Will.i.am of the Black Eyed Peas and yours truly. He first came to know me from my pro-Obama video Si, Se Puede Cambiar, which he put on his website DipDive long before he met me. This is the link www.dipdive.com/dip-approved/?p=15 He also put me on the hope.act.change poster and their website... http://www.hopeactchange.com/media/view/4319 Will, a multiple Grammy award-winner, is the creator of the Wonderful YES WE CAN Obama video and a great, down to earth guy with a heart in the right place. In the photo up top we were throwing up peace signs but, alas, we were framed too closely.
We connected because we see eye to eye on the crisis this country is going through and agree on the way we can all help to move it forward. Obama 08 is an impotant part of that. Here is his video Yes We Can and mine Si Se Puede Cambiar below Yes We Can by Will.I.Am
Si Se Puede Cambiar by Andres Useche
and as an extra, here's Will.I.Am's and the Black Eyed Peas' "Where is the Love?" which he put out after we begun unjust and deceitful war.
We're doing all we can to make sure that we're all focused on the critical issues, the war and the economy and not he pity attacks the Republicans are using to try to distract the population. Time to think more about our economy and less about lipstick. Si Se Puede!
You can now join Barack Obama, Will.i.am, John Legend, The Kennedys, Christine Chavez, Natalie Cole, Nia Long, Nikka Costa, myself and thousands of others calling for CHANGE:
Click HERE to join the conversation, to be part of will.i.am's video, watch my own "Si Se Puede Cambiar" (at Video Inspirations, leave your own video or text message, post a picture and connect to the growing community at HOPE.ACT.CHANGE.
(this is a screen capture of the website's main page... below is a bigger picture of the one they used at the top left, the ones on the right side on the screen keep changing as you'll see..)
Hello everyone, thanks for all your support. Thanks also to those who have sent press links for our video "Si Se Puede Cambiar" . I'll share some with the rest of you so you can post comments at those sites and help us keep doing our bit to rally the nation behind Barack Obama's message of hope.
The Dallas Morning News
This is about both a song for Hillary and our video and song for Obama. Never mind the title, read on to see who's favored in it.
I heard we were on Telemundo and another Spanish language channel, but that's all I know.
"Si Se Puede Cambiar: is also up at The Official Barack Obama for President page, (you have to scroll down as it was published on Feb 22), or if it's too late when you read this you can always reach the permanent link here at main blog in Spanish
Here's the video itself as hosted at my site where you can also download TWO versions of the song, one with Barack Obama and his supporters chanting in the background and one that's just me. You will also find the lyrics in Spanish and English. By the way, the response from English has been such that we've decided to record a version of the song in English that will eventually have its own video. More on this later, here's the video:
And here's a few other places where you can find it as well and comment and vote if you wish, there's the main youtube version
which has received honors as one of the Most viewed and Top Rated videos this week in the category of News and Politics. Muchas gracias to those who've voted for it! Other uploads of the song have surfaced on youtube including some that have been subtitled into Vietnamese, Korean and more.
There's the copy version at Webcastr .
Thanks. Have a good one.
I wrote this song while campaigning with the grassroots group United for Obama. Like many I've felt disfranchised for many years because I saw too many politicians playing games and not backing their promises with actions. In Barack Obama I found a leader that didn't bow down to corporate powers and who fought for what was right no matter what his audience was. He spoke of cutting gas emissions to automakers and spoke to the African-American community of the importance of ending discrimination but not only against them, but also by some of them, the discrimination against immigrants, the Jewish people or gays and lesbians. This struck a chord with me. We must fight discrimination of all kinds, not because it is personally convenient, but because it is the right thing to do. Because all of us as a society will be better off if we truly embrace equality and justice for all. Here is a man who not only offered a compassionate and effective way to offer healthcare to all but who also stood firm from the beginning against this despicable war when the position was unpopular.
I've heard people criticize him because he's a great speaker. They are really desperate if their attempt is put down his ability to energize people of all ages, genders and races to become active in the democratic process. What they are trying to ignore is the fact that we are not only responding to his eloquence, but also to the truth of his message. It is a message of a more balanced engagement with world, of an economy that is not rigged to benefit the few, a message of tolerance and progress.
It is this message that has awaken me, and so many of our young, from our long political slumber. It is this renewed enthusiasm that fuels this vast movement, and it is the plurality, the diversity of this movement which inspired me to write this song.
The lyrics were thoughts that have been growing within me, and I'm sure, many others, and as Barack galvanized our intentions, this campaign focused my thoughts into this words that came out in a matter of hours.
We recorded quickly and it is thanks to Eric Byler, Warren Fu, Loni Pham and Annabel Park that you are able to see the finished product so immediately after the fact.
It was a labor of deep-rooted conviction, born of a desire not to acerbate antagonism, but to help, in however small measure, to unite those of us who have been waiting for so long for a moment in which to step up and take charge in the betterment of this world. That's right, we can improve this world. It is not an impossibility. We can do it. Yes we can.
