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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[Bridge]
Children growin', women producin'
Men go work, and some gon' steal
Everyone's got to make a livin'
Children growin', women producin'
Men go work, and some gon' steal
Everyone's got to make a livin'
[Verse 1]
Nineteen-ninety-two and, you and I were fightin'
LAPD beatings got the whole
World frontin
My man Rodney King and the Reginald Deeney
You could look for justice but I bet you won't find any
Because people getting beatin', news keep repeatin'
Chaos and anger, just surely peakin'
Yo everybody's runnin', some of them are gunnin'
Avalanche the block, feel the anger, wantin' something
'Cause some of them are frontin'
They didn't know the reason
Emotion in the end made it feel like revolution
And yeah, yeah, you can yell out your brains
I tell you right now, we got eight years of chains
[Chorus]
So hurry up because I'm runnin' out of clip
Runnin out of time
Runnin out of clip
Runnin out of time
Runnin out of clip
Runnin out of time
Runnin out of clip (What)
Runnin out of time
[Bridge]
Children growin', women producin'
Men go work, and some gon' steal
Everyone's got to make a livin'
Children growin', women producin'
Men go work, and some gon' steal
Everyone's got to make a livin'
[Verse 2]
Nineteen-ninety-seven, reduction of a nation
The government is slayin', new laws is what you're facin'
Next comes the clonin', they're makin' new creation
Secretly forming soldiers of you and they station
No more free education on former segregation
Politics's about affirmative activation
So make a run for the border
Caught by the deporter
The immigration caught you but you got to leave your daughter
We are slowly being slaughtered
So be prepared for the new world order
Yeah, yeah, you can yell out your brains
I tell you right now, you got three years to change
[Chorus]
So hurry up because I'm runnin' out of clip
Runnin out of time
Runnin out of clip
Runnin out of time
Runnin out of clip
Runnin out of time
Runnin out of clip (What)
Runnin out of time
[Bridge]
Children growin', women producin'
Men go work, and some gon' steal
Everyone's got to make a livin'
Children growin', women producin'
Men go work, and some gon' steal
Everyone's got to make a livin'
[Verse 3]
Year two-thousand, what's it really holdin'
Or is it really right, live beyond on what you're knowing
Or is it that technology is what keeps on going
Could it be that the end of time is what I'm showing
I don't see any grass growin'
Everything's conquered, we're running out of land
And goddamn yo, I'm runnin' out of clip
I'm almost out of time
Runnin' out of
Damn, I'm almost out of time
We could all try now but just look up in the sky
We ain't got no ozone left, we are gonna die
Crime and corruption, is the only season
Is it cause the reason is that we out of time
[Bridge]
Children growin', women producin'
Men go work, and some gon' steal
Everyone's got to make a livin'
Children growin', women producin'
Men go work, and some gon' steal
Everyone's got to make a livin'
Children growin', women producin'
Men go work, and some gon' steal
Everyone's got to make a livin'
Children growin', women producin'
Men go work, and some gon' steal
Everyone's got to make a livin'