READY TO BELIEVE - (pka, Yes We Can) - Obama Music Video

We believe enough in the candidacy of Barack Obama that we wrote a song about him, and we'd like to share it with you. As a couple of striking screenwriters and a singer-composer, we thought we'd make the case in an unconventional way.

The singer-composer of "Ready to Believe" is Cherish Alexander. The striking writers-lyricists are Jackie Zabel and Bryce Zabel. And the music producers who pulled it all together are Cherish Alexander and Damian Valentine. Bryce did the editing of the pictures with iPhoto, and hopes to improve it soon working on iMovie.

As fate would have it, we were in a Hollywood studio mixing our song which we called "Yes We Can" on the day that the other song, "Yes We Can," was released. To avoid confusion, then, we've re-titled our song, "Ready to Believe." What can we say? Obama inspires artists!

The sound on You Tube is a little tinny. If you want to hear the song in all its glory, try CherishAlexander-dot-com or BryceZabel-dot-com and you can download the MP3 that is crystal clear. A lyric sheet can also be downloaded there as a PDF. In the meantime:

READY TO BELIEVE

I'm ready to believe
No more people who deceive
It's his time to take the stage
It's our time to turn the page
I don't want to be feeling sad
I don't want to be feeling bad
Give us one good man
Who says yes
Yes we can

They say he must wait his turn
They say too much to learn
They say he should stand in line
It's their plan, not mine

CHORUS (I'm ready to believe...)

They say it's a fairy tale
They say rolling dice can only fail
They say it will fall apart
He alone speaks from my heart

CHORUS
CHORUS

Can we see the future and not the past?
Yes we can
Can we come together and make a change?
Yes we can
Can we really believe again?
Yes we can

We say, now is the time
We say, this is the plan
We say, it takes one good man

Yes we can

(c) Violently Peaceful Music (BMI) 2008
Bryce Zabel & Jackie Zabel
Cherish Alexander
contactbz-at-mac-dot-com

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[ebness86]

Our gift is our song. Please enjoy and go to the polls tomorrow. Jackie

[ellerzz]

I'm not an American but I'm rooting 4 Obama. And I've got this feeling he's gonna win!

[kemlk]

Girl you can sing

[bepraize]

Absolutely wonderful...great video and song. Yes we can...we are ready to believe!!. Take a moment and view my revised video "Obama - Dreams Do Come True."

[mexdimafan]

ea! Cause I got something to believe in... and I believe in Obama!