For The People Black Eyed Peas

[Intro: will.i.am]
Hello?
I'd like to make a special, special dedication
To all them special, special people
That did all them special, special things
Especially the Native Tongues and KRS
Can't forget Slick Rick and Doug E. Fresh
A big shout-out to Freestyle Fellowship
Let me do this

[Chorus: will.i.am]
Let's do this for the people!
Let's make our mommas proud!
Let's do this for the people!
Let's do, let's do it now!
Let's do this for the people!
Let's make our mommas proud!
Let's do this for the people!
Let's do, let's do it now!

[Verse 1: will.i.am]
Back in the day when I was a teenager
Before I had status and a two-way pager
You could find Will listening to A Tribe Called Quest
Their Low End Theory made me wanna do this
You see you gotta understand that things go in cycles
Justin Timberlake is just a new form of Michael
It's called inspiration, that's the way it be
Without the Jay Dees there probably wouldn't be no Peas
So I'm a do this for those that inspired me to be
And motivated me to start my legacy, huh
I give a shout-out to my man Eazy-E
A big R.I.P. cause he believed in me, yeah
He put me down back in 1993
And now I grab the mic and rock the party
I got Joints & Jams for peabodies
And peabodies is short for family
They're my people