the power of words and music: YES. WE. CAN.
YES WE CAN SONG
if you haven't seen this, please, for love of the world, go see it. and read what the dude from black eyed peas who created it has to say. it moved me so much with inspiration and courage, that i cannot control my own trembling. i have not felt this way since my time on the thai-burma border. the following is what i posted in response to seeing this absolutely amazing video:
you have inspired and touch my core. because i’m an immigrant and i can’t vote, i had not been paying attention to the details of the candidacies and what each candidate stands for. this made me realize that perhaps there is something i can do to change the ways of the world. i strive for the passions of ghandi and commitment of dr. cynthia on the thai-burma border. i believe in love and the humanity that unites us together as humans. i am not any special, in a way that is typically recognized in the society. but i have my values and i thrive to share my ideals and dreams. i have been in a bit of a slump lately, but now i cannot cease my trembling since seeing this video. this brought me tears and fed fuels to my fire all at the same time. thank you obama, and thank you black eyed peas, thank you all the musicians thriving on creativity and dedication, and thank you all the grassroots advocates and activists trying to bring justice to the tainted world that we live in today. i pray for peace, for everyone living and dead who believe[d] in love and understanding.
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"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."
-Barack Obama
if you haven't seen this, please, for love of the world, go see it. and read what the dude from black eyed peas who created it has to say. it moved me so much with inspiration and courage, that i cannot control my own trembling. i have not felt this way since my time on the thai-burma border. the following is what i posted in response to seeing this absolutely amazing video:
you have inspired and touch my core. because i’m an immigrant and i can’t vote, i had not been paying attention to the details of the candidacies and what each candidate stands for. this made me realize that perhaps there is something i can do to change the ways of the world. i strive for the passions of ghandi and commitment of dr. cynthia on the thai-burma border. i believe in love and the humanity that unites us together as humans. i am not any special, in a way that is typically recognized in the society. but i have my values and i thrive to share my ideals and dreams. i have been in a bit of a slump lately, but now i cannot cease my trembling since seeing this video. this brought me tears and fed fuels to my fire all at the same time. thank you obama, and thank you black eyed peas, thank you all the musicians thriving on creativity and dedication, and thank you all the grassroots advocates and activists trying to bring justice to the tainted world that we live in today. i pray for peace, for everyone living and dead who believe[d] in love and understanding.
................................................................................
"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."
-Barack Obama
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