简介2008年2月，嘻哈乐团“黑眼豆豆（Black Eyed Peas）”主唱Will.i.am根据巴拉克·奥巴马
在新罕布什尔的一场演讲，创作了单曲《Yes We Can》（是的，我们可以），还发动他的明星朋友一起演唱并拍成一部MV。这首以奥巴马演说内容为歌词，结合了演讲实况的歌曲，一放上YouTube就引来无数的点击量。据《今日美国》报道，上传后短短一周内，它的浏览量已经超过370万。Will.i.am、斯嘉丽·约翰逊、约翰·莱杰德、卡瑞姆·阿布杜勒·贾巴尔、何比·汉考克等大腕都不遗余力地倾情出演，目的只有一个，呼唤美国年轻人积极参选来改变个人和国家的命运，实现理想。正如MV片尾的字幕——由HOPE变成VOTE。[1]
歌词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.... )
