LIFT EVERY VOICE: Obama Inauguration Tribute

[kaiyokatsu]

As a white male, democrat, and organist, I find this video to be very uplifting. I feel that we HAVE come very far, and we still have a long way to get over our bigotry and hate. Some people just don't understand...

[crunkcymbals09]

This is a beautiful arrangement of such an amazing song. Proub to be Black. Proud to be an American. Proud to be a part of a diverse country.

[mailflex]

i love it.



[cath11y]

I love this song and the video was very nice!! :D

[asmith951]

That is a great video!

[Backatwon]

Beautifully done .....thank you for spending the time to put this together and posting it !!...much respect!!

[sonofdacipher]

Nice!!!!!!!!!

[VampsAreLovee]

Someone needs to sing this to the KKK over there in Palaski Tenesee

[LoreleiMission]

wonderful video, i got so excited i cried.

[bcfreeman]

NICELY DONE I really like it!!!! He needs our support especially in this time of resounding political "shellacking". Check out my video tribute to Obama:

just search youtube on Nash + Sampson remix.

Thanks.

[ucstudent2]

This was a wonderful piece. If we want to promote peace, freedom and democracy to the world, shouldn't we be practicing it ourselves? Those who speak harsh of this wonderful piece is one of the many enemies of this great country, and the world sees you as you are.

[kaikailove2010]

i have to sing this song at thomas jefferson

[mlewyn]

I didn't vote for the guy, but this video would have made a GREAT commercial for Obama.

[prand27]

Some people will never understand this is about so much more than politics. Thank you for posting this video. Great job!

[QuartetmanIA]

I'm with fldudepit. It is laughable you would include a photo of Woodrow Wilson who desegregated the military because he hated blacks. Read your history and don't listen to that crap they "teach" you in school. Also the ending with your holy treatment of Barrack Hussein Obama is disgusting worship of a Pres'ent. The man is an utter incompetent and will last one term.

[DS9Sisko]

@QuartetmanIA Firstbof all, you are a fucking moron. Wilson was included with ALL THE OTHER US PRESIDENTS up until Barack Obama because, dumbass, HE WAS A PRESIDENT No other reason. Apparently they didn't "teach" you shit in school. As for my "holy" treatment, it's actually only a music CRESCENDO, something else they didn't "teach" you to recognize either. If Barack Hussein Obama lasts 1 term, he will have been a better than Nixon, Ford, Reagan and Bush x 2 COMBINED.

[quinn879]

@QuartetmanIA 

[SALLYANGEL2]

THANKS SO MUCH FOR THIS SONG...LIFT EVERY VOICE..PURSUE TO WHO YOU REALLY ARE..IT IS SO BEAUTIFUL

[prefershe]

Awesome Contribute

[Nenendude]

THANK YOU. Now they want to attack our celebration of our American Legacy, I say NO! Very well done.

[villand24]

i remember singing this song in elementary school instead of the other national anthem. this is a very powerful song.

[Nenendude]

@villand24 I remember singing this song in school too, but after the National Anthem, and I've always appreciated that we were allowed to do that. Love the song, and what it stands for to this day.

[joyanealy]

Wonderful! this was posted on Jack and Jill Politics for the 4th of July - and I just put it on my FB page. PS - I see you respond to the trolls and haterz lol.

[fldudepit]

APPALLING AND DOWNRIGHT INSULTING TO ALL AMERICANS!!!

[DS9Sisko]

@fldudepit Yes. You are.

[filmtvdavid]

fidudepit - What about this is so "insulting to all Americans." To me it is a celebration of possibility for all people.

And to Pein155, there are many people in this tribute who were not "black." What is your point.

[cedjamlan]

@fldudepit Are you serious?? In what way is this insulting to anyone? Please explain I would seriously like to know. This was a reat video, and it was a tribute to all Americans..

[kesmarn]

@fldudepit : I feel sorry for you.

[AtemsShinobi]

@fldudepit Y? And don't just call me stupid, I seriously don't get how THIS is offensive to anyone. And if you don't like it you dan't have to watch anyways

[AustinBoston345]

@fldudepit haha OWNED

[Eivyll]

@fldudepit

And how is that?

[BeckyPoC]

Great video - brought tears to my eyes (and I'm white!).

[PaulinSaudi]

best version on Youtube, whose vocals is it?

[don1carter]

Just stumbled across this excellent video. You captured so much of the spirit of American history, into which the story of African Americans is inextricably woven. Very moving and beautifully done.

[LeaRama]

Very nice! Thank you! I couldn't be at the inauguration either but this video certainly captures the importance and essence of the occasion!

[oldskoolmama3]

I love this video great job! great job!

[donnasw1234]

POWERFUL!!!!

[epippens8]

I wish I could download this video.. It is so beautiful

[RyaZila24]

wow I cranked up my speakers at 3:15 and it sounds amazing

[greenmean1]

Beautiful !!!!

[Jaquebelle]

Shared this most stunning video on my FB wall. Words cannot describe the beauty of your work. God bless you and one love.

[linofoly5]

does anyone know which choir is singing in the background?

