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Will.i.am excited for "historic" Obama inauguration

Will.i.am has given his thoughts on the upcoming inauguration of US President Barack Obama.

The Democrat won a second term as President last year and he is due to be sworn into power once again today (January 21) in Washington.

Speaking to MTV News, will.i.am said that he feels a mixture of "optimism and nostalgia" ahead of the President's official inauguration. He said:

"The feeling in the city right now? It's optimism and nostalgia; remembering where we came from and where we're going. The reason it feels historic and nostalgic is because we're writing our own history right now."

The Voice UK coach meanwhile also gave some suggestions on future government policy, adding:

"What I want to see happen is science programs getting funded in every single high school and junior high school, so when Obama is not president, those programs are still going and successful. I'd like to see Apple and Dell factories be brought to the inner cities; in every project in America, there's some factory there, and it's abandoned, and I'd like to see those factories open and bring jobs to America."

 

 

 

 

Watch the video for will.i.am's 'Scream & Shout' below: