Yes We Can Lyrics - John Legend

It was a creed written into the founding documents 

That declared the destiny of a nation, 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 

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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 want 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 

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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