[Libby K]

will.i.am did perform with his (live) voice over the FIRST version of HoF.

The FIRST version is fully recorded, as shown in the video Dean brought to regionals, and if you listen carefully during the performance, you can hear the FIRST lyrics. I think the audio levels between his mic and the background HoF were unbalanced, which is pretty sad. I'm sorry that it led people to thinking this was unprepared. Will's been working on this for a while.

You can be the greatest, you can be the best
You can be an engineer or a scientist
You can help the world, you can find a cure,
You can be FIRST, you can be the leader

The second verse changes 'you can walk straight through hell with a smile' to 'you can build a robot in your own style'. I'll have to doublecheck on the other changes, but those are the biggest noted ones to me in the recorded version.

I think Dean's homework from the regionals where he unveiled it still applies - go on twitter and thank will.i.am for this. It's not every day an artist rewrites a song just for a cause they believe in.

"My industry is out on spring break, in Ibiza, in Miami - I choose to be here in St. Louis because you guys are the future."