La historia de The Black Eyed Peas se remonta a mediados de la década de 1990, cuando los talentosos músicos will.i.am (William Adams) y apl.de.ap (Allan Pineda Lindo) se conocieron en Los Ángeles. Ambos compartían una pasión por la música hip-hop y rápidamente comenzaron a colaborar. La primera alineación se completó con Taboo (Jaime Luis Gómez) y Kim Hill como corista.
Inicialmente, el grupo fue conocido como Atban Klann y firmaron un contrato con Ruthless Records, una discográfica fundada por el legendario Eazy-E. Sin embargo, después de la prematura muerte de Eazy-E en 1995, el álbum que habían grabado fue archivado y el grupo cambió su nombre a The Black Eyed Peas.
En 1998, The Black Eyed Peas lanzó su álbum debut titulado Behind the Front, con la colaboración de la cantante Macy Gray. El álbum fue bien recibido por la crítica y ayudó a establecer una base de fans leal. Su segundo álbum, Bridging the Gap, lanzado en 2000, continuó en la misma línea y aumentó su reconocimiento en la industria.
A pesar de su creciente popularidad, Kim Hill decidió dejar el grupo, lo que llevó a la incorporación de Fergie (Stacy Ann Ferguson) en 2002. Esta incorporación marcó un hito en la carrera de la banda, elevándolos a nuevas alturas.
Con Fergie en la formación, The Black Eyed Peas lanzó su tercer álbum, Elephunk, en 2003. Este álbum fue un éxito internacional,
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12 s For The People Lyrics[Interlude]
Hello, I'd like to make a special, special dedication
To all them special special people
That did all them special special thanks
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
[Refrain]
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
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
See Black Eyed Peas LiveGet tickets as low as $53You might also like[Refrain]
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 2: Taboo]
Raise up the heat
Let me blow up this track
I gotta pay homage to my peeps way back
Had a little dream-hungry run rap game
And now the dreams are same, but the game is changed
Back in '88 before I was great
I used to battle on the block as a b-boy and break (Yeah)
Heavy while of course I used to water the bush
Used to leave fools' crews down and black and blue
Hip-hop kept on at the Kiba Lawn
Ballistics & unity it all was the bomb
Blew up the spot when my mic was on
It was a good life, foundation, feelin' was strong
I kept on (So I don't get left behind)
I kept on (So I don't get forgotten with time)
I kept on (So I could just bless your mind)
I kept on (For the people bustin' my rhymes)
[Refrain]
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 3: Apl.de.ap]
Getting bout it in my room
Back in '89
Freestylin in the cipher exercisin' the mind
Just coolin with my grim Brand Nubian rhymes
B-boyin' and breakin', tribe behind the nation
Diggin in the place with DJ Motivation
Live and direct on your radio station
Rockin with the band, doin' shows for fans, mic in my hand
Standing in my b-boy stance
Whoever thought that the Peas would spread like a disease
And infect the whole globe with hip-hop and soul
This is for the people that love the Peas' sound
We still makin' music, we holdin' it down
This is dedicated to the Cold Crush
If it wasn't for y'all, there wouldn't be us
This is dedicated to UTFO
Grandmaster Flash and Kurtis Blow
[Refrain]
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
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