Will.i.am, Barack Obama - Yes We Can lyrics

All of Barack Obama's lyrics
Are sampled from a
Campaign speech in the 2008 NH primary
Barack Obama and william's vocals frequently
And purposefully overlap throughout

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, yes we can
It was sung by immigrants as they
Struck out from distant shores
And pioneers who pushed westward
Against an unforgiving wilderness
Oh, 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
Yes we can, yes we can, yes we can
Yes we can
Yes we can - ohhhh! We can (Yes we can)
Yes we can - ohhhh! We can

Yes we can, to opportunity and prosperity
Yes we can, to opportunity and prosperity
Yes we can heal this nation
(Heal this nation)
Yes we can repair this world
(Repair this world) yes we can

Yes we can, yes we can, yes we can
Yes we can
Yes we can, yes we can, yes we can
Yes we can
Yes we can - ohhhh! We can (Yes we can)
Yes we can - ohhhh! We can sí, se puede!

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 want change)
(We want change! We want change! We
Want change! We want change)
We want changewe want change
We want change i 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! We want change! We
Want change! We want change)
(We want change! We want change! We
Want change! We want change)
I want change it's all gonna change
I want change i want change i wanna 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 yes, we can
Yes, we can yes, we can
Yes, we can yes, we can

Yes we can, mhmm oh, yes we can, yes we can
Ooh, yes we can