The Word (song) The Word (song) "The Word" is a song by English rock group the Beatles, written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney and recorded with Lennon on lead vocals. It was first released on their 1965 album "Rubber Soul". The song was co-written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney. According to Lennon, it was written together but it was "mainly mine". They wrote it after smoking marijuana, something they had not done before in a composing session, which from McCartney's perspective (opposite to Lennon's), "got in the way of songwriting". McCartney on the subject: Musically, the song is based upon a
Lee (English surname) Korean diaspora translating numerous surnames also romanized as Li, particularly the one deriving from the Chinese word for "plum" (, "Lǐ"; , "Lee"; , "Rhee"; Vietnamese</small> , quốc ngữ Lê, Lý or Lí) which is among the most common surnames in the world. In America, Lee is the most common surname for Chinese and Korean Americans and the second-most-common surname for Asian and Pacific Islanders, behind the Vietnamese Nguyen. Similarly, Lee is the third-most-common surname among Chinese Singaporeans. Originating from Norway as "Lie", this surname was altered when it arrived in the Americas in the late 1800s to fit the