Yes We Can! Inspirational Video For 2009
Posted on | December 31, 2008 | 3 Comments
President Elect Obama “Yes We Can” Remix Video
Lyrics:
It was a creed written into the founding documents that declared the destiny of a nation.
Yes we can.
It was whispered by slaves and abolitionists as they blazed a trail toward freedom.
Yes we can.
It was sung by immigrants as they struck out from distant shores and pioneers who pushed westward against an unforgiving wilderness.
Yes we can.
It was the call of workers who organized; women who reached for the ballots; a President who chose the moon as our new frontier; and a King who took us to the mountaintop and pointed the way to the Promised Land.
Yes we can to justice and equality.
Yes we can to opportunity and prosperity.
Yes we can heal this nation.
Yes we can repair this world.
Yes we can.
We know the battle ahead will be long, but always remember that no matter what obstacles stand in our way, nothing can stand in the way of the power of millions of voices calling for change.
We have been told we cannot do this by a chorus of cynics…they will only grow louder and more dissonant ……….. We’ve been asked to pause for a reality check. We’ve been warned against offering the people of this nation false hope.
But in the unlikely story that is America, there has never been anything false about hope.
Now the hopes of the little girl who goes to a crumbling school in Dillon are the same as the dreams of the boy who learns on the streets of LA; we will remember that there is something happening in America; that we are not as divided as our politics suggests; that we are one people; we are one nation; and together, we will begin the next great chapter in the American story with three words that will ring from coast to coast; from sea to shining sea –
Yes. We. Can.
Guest appearances -
will.i.am – 0:01
Scarlett Johansson – 0:05
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar – 0:21
Common – 0:23
John Legend – 0:32
Bryan Greenberg (guitar) – 0:37
Kate Walsh – 0:44
Tatyana Ali – 0:44
Harold Perrineau, Jr. – 0:49
Aisha Tyler – 1:01
Samuel Page – 1:03
Enrique Murciano – 1:07 “Si, podemos” – 1:17
Maya Rubin – 1:08 “כן אנו יכולים (Qen Annu Yecholim)” (Hebrew)
Esthero – 1:10
Eric Balfour – 1:23
Nicole Scherzinger – 1:30
Taryn Manning – 1:40
Amber Valletta – 1:52
Auden McCaw (in Valetta’s arms) – 1:52
Kelly Hu – 1:52
Adam Rodríguez – 1:56 “Sí se puede”
Eric Christian Olsen – 2:02
Sarah Wright – 2:02
Shoshannah Stern (American Sign Language) – 2:05
Ed Kowalczyk (guitar) – 2:19
Fonzworth Bentley (violin) – 2:38
Amaury Nolasco – 3:24
Hill Harper – 3:27
Nick Cannon – 3:36
Herbie Hancock (piano) – 3:41
Johnathon Schaech – 3:45
Austin Nichols – 3:50
Tracee Ellis Ross – 4:00
Fred Goldring (guitar) – 4:03
Anson Mount
Alfonso Ribeiro
Cliff Collins
Vera Farmiga
Thanks TechCrunch for posting this! I really enjoyed it.
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"there's nothing like having a vision, imagining it, making it, then having it work, especially if your very being depends on it"
December 31st, 2008 @ 10:38 am
Thanks for posting the video!
December 31st, 2008 @ 6:00 pm
No problem! I can’t stop listening to it… I really do hope that ‘09 brings some light to America. I saw an image with some guy that had a theory that the United States would be broken up by 2010… screw that. Let’s act as one and make sure we stay on top!
January 7th, 2009 @ 6:51 pm
Hopefully President Elect Obama follows through on the change.
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