Black Eyed Peas Obama

Guide Note: The "Yes We Can" Song and music video, written and directed by Will.i.Am of the Black Eyed Peas and Jesse Dylan (Bob Dylan's son), was inspired by Obama's New Hampshire Speech.

Fast Facts:

Features (among others): John Legend, Herbie Hancock, Common, Kareem Abdul Jabbar, Scarlett Johansson, Tatyana Ali, Nick Cannon, Amber Valetta, Kate Walsh, Aisha Tyler, Taryn Manning, Nicole Scherzinger
Recorded at Ether and Record Plant in Los Angeles on January 30-31, 2008

Also try: Barack Obama | Yes We Can Speech | Will.i.am

Black Eyed Peas Obama Video

Dipdive: The Yes We Can Song (Time: 4:30)
BlackEyedPeas.com: Yes We Can Song - will.i.am
YouTube: Barack Obama speech: Yes We Can (Time 13:09)

Black Eyed Peas Obama News

Topix.net: Black Eyed Peas Obama
Google News: Black Eyed Peas Obama
Times Online: Black Eyed Peas singer helps Barack Obama win battle of celebrity endorsements (February 5, 2008)
MTV News: Will.I.Am Says 'Yes We Can' In Obama Video (February 4, 2008)
Guardian Unlimited Music: My Stumps: Barack Obama speech turned into music video by will.i.am (February 4, 2008)

Black Eyed Peas Obama Blogs and Commentaries

Google Blog Search: Black Eyed Peas Obama
New York Times Blog: Obama Supporters Sing, Yes We Can (February 4, 2008)
New York Times Blog: Yes, You Can Dance to It (February 4, 2008)
The Huffington Post: Garrett Graff: Why "Yes We Can" Inspires (February 4, 2008)
NewTeeVee: Yes We Can… Hurt Obama’s Campaign! (February 4, 2008)
The Nation: Obama's Star-Studded YouTube Music Video (February 4, 2008)
BuzzMachine: Nice beat. But can you lead to it? (February 3, 2008)

Yes We Can 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.