For Obama: "Si Se Puede Cambiar" by Andres Useche - music video

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 addressed the African-American community of the importance of ending discrimination, not only against them, but also within the community, 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 provide affordable health care to all but who also stood firm from the beginning against this indefensible war even when this position was unpopular and politically inconvenient.
I've heard people criticize Barack Obama because he's a great speaker. But it only reveals desperation to try to put down his ability to energize people of all ages, genders and races into becoming more active in the democratic process. What these critics are trying to ignore is the fact that we are not only responding to Barack's 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 and old, 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 had been growing within me, and I'm sure, many others. Obama galvanized our intentions, this campaign focused my thoughts and these words flowed out of me in a matter of hours.
We recorded the song instantly 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 really 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.

Si, Se puede Cambiar !
Andres Useche

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