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Barack Obama, chanteur hip hop ?

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Un clip vidéo hip hop est sorti le 1er février : Yes we can.
On y voit Barack Obama entouré alternativement de Will.I.am (William Adams, fondateur du groupe Black Eyed Peas), Scarlett Johansson, Tatyana Ali, John Legend, Herbie Hancock, Kate Walsh, Kareem Abdul Jabbar, Adam Rodriquez, Kelly Hu, Adam Rodriquez, Amber Valetta et Nick Cannon.
Les paroles sont adaptées d’un discours de Barack Obama.

Le groupe dit que le candidat démocrate n’était pas au courant de cette production. C’est possible. Quoi qu’il en soit, il ne peut l’ignorer maintenant. Une lettre de Michelle Obama circule dans les réseaux sociaux :

Friend –
A friend sent me this video over the weekend.
After nearly a year on the campaign trail, I’ve seen a lot of things that have touched me deeply, but I had to share this with you:
http://my.barackobama.com/yeswecan.
Sharing this video, which was created by supporters, is one more way to help start a conversation with your friends, family, coworkers, and anyone else who will be voting soon about the issues important to them in this election.
Right now people like you are making phone calls, emailing friends, and doing everything they can to reach voters before the big vote tomorrow.
This is our moment — please do what you can to help.
Thank you so much,
Michelle

Le montage mêle des images d’enregistrement des chanteurs avec des séquences prises lors d’un discours public. La synchronisation labiale est plutôt réussie. Barack Obama apparaît aux moments où il prononce des phrases clés reprises dans la chanson.
Le montage fonctionne d’autant mieux qu’il ne cherche pas complètement à faire illusion.
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Le clip circule sur Facebook. On peut aussi le regarder sur Divdive.com.

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Les paroles de la chanson Yes we can

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.
 
Source : Facebook. Merci Archippe !

Dominique Lacroix
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