It was a creed written into the founding documents that declared the destiny of a nation.
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Yes we can.
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It was whispered by slaves and abolitionists as they blazed a trail toward freedom.
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Yes we can. Yes we can.
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It was sung by immigrants as they struck out from distant shores
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And pioneers who pushed westward against an unforgiving wilderness.
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Yes we can. Yes we can.
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It was the call of workers who organized;
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Women who reached for the ballots;
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A President who chose the moon as our new frontier;
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And a King who took us to the mountain-top and pointed the way to the Promised Land.
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Yes we can to justice and equality.
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(yes we can, yes we can, yes we can, yes we can...)
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Yes we can to opportunity and prosperity.
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Yes we can to opportunity and prosperity.
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Yes we can heal this nation.
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Yes we can repair this world.
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Yes we can. Si Se Puede
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(yes we can, yes we can, yes we can, yes we can...)
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We know the battle ahead will be long,
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But always remember that no matter what obstacles stand in our way,
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Nothing can stand in the way of the power of millions of voices calling for change.
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We want change!
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(We want change! We want change! We want change...)
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We have been told we cannot do this by a chorus of cynics who will only grow louder and more dissonant.
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We've been asked to pause for a reality check.
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We've been warned against offering the people of this nation false hope.
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But in the unlikely story that is America, there has never been anything false about hope. We want change!
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(We want change! I want change! We want change! I want change...)
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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;
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We will remember that there is something happening in America;
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That we are not as divided as our politics suggests;
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That we are one people;
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We are one nation;
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And together, we will begin the next great chapter in America's story with three words that will ring from coast to coast;
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From sea to shining sea - Yes. We. Can.
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(yes we can, yes we can, yes we can, yes we can, yes we can, yes we can, yes we can, yes we can...)
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Yes We Can
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