John Legend & Common Bring It Home at the Oscars "Be the light that you want people to see" Two shining stars received their stripes or should we say, shiny Oscar tonight for the song, "GLORY" for the Film, Selma . The movie was excellent, passionate and very real. And so wasn't Common and John Legend's stirring performance and moving acceptance speech as they won the Academy Award for Best Original Song tonight. We salute these men in black for talking about the issues that matter #BlackLives #SelmaIsNow To God be the...Glory. Both Legend and Common performed the song at the original landmark in Selma, the Edmund Pettus Bridge... "Glory" Video