Popsugar Entertainment Ariana Grande Who Is Speaking on Ariana Grande's "The Light Is Coming"? Ariana Grande's New Song Is Great, but Let Me Vent a Little About That Sample 24 June 2018 by Kelsey Garcia First Published: 21 June 2018 Image Source: Getty / Rich Polk Ariana Grande's heavenly voice brings the light on her latest single, but a particular sample seems to be casting a shadow for many listeners. On "The Light Is Coming," a man can repeatedly be heard in the background yelling something along the lines of, "You couldn't let anybody speak." Once you really pay attention to it, it's actually impossible to focus on any other aspect of the song, even Grande's peppy cadence or Nicki Minaj's confident rap verse. As it turns out, the sample on the Pharrell-produced track, as discovered by MTV News editor Madeline Roth, is taken from a CNN clip of a man screaming at former Pennsylvania Senator Arlen Specter during a 2009 town hall meeting on health care. Funnily enough, Pharrell sampled a different part of the clip for N.E.R.D's "Lemon." On the bright side, at least it makes the song memorable . . . right? Related: We've Already Dubbed Ariana Grande's "No Tears Left to Cry" Our Summer Anthem 1 / 21 Me trying to jam to The Light is Coming but hearing that screechy ass “YOU WOULDNT LET ANYBODY SPEAK” sample every 20 seconds pic.twitter.com/VPzwr3bk5f— Tonya Harding’s Crispy Bangs (@amdeeeeeee) June 20, 2018 2 / 21 me: h- Tlic: you wouldn’t let anybody speak you wouldn’t let anybody speak you wouldn’t let anybody speak you wouldn’t let anybody spe— twanky (@jesusweppt) June 21, 2018 3 / 21 The light is coming is good but the mans voice in the background throws off the whole song tbh but I still love— lyssa (@whereduhbeef) June 20, 2018 4 / 21 am I the only person who thinks the “you wouldn’t let anybody speak” in tlic is annoying pic.twitter.com/QYxZ5BdPTi— sarah (@styIesrem) June 20, 2018 5 / 21 listened to 'the light is coming' a couple of times yesterday and my dreams were all "you wouldn't let anybody speak"— bēn (@benvyle) June 21, 2018 6 / 21 Me: Hi—#TheLightIsComing: “YOU WOULDN’T LET ANYBODY SPEAK!” pic.twitter.com/9oT9UGOicP— dave. (@davidhanna) June 20, 2018 7 / 21 “You wouldn’t let anybody speak” is gonna be my version of “we’ve been sent good weather” when I finally have my mental breakdown. #TheLightIsComing #HandmaidsTale— ROB SHOY (@whatsrobert) June 20, 2018 8 / 21 The light is coming to give back everything the darkne- YOU WOULDN'T LET ANYBODY SPEAK pic.twitter.com/9nA3fo64Qk— ultraviolet (@lilbittykeke_) June 21, 2018 9 / 21 seriously what is the point of the sample of the dude going “you wouldn’t let anybody speak” in the light is coming it’s such a good song but holy shit— mk is going to vidcon 🏳️🌈 (@hfkdelicate) June 21, 2018 10 / 21 I can’t get “You wouldn’t let anybody speak” out of my head pic.twitter.com/viMPoVFo1T— Fabian 🌙💧💡 (@Fabezz) June 20, 2018 11 / 21 I like TLIC but that voice saying "you wouldn't let anyone speak for this" is kind of annoying. It should've stayed for just a part of the song not the WHOLE damn song— nathan💡 (@nathangrijalba) June 20, 2018 12 / 21 i just realized that the “you wouldn’t let anybody speak but instead” snippet plays throughout the WHOLE song.... now i can’t un-hear it great— ariana 🇵🇷 (@arryrl) June 21, 2018 13 / 21 i think if the light is coming didnt havent that man yelling in the bg it would be a *little bit* better— ً (@hyejuyeon) June 20, 2018 14 / 21 the light is coming..... but like remove the old man pic.twitter.com/68dGDY1tpt— vince (@veyonslay) June 20, 2018 15 / 21 This might be an unpopular opinion but imma say it anyway... can they release a version of The light is coming without the ‘you wouldn’t let anybody speak’ snippet being played constantly? I love the song & snippet but i just want Ariana’s voice without interruption 🤷🏽♀️😂🙈 pic.twitter.com/EJOQAuOVkn— Charlie agnew (@Charlottesayshi) June 20, 2018 16 / 21 Concept: "the light is coming - MAN IN THE BACKGROUND MUTED Remix"— stevennoooooo (@nolanmyheart) June 20, 2018 17 / 21 can we please get a version of the light is coming without that annoying guys voice in the back? i mean come on pic.twitter.com/S63Tcv7Xkv— ˗ˏˋ🧜♀️Yuyiˎˊ˗🇲🇽 #DanceTheNightAway (@silkirakira) June 20, 2018 18 / 21 The Light is Coming would be 400x better if there wasn't a voice constantly in the background— PLS FOLLOW ME ARI (@grandesballoon) June 20, 2018 19 / 21 tlic reminds me of focus, you can love or hate it and the voice in the background kind of ruins it but makes it unique 🤷🏼♀️— ɐᴉɯɐ 🏳️🌈 (@sweetenerluhvs) June 21, 2018 20 / 21 why do i live so much for the white man yelling in the light is coming. it makes me HYPE pic.twitter.com/ogckcOJUkP— jess (@SlothsForAri) June 21, 2018 21 / 21 Ariana GrandeTwitterMusic