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Barack Obama: a tribute by The Melodians
Coole clip & tune van The Melodians, bekend als orginators van Rivers of Babylon, hier waardige vertolkers van This land is your land, het Amerikaanse anthem van Woody Guthrie, zelf de ultieme folkzanger. De song werd ook vertolkt door Bruce Springsteen en de oude Pete Seger op het inauguratiefeest van Barack Obama.
This land is your land (Woody Guthrie)
This land is your land, this land is my land
From California, to the New York Island
From the redwood forest, to the gulf stream waters
This land was made for you and me
As I was walking a ribbon of highway
I saw above me an endless skyway
I saw below me a golden valley
This land was made for you and me
Chorus
I've roamed and rambled and I've followed my footsteps
To the sparkling sands of her diamond deserts
And all around me a voice was sounding
This land was made for you and me
Chorus
The sun comes shining as I was strolling
The wheat fields waving and the dust clouds rolling
The fog was lifting a voice come chanting
This land was made for you and me
Chorus
As I was walkin' - I saw a sign there
And that sign said - no tress passin'
But on the other side .... it didn't say nothin!
Now that side was made for you and me!
Chorus
In the squares of the city - In the shadow of the steeple
Near the relief office - I see my people
And some are grumblin' and some are wonderin'
If this land's still made for you and me.
Barack Obama (Cocoa Tea)
Now you can hear it in the morning, (Obama!)
And you can hear it in the evening, (Obama!)
Black man and white man shouting, (Obama!)
Dem hear the groove and them is moving, (Obama!)
And you can hear them saying;
Barack Obama, Barack Obama, Barack Obama, woy, woy.
Dem say;
Barack Obama, Barack Obama, Barack Obama, woy, woy.
The man let down his hat, (hat)
And no one can’t stop that, (that)
Well some of dem are just smart,
And some ah take back dem chant. (cho')
And some of dem who was racist,
Jumping and dancing in the street,
In a shout of;
Barack Obama, Barack Obama, Barack Obama, woy, woy.
Dem say;
Barack Obama, Barack Obama, Barack Obama, woy, woy.
It is not Hillary Clinton. (Obama!)
And it is not John McCain. (Obama!)
It is not Chuck Norris. (Obama!),
And I know it’s not John Wayne. (Obama!),
It is not the one Rambo. (Obama!),
And it is not the Terminator. (Obama!),
But a new trendsetter, (Obama!),
The mountain of the whole America,
And dem shout out;
Barack Obama, Barack Obama, Barack Obama, woy, woy.
Dem say;
Barack Obama, Barack Obama, Barack Obama, woy, woy.
African-American rise,
And keep your eyes on the prize. (Obama!)
'Cause now none of them realize,
The black man is in their eyes. (Obama!)
Well it’s no joke, it’s a fact,
We’re gonna paint the white house black. (Obama!)
And I can’t believe it’s true,
Black gonna run the red, white and blue.
Dem a shout out;
Barack Obama, Barack Obama, Barack Obama, woy, woy.
Dem say;
Barack Obama, Barack Obama, Barack Obama, woy, woy.
Me callin’ all of the Indians. (Obama!)
Who live up on the reservation. (Obama!)
The Japanese and all the China-men. (Obama!)
The Hindu and all the Mexicans. (Obama!)
Arabs and Jews and Palestinians. (Obama!)
A time ’till we chime up as one,
And shout out;
Barack Obama, Barack Obama, Barack Obama, woy,woy.
Shout;
Barack Obama, Barack Obama, Barack Obama, woy,woy.
‘Cause this is not about class. (Obama!)
Nor color, race, nor creed .(Obama!)
But it’s about the changes. (Obama!)
What the Americans need. (Obama!)
So, whether you come from California. (Obama!)
Or you live in Nort’ Dakota. (Obama!)
You could have come from Texas. (Obama!)
Or you’re living inna Florida.
How all ya join this alliance, (Obama!)
Now let me hear you stand and shout,
Just shout out;
Barack Obama, Barack Obama, Barack Obama, woy,woy.
Shout;
Barack Obama, Barack Obama, Barack Obama, woy,woy.
Published on 05/11/2008 by Jah Shakespear
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