[RwolfRN]

How far we've come with miles left to go...well said! Beautiful tribute!

[msmiriamhedges1]

I, Like you, didn't have the opportunity to go to Washington on January 20th 2009. However, I thank you for this lovely tribute. I especially appreciate it today, the day that we commemorate our great American, civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Thank you, sir.

[whatutalkinbout]

I really enjoyed this tribute. Great job.

[OBAMARMY]

GOBAMA Thank you for healthcare reform

OBAMA 2010 REPUBLICANS 0

[cant9562]

LOL....... oh really??

Let's see now....we have two governors and a Senator elected this year....that blows your theory to hell!  LOL

[toopoogang]

a very powerful and accurate assessment of our past , treating people like animals. what a shame, but we are moving ahead. give us more time and we will all get their. as for the video, a sharp and talented mind is at work here. i know some people and i will tell them about your video's . i am pretty sure you will be discovered  VERY SHORTLY.

[ChenelleMonet]

I love this video

[imthebest123100]

me too :) its a great video

[1Familyful]

Clap, clap, clap, I like the way hung "the" cards out..........did you know that Obama stands for And1,.....cheer or playball....and besides,........there's only one big joker in every deck of Youbetchas!.......who is that at the door!......."Office Sirs!(officers,the bad ones knocking)...."I gotcha cuffs you ordered!".....GO AWAY IN THE NAME OF SELF DEFENSE!....."ooh! they gettin' on my nerves,America, with the meatball war,....which country is the blount in?" I'm fired up!

[tjohnson94134]

Well Done.

[Pein155]

abraham lincoln isnt black... at least i dont think he is

[DS9Sisko]

Neither is John Brown. I didn't make the video to ONLY feature Black people.

[meredithscott76]

Well done. Us white folks don't all suck.  A soon as Obama's victory was confirmed, I opened up all my windows in my white blue-collar neighborhood and went to the piano and played this song and sang at the top of my lungs (I'm a singer). This is a great choral arrangement.

[cateojode]

@meredithscott76 hahaha dude i totaly love u for doing that. plus dang that took guts lol

[DODKontraks]

Brother, YOU-KNOCKED-THIS-THING-OUT-OF-­THE-PARK. When President Obama was elected President,,,,, for the first time in my life I think I understood why white people love America so much.. I mean that in the most respectful way.

[BuenaventuraAvenue]

I agree so much. Mrs. Obama got criticized for saying so, but I knew exactly what she meant when she said that she felt proud of her country for the first time. I feel like this country is mine, too, whereas I didn't before.

[Rigorserpent]

Hes not black....but he did free the slaves....or do I need to teach you history?

[blkchk]

WOW

[dominican145]

i love this video!!

speacially the history pictures!!!

and i'm singing this song is school!!

I love it it's the history video/pictures ever!!

GOOD JOB

[nicoleevans2012]

i love it love it. i was thinkg of doing the same thing to show ppl about y this cartoon was so offensive but i loved it

[kswright1]

This was BEAUTIFUL DS9

this is yaya,, your fellow truthfighter out of the chatroom!!

[osunbooks]

so very well done..thank you!

[MSZKSG]

This is Beautiful.

[naganokumas]

The contrast between the last two is stark.

I'm not talking about skin colour, I'm talking about intelligence.

[girlouna]

que de lutte pour en arriver la c est lovely

vidéo kiss

[hispbearnyc2008]

Wow!! Powerful!!

[WorldComposer]

Great combination of images and music!!

[Pennyfromgoodtimes]

Bravo! The music really made it sing.

Great job - and very moving.

keep up the good work!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Pogue76]

I really love this arrangement of this hymn, I do have myself on youtube also singing this hymn for a confirmation service. Love this hymn. Thanks for sharing this.

[VaMCLamb86]

Wonderful! I did a video about his inauguration set to Mariah Carey's "I Am Free". This was very well done.

[dsbrown3000]

Outstanding! I was so very moved. I had to hold back tears.

[comeunityarts]

The discussion in our household just yesterday was that we sometimes forget the smaller battles that have lead to us being where we are right now.

This is a beautiful tribute to our history and our ancestors. Thank you for posting.

[fashizze]

Very fitting tribute.. well done

[Aguty10]

Very good, so nice.

[LoveShaSha24]

HOTT!!!

[jonniemike]

Beautiful job.  jmj

[deepseas]

OUTSTANDING, DS9Sisko!!! What a wonderful prelude to the inauguration. Obama is the perfect president for this moment in America's history, and you have created the perfect piece for this historical event. Thank you!!

[brandnewdrew]

This is good. Its hard for younger people, such as myself to keep in mind how monumental things are. Not necessarily b/c we're (I) are ignorant. Its more that there are alot of forward looking people brought up taught not to be racist. I voted for Obama b/c he was the best candidate. Not because of his race. But anyways, its important to recognize nonetheless just how monumental it is for our country to have a man of color as president. Now about those women and gays...

[BocaFriend]

A beautiful, compelling, and rousing tribute with perspectives which speak to all of us!