簡介
yes we can2008年2月，嘻哈樂團“黑眼豆豆（Black Eyed Peas）”主唱Will.i.am根據巴拉克·歐巴馬在新罕布夏的一場演講，創作了單曲《Yes We Can》（是的，我們可以），還發動他的明星朋友一起演唱並拍成一部MV。這首以歐巴馬演說內容為歌詞，結合了演講實況的歌曲，一放上YouTube就引來無數的點擊量。據《今日美國》報導，上傳後短短一周內，它的瀏覽量已經超過370萬。Will.i.am、斯嘉麗·詹森、約翰·萊傑德、卡瑞姆·阿布杜勒·賈巴爾、何比·漢考克等大腕都不遺餘力地傾情出演，目的只有一個，呼喚美國年輕人積極參選來改變個人和國家的命運，實現理想。正如MV片尾的字幕——由HOPE變成VOTE。
歌詞
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, yes we can, yes we can...)
Yes we can to opportunity and prosperity.
Yes we can heal this nation.
Yes we can repair this world.
Yes we can.
(yes we can, yes we can, 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 want 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.
(We want change! I want change! We want change! I want change...)
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.
(Yes. We. Can. Yes. We. Can. Yes. We. Can.... )
