Yes, we can

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 want 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.

Piu' guardo le scene di questa nostra campagna elettorale, e più mi fanno schifo. Più guardo, e leggo, quello che succede in USA, e ancor più mi fa schifo la nostra campagna elettorale. Perchè non ci meritiamo anche noi un Barack Obama?

La storia di questa canzone e di questo video: will.i.am dei Black eyed peas è partito dalle parole di un comizio di Obama, il giorno dopo le primarie in New Hampshire. Ha chiamato a raccolta un po' di gente, e li ha fatti cantare, sullo stile di Do they know it's christmas...
Qui di seguito potete scaricare anche l'mp3, insieme a uno degli Smiths (che inizia con le parole "good times for a change"!!!) ...per favore, per favore, per favore, fammi avere quello che voglio stavolta... e 'fanculo Sanremo!!!

If you're visiting this blog from the US, you dont need any explanation to this post.. DO YOU?! Anyway, here you can find the video, the mp3, and the lyrics of this song, yes we can, and also a song by the smiths, where the first words are "good times for a change"...

will.i.am - yes we can (mp3)

the smiths - please, please, please, let me get what i want (mp3)