Who's that guy on Ariana Grande's new single, “The Light Is Coming?”

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Republic RecordsAriana Grande‘s new song “The Light Is Coming” features a repeated sample of a man’s voice saying over and over, “You wouldn’t let anybody speak!”  While some fans find the sample annoying, others are simply wondering who the heck the guy is.  Well, now we know.

MTV’s Madeline Roth tweeted, “soo, the sample in @ArianaGrande’s #TheLightIsComing (‘you wouldn’t let anybody speak!’) appears to be from a CNN archive clip of a man shouting at the late Pennsylvania Sen. Arlen Specter at a town hall meeting in 2009.” 

She included the clip in the tweet, and you can hear the man saying, “Instead, you wouldn’t let anybody speak! You handed on what, 30 guards?  Well, I got news for you.”

According to PopBuzz, Pharrell Williams produced the song, and sampled the same event in the song “Lemon,” by his group N.E.R.D., only he incorporated Specter’s voice saying “Now, wait a minute!” into that track.

Meanwhile, the video for “The Light Is Coming” is now streaming on Reebok.com.  It features Ariana running through the woods, at times holding a lighted ball.  If you watch it on Reebok’s site, you can sign up to win a pair of Classic Rapide kicks like the ones Ariana wears in the clip, autographed by the singer herself.

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