Karma (Black Eyed Peas song)
1999 single by The Black Eyed Peas
"Karma" is the third and final single from the Black Eyed Peas' debut studio album, Behind the Front. The lyrics in the bridge are taken from Blondie's "One Way or Another" while the main riff and hook are taken from Cheo Feliciano’s El Ratón. The song features vocals from Einstein Brown. Kim Hill does not perform on the song, but is featured in the music video.
Music video
The video was filmed in 1998, but wasn't released until March 1999. In the music video, will.i.am is in hospital because his left shoulder is badly wounded. A doctor tells him all the doctors are unavailable, so he looks for another doctor. Will sees a man get off his wheelchair and strangle another patient, all the doctors and nurses try to get him off while will.i.am is trying to get past, he knocks over a tray of pills. Kim Hill pushes will.i.am out of the way to get to a patient. While will.i.am is rapping his verse, apl.de.ap is seen pushing a bed with a blue blanket over the body and Taboo is seen in a safety mask and a white scarf on his head.
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