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Talib Kweli
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Jamilah King
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Spoken word artist, writer, designer. Founder, iLL-Literacy.

Favianna Rodriguez
Printmaker and digital artist. Founder of Tumis, Inc., and co-founder of EastSide Arts Alliance.

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Media and culture activist. Executive Director, Change the Game.

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We Need A President (It's Obama!) Music Video

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Posted by eklectyk
Tags: barack, bush, campaign, change, clinton, eklectyk, election, girl, hip, hop, oakland, obama, pennsylvania, president, rap, song, speech, vote

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http://www.insidebayarea.com/oaklandtribune/localnews/ci_10285600 http://www.weneedapresident.com

Song by Napalm Clique
Unity
Tai Chi
F.L.O.

Featuring excerpts from the 'A More Perfect Union' speech.

Director/Editor: Trevor Parham
Director of Photography: Aled Ordu

WE NEED A PRESIDENT
THAT'S GONNA REPRESENT
IT'S CLEAR AND EVIDENT
IT'S OBAMA!

WE NEED A PRESIDENT
THAT'S GONNA REPRESENT
THE TRUTH IS EVIDENT
IT'S OBAMA!

WE NEED A PRESIDENT
THAT'S GONNA REPRESENT
AIN'T IT EVIDENT?
IT'S OBAMA!

WE NEED A PRESIDENT
THAT'S GONNA REPRESENT
AND IN THE PRESENT TENSE
IT'S OBAMA!

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Courtney

Posted by courtney510 on August 30, 2008 at 3:24 AM

This is the coolest Obama video I've seen!! Wow! Great job.

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