Once the love was strong
Now it's long, long gone
Cause the pain, pain now as a storm
I would make, growing old
Cause I want you, cause I want you
I want you, I want you
Cause I want you, cause I want you
I want you, I want you
They say you don't know, know, know what you got
Till what u got is gone
Yeah I write such and such, yo a lot but the feelings not as strong
We were like 2 birds that were able to fly
I try to pick the right words to say to the sky
Some days I would try but wasn't able to cry
I never been good at saying goodbye
I take a deep breath when the times is hard
When I reminisce over you, my God
I spent many years trying to be the heartthrob
I guess it's only right that I got my heart robbed
The scent of a room that reminds me of you
A hint of perfume it reminds me of you
Take a look at the moon it reminds me of you
Hope the stars and the gods align me and you
Once the love was strong
Now it's long, long gone
Cause the pain, pain now as a storm
I would make, growing old
Cause I want you, cause I want you
I want you, I want you
Cause I want you, cause I want you
I want you, I want you
We do what we do and we do what we live
I love this way cause I got it as a kid
With so much to give from it, I never hid
The love that I wrote on the mirror it got smeared
My friends say it was a change for the better
But I say, girl you changed my forever
Relationships they can be as strange as the weather
Rain or sun we can sing this together
Cause I want you, cause I want you
I want you, I want you
Cause I want you, cause I want you
I want you, I want you"
@corennakhieu5483
The raw emotion and pain Kerry Washington delivered in this video always makes me want to cry. I felt that! She is amazing.
@perryjohnson7659
Kerry is awesome in this video..she always played her rioles well
@pfunk42
What did you feel?
@zoradaughter
She co-directed this video, too! 😊
@ThugLifeModafocah
Yeah, you can taste the suffering from her delivery. Everything in this work is on point.
@Spaceinvaderbd
I wasn’t old enough to appreciate this song when it came out but it still sounds better than what’s out now
@DopeItzTheeOne
Big facts I was 13 when this dropped now that I'm 30 I can definitely appreciate Common's music in general way!
@LauGman
"The scent of a room that reminds me of you.
A hint of perfume it reminds me of you.
Take a look at the moon it reminds me of you.
Hope the stars and the gods align me and you."
Favorite lines... such greatness
@kggreeng1272
LauGman Deep Foreal Common been the truth!
@roberta2100
LauGman I was literally about to post this exact part, and decided to scroll down to see if someone had already posted it.