Songwriter: Black Eyed Peas Tim Orindgreff George Pajon Jr.

Producer: ​will.i.am

[Refrain: Fergie]
We are the now generation
We are the generation now
This is the now generation
This is the generation now

[Verse 1: will.i.am & Fergie]
I want money!
I want it, want it, want it
Fast internet, stay connected in a jet
Wi-Fi, podcast, blastin out a SMS
Text me and I'll text you back, check me on the iChat
I'm all about that H-T-T-P you're a PC I'm a Mac
I waaaan it
MySpace and yo' space, Facebook is a new place
Dip divin, socializin, I'll be out in cyber space
Google is my professor, Wikipedia checker
Checkin my account, loggin in and loggin out
Baby, I waaaant it (Now!)

[Refrain: will.i.am]
This is the now generation
This is the generation now
We are the now generation
I want, I want, I want it now
I want the cold hard cash
I want, I want, I want it (Now!)

[Chorus: will.i.am & Fergie]
And I just can't wait
I need it immediately
And I just can't wait
I want it immediately
Cause the time can't wait and
I sure can't wait
I ain't got no patience, nah
I sure can't wait, not today

[Refrain: Fergie]
We are the now generation
We are the generation now
This is the now generation
This is the generation now

[Verse 2: Fergie]
I want money
I want cold hard cash
I'll take your dollar and your euro
And you'll have a blast
So take your debt and your credit and stick it
Get up you ass and do it (Now!)
I want it now!

[Verse 3: will.i.am & Fergie]
Big money, give me my money (yeah, I want it now!)
I need cash, girl I need it fast (I want it now!)
Quick in a hurry like yo' name was Flash (I want it now!)
You make me wait and I'mma whip yo' ass (I want it now!)
I want it now baby (Now!)
I want it (Now!), I want it (Now!)

[Verse 4: will.i.am]
Fast, rapido, really quick like torpedo
Need for speed is my creedo, you need to feed this negrito
Sender, buyer, brother boat, rapid like a thunderbolt
Activated, rock the boat, Just ask Barack who brought the hope to (now!)
It was the now generation...

[Chorus: will.i.am & Fergie]
And I just can't wait
I need it immediately
And I just can't wait
I want it immediately
Cause the time can't wait and
I sure can't wait
I ain't got no patience, nah
I sure can't wait, not today

[Outro: will.i.am & Fergie]
Expediate
No time for procrastination
Expediate
Improve my sensuation

Black Eyed Peas

The Black Eyed Peas is a hip-hop and pop group, currently consisting of rappers will.i.am, apl.de.ap, Taboo, and singer Jessica Reynoso.

Originally, The Black Eyed Peas were a hip-hop group, standing alongside the likes of Talib Kweli and Jurassic 5.

In the early 2000s, they started to add pop and EDM influences to their music. They subsequently added Fergie to the group and became the pop sensations that they became from 2003 to 2011. Fergie eventually left in 2018 and the Peas returned to their hip-hop roots.