My Girl Kerry Washington Featured in Will.i.am’s Video Sequel to “Yes We Can”

Will.i.am went back in the lab, rounded up even more celebrities and recorded another song and video in support of Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama.

Titled “We Are The Ones,” the track features Kerry Washington, Regina King, Malcolm Jamal Warner, Tichina Arnold, Tyrese and a host of Hispanic entertainers such as Jessica Alba, John Leguizamo and George Lopez explaining why they support Obama while the vocal refrain of “O-BA-MA! O-BA-MA!” is sung and chanted in the background by others, such as Macy Gray.

The song is a follow-up to will.i.am’s inspirational video “Yes We Can,” a viral sensation that has garnered more than 5 million hits on YouTube.com alone. That song features Obama’s voice from a New Hampshire concession speech set to will.i.am’s music and melody, plus vocalizations of the speech from the likes of Scarlet Johansson, John Legend, Kate Walsh, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Herbie Hancock and other celebrity supporters.

Kerry Washington, who’s in Texas campaigning for Obama, said she got involved in the “We Are The Ones” video after some fellow volunteers alerted her to the video shoot. She said she’s already gotten dozens of phone calls since the clip debuted Feb. 29 on will.i.am’s www.Dipdive.com. As far as whether it will bring more people to the polls tomorrow for Obama, Washington said:

“It’s a hard thing to quantify. But … it’s evidence of how inspired the nation has become. The arts have always been a place where people express their dreams and hopes. … What’s happening is people are seeing their own excitement reflected in a national forum, and it sort of increases that excitement exponentially.”