Barack Obama’s Juggernaut Includes Hot Music Video
By Michael Lang on Feb 5, 2008 in POLITICS
It’s true what everyone is saying about being some kind of incarnation of Robert Kennedy as demonstrated by the music video recently released by will.i.am and Jesse Dylan. RFK was endorsed, embraced and beloved by the younger generation of that time with a slew of entertainers willing to perform and advocate on his behalf.
With just a few days to go before the critical Super Tuesday primaries, Black Eyed Peas’ frontman will.i.am and director Jesse Dylan, son of legendary musician , have released a new song featuring a host of celebrities and one very unlikely music video star: Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama.
"Yes We Can," released Friday, is centered around footage of the speech the Illinois senator gave after the New Hampshire primary last month.
The music video includes excerpts from that Obama speech and appearances from celebrities including jazz artist Herbie Hancock, former LA Lakers captain Kareem Abdul Jabbar, singer John Legend, model Amber Valletta, actresses Kate Walsh and Scarlett Johansson, and others.
In an interview with the Associated Press last month, Johansson had joked that she was engaged to the White House hopeful, telling a reporter: "My heart belongs to Barack." (Sounds like a country song)
Dylan and will.i.am told ABC News they did not coordinate the creation or release of the video with the Obama campaign, and are unsure Obama knows about the production. It’s amazing and certainly a testament to the way Obama can motivate people from every demographic to take up his cause…which in truth is OUR CAUSE.
Here is the Video and Lyrics…..ENJOY!
CLICK HERE FOR THE LYRICS TO THIS VIDEO
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
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