Please watch and share this urgent call to GOTV for Latinos and everyone to re - elect our fine President Barack Obama.
I have to run to a gig now. I will re-post this diary tomorrow with alot of links and goodies. BTW this video is the sequel to the one i did inRespondele a OBAMA."> 2008 about my Republican Mama Voting for Obama (She is voting straight Dem this year in FL!)
I felt an urgency to do my part for the re election of Barack Obama. I felt I needed to tell it like it is. My power is in music. I wrote a song and produced and recorded it last week and had great collaborators help out. A grass roots video was shot and edited by Emmy award winner Nicole Betancourt on the streets of Harlem. The song is an urgent call to get out the vote on NOV 6 for the only clear possible choice forward. I have felt that was has been lacking in the support of Obama has been enthusiasm. He has gotten a lot of great things done, and saved us and gotten us back o track, but he has also not gotten some things I would have wanted like closing Guantanamo and moving much stronger and faster towards environmental sustainability. But then again, when the a presidential candidate is not even allowed to say "climate change" and he is blocked by congress at every step, you got to cut him some slack for what he has done and for his intention and the potential mandate in his second term. I am a Cuban American member of the Latino voting bloc and I am as enthusiastic today as I was four years ago in voting and supporting Barack Obama, perhaps more so, because there is much more at stake now that we have started moving forward. So I felt the need to tell it like it is in music. Please share this video and download the song and share as many times as you please. I was inspired and I want to share my inspiration with you.
Below the pastelito you will find the lyrics, and mp3.
¡PA' LANTE MI GENTE! , is a call for Latinos to vote for the FORWARD choice on NOV 6! The song and video are an urgent call to action and enthusiasm in supporting the progressive agenda of Obama in the face of a potential regressive Romney challenge. The song features a collaboration by Cuban American singer Conde (who raps here), middle eastern and flamenco singing by the west coast based Nuriya La Tanita, backing vocals by Cuban singer Roberto Poveda, trumpet by Steve Gluzband, and additional drums by Chris Stromquist. The song was written, recorded, mixed, and mastered in the first two weeks of October 2012 by Conde in his studio in Brooklyn, New York. It follows up the The music video was shot in Harlem and edited by Emmy award winner Nicole Betancourt. The translation follows below.
PA LANTE Written, Produced, Recorded by Jose Conde www.joseconde.com for PIPIKI RECORDS
Special Guest Nuriya la Tanita www.nuriyamusic.com
Roberto Poveda – Backing Vocals www.robertopoveda.com
Steve Gluzband – Trumpet www.Gluzband.net
Chris Stromquist - Snare Rolls
All other instruments and drum programming by Jose Conde 2012 COPYRIGHT
Let’s speak the truth
Of what is imminent
The time has come to raise our voices
All my people
4 years ago
we elected and responded
We made history
With a positive feeling
Across the nation
And from the moment he started
He faced a massive crisis
A nation in free fall
With his hands he grabbed firmly,
Held on, turned it around
And began to lead
...where?
Forward my people
Don't turn back
And we continue forward
Little by little
Step by step
Slow and fast
Working, preventing, and confronting
problem after problem...
Made worse by the absurdities
They throw in our path
To distract and confuse
With the specific goal
Of setting us back
When we are advancing
And struggling to do
Much more… much much more
Forward my people
Don't turn back
Right now what’s most needed
Is a long-term vision
Taking positive action
That will lead us forward
Who sees
Beyond the economic situation
Who sees
Beyond the fence of immigration
Who sees
People working in the nation
Who sees
Protecting women’s reproductive rights
who sees
renewable energy in every corner
who sees
an environment preserved in every season
who sees
And supports all matrimonial unions
Of every gender any sexual combination
And who sees
with eyes of peace
Forward my people
Don't turn back
And if you want
To save the Earth
Start planting trees and seeds
So our world will not overheat
But now it is necessary
For everyone to show up
For this election that is coming
Because it's clear that one will take us backward
And the other will take us
Forward my people
*********
Pa Lante – Jose Conde
Pa Lante Mi Gente
Nunca Viren para tras
Vamos hablar verdades…..
De lo que esta pendiente
Porque llego el momento
De alzar la voz con un voto
Toda mi gente
Hace cuatro años atras
elegimos y respondimos
hicimos historia
con positiva emocion
En toda la nacion
Y desde el momento que comenzo
Una crisis masiva el enfrento
Una nacion en libre caida (double spoken)
En sus manos el agarro,
aguanto, viro, y comenzo
a llevar…. (y esa es la clara verdad!)
(coro)
Pa Lante… mi Gente… nunca viren para tras
(Y seguimos adelante)
Poquito a poquito
paso a paso
despacio y rapidito
trabajando…
esquivando y enfrentando
problemas tras problemas
aumentados por cosas tan absurdas y falsa
que tiran en el camino
para distraer
y confundir
con la propuesta meta
de sumbar nos para atras
cuando estamos avancando
y luchando para hacer
mucho mucho mas….
Y seguimos adelante
(coro)
Pa Lante… mi Gente… nunca viren para tras
En este momento lo que mas hace falta
es una larga vision
Con energia positiva en accion
Que nos lleva adelante
Y Que ve
Mas alla de la economica situacion
Que ve
Mas alla de una cerca de migracion
Que ve
Casi todos empleados la nacion
Que ve
Los asuntos de las mujeres intocables
Que ve
Energia renovable en cada rincon
Que ve
Un medio ambiente preservado en cada estacion
Que ve
Y que apolla toda matrimonial union
de cualquier sexo en combinacion
Y Que Ve
Con ojos de la paz…
Pa Lante Mi Gente Nunca Viren para tras
Y si tu quieres la tierra salvar
No tienes que esperar
Ponte a sembrar semillas de arboles
Pa que el mundo no se nos caliente
Pero ahora se necesita
A todos presente
Pa esta elecion vigente
Porque esta claro que uno nos lleva para tras
Y otro que nos lleva
Pa lante mi gente…
Four years ago it was Respondele a OBAMA. Now it is PA LANTE!
PA LANTE! FORWARD!
Good day!