Take Our Planet Back

Al Gore: Today, I challenge our nation to commit to producing 100% of our electricity from renewable energy and truly clean carbon-free sources within 10 years.

Calling all the leaders to lead us out the hole
Asking all deceivers the things I want to know

If we’re so technological
Why’re we still burning oil

‘Cause I got a car you plug into the wall that’s faster than a GTO

We shot for the stars, put rovers on Mars, make planes like UFOs

So why are we borrowin’ money from China to buy oil from the Gulf and destroyin’ the world

Al Gore: Every bit of that has to change...

Now that’s got to change
Now that’s got to change

(Chorus x3)
We’ll stand up
We’ll stand up and take our planet back
You and me

We’ll stand up
We’ll stand up and take our planet back

Talkin’ ‘bout we

Talkin’ ‘bout we

Talkin’ ‘bout

Calling all the citizens
(Al Gore: Citizens...)
Citizens of the land

Ask you your politicians
(Al Gore: Political Leaders...)
All these questions

If we fight another war on terror
Why aren’t we fighting for the environment

We spend a billion dollars on wars in foreign lands
But nothin’ on education

Nikola Tesla turned the Niagara Falls into energy way back when
(Al Gore: Energy...)

And we’re still burning coal
(Al Gore: Coal...)
When you can make electricity with solar and wind
(Al Gore: Solar and wind...)

Now who’s getting played?
You and me

And who’s getting paid?

(Chorus x3)
We’ll stand up
We’ll stand up and take our planet back
You and me

We’ll stand up
We’ll stand up and take our planet back

Talkin’ ‘bout we

Talkin’ ‘bout we, we, we, we

I’m askin’ all the citizens to take action
(Al Gore: Citizens...)
Take action and take back the government
Tell the government to start taxin’ pollution
Makin’ laws ‘cause that’s the solution
It should be against the law to make pollution
So if they make products that do what the other products do
But they didn’t pollute, what are you gonna choose?

Al Gore:
We should tax what we burn, not what we earn.
To those who say the challenge is not politically viable
I suggest they go before the American people and try to defend the status quo
And then bear witness to the people’s appetite for dramatic change
The time is now. 

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CEO of inspiration: 

al gore

song produced by:

will.i.am

written by:

william adams and george pajon

publishing:

will.i.am music inc.

admin:

cherry river music inc ( bmi)

el cubano music inc 

emi music pub (bmi)

guitar:

george Pajon

engineered by: 

will.i.am and padriac kerin

mixed by:

padriac kerin 

recorded at:

ethernet studios, los angeles 2008

video produced by:

will.i.am and mike jurkovac

director / ECD:

alex weil for cYclops / Charlex

executive producers:

will.i.am

al gore

mike jurkovac

sean larkin

scott spanjich

alex weil

associate producers:

polo Molina

fred goldring

steve koskie

carl "isky" Iskandar

kevin flores

pasha shapiro

charlex:

alex weil DIRECTOR /ECD

richard b eng CREATIVE DIRECTOR

diana park ART DIRECTOR/DESIGNER

blake huber VFX DESIGN & COMPOSITE

jesse newman VFX DESIGN & COMPOSITE

john zawisha SENIOR EDITOR

cindy thoennessen CO-EDITOR

mcgregor harp ICON DESIGN

winnie tom ADDITIONAL DESIGN

bowe king ADDITIONAL DESIGN

corey budro POST PRODUCER/SUPERVISOR

alexandria jarman ASSISTANT POST PRODUCER

mike sajkowicz RESEARCH

lori fechter LIVE ACTION PRODUCER

jon doran LIVE ACTION PRODUCER

jen cadic ASSISTANT TO THE DIRECTOR

adam isidore EXECUTIVE PRODUCER

chris byrnes EXECUTIVE PRODUCER

mark russell VFX SUPERVISOR

cassandra barbour CLEARANCES

elisabeth sporleder FACT RESEARCH

shooting crew:

holli hanley PRODUCTION MANAGER

jacob jafke PRODUCTION COORDINATOR

mike bigwood ASSISTANT DIRECTOR

shane kalman 2ND ASSISTANT DIRECTOR

joaquin baca-asay DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY

jeff flohr DIGITAL IMAGING TECH

fabio ladeluca 1ST ASSISTANT CAMERA

tom hamilton GAFFER

john coots BEST BOY/ELECTRIC

scotty miller 3RD ELECTRICIAN

dan kubicek 4TH ELECTRICIAN

mike yetter 5TH ELECTRICIAN

bruce atwater KEY GRIP

john bold BEST BOY/GRIP

neil o’malley DOLLY GRIP

fred chesterman 3RD GRIP

alex pacion PRODUCTION/ART DESIGNER

Amanda Carnevali  INSURANCE COORDINATOR

willa bordered ART COORDINATOR

brian durham PROPMASTER

brian beauteau PROPS

brian hess PROPS

jason romet PROPS

shin lee SHOPPER

stanley pacion PRODUCTION ASSISTANT/ART

chaz james PRODUCTION ASSISTANT/ART

curtis oliveira PRODUCTION ASSISTANT/CARGO

dave powers AUDIO

bill cozy BOOM OPERATOR

igor srubshcik VTR

daedrea aaehler HAIR & MAKE UP

eleni goros PRODUCTION ASSISTANT/OFFICE

dennis franklin PRODUCTION ASSISTANT

dan bruun PRODUCTION ASSISTANT/TRUCK