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Wake Up! (spoken word poetry) | Jesse Oliver | TEDxPerth


my friends wake up I know that in your

my friends wake up I know that in your dreams you see the way the world should

dreams you see the way the world should

dreams you see the way the world should be but we breathe in reality your sleep

be but we breathe in reality your sleep

be but we breathe in reality your sleep it won’t stay peaceful even through a

it won’t stay peaceful even through a

it won’t stay peaceful even through a whisper of evil and there is evil in the

whisper of evil and there is evil in the

whisper of evil and there is evil in the minds of sleeping people wake up it’s

minds of sleeping people wake up it’s

minds of sleeping people wake up it’s slipping through our fingers the ability

slipping through our fingers the ability

slipping through our fingers the ability for civility because clenched fists

for civility because clenched fists

for civility because clenched fists don’t know what they’re fighting for

don’t know what they’re fighting for

don’t know what they’re fighting for it’s not love wake up there you go now

it’s not love wake up there you go now

it’s not love wake up there you go now rub that sleep from your eyes

rub that sleep from your eyes

rub that sleep from your eyes arise and reply to those cries tell them

arise and reply to those cries tell them

arise and reply to those cries tell them why we despise the lies of a hateful

why we despise the lies of a hateful

why we despise the lies of a hateful enterprise tell them that dream where

enterprise tell them that dream where

enterprise tell them that dream where nobody dies and no one gets hurt and no

nobody dies and no one gets hurt and no

nobody dies and no one gets hurt and no one feels the emotional pain of being

one feels the emotional pain of being

one feels the emotional pain of being told that they are not the same tell

told that they are not the same tell

told that they are not the same tell them we share 99.9% of our DNA so we

them we share 99.9% of our DNA so we

them we share 99.9% of our DNA so we don’t know them by difference we know

don’t know them by difference we know

don’t know them by difference we know them by name or friend and I would face

them by name or friend and I would face

them by name or friend and I would face my fears for the friends that I love

my fears for the friends that I love

my fears for the friends that I love because love is an infinite blanket I

because love is an infinite blanket I

because love is an infinite blanket I will pick apart the positive pieces of

will pick apart the positive pieces of

will pick apart the positive pieces of my past so that I can remember to thank

my past so that I can remember to thank

my past so that I can remember to thank it because every single little bit of

it because every single little bit of

it because every single little bit of widow brittle love in life could turn

widow brittle love in life could turn

widow brittle love in life could turn the world into a banquet but this is not

the world into a banquet but this is not

the world into a banquet but this is not for the weak it’s easy to sleep this

for the weak it’s easy to sleep this

for the weak it’s easy to sleep this takes strength because the heart is just

takes strength because the heart is just

takes strength because the heart is just a muscle and humans we make mistakes but

a muscle and humans we make mistakes but

a muscle and humans we make mistakes but it’s time to heal

it’s time to heal

it’s time to heal too long have we reacted to the things

too long have we reacted to the things

too long have we reacted to the things that we feel and it’s not true to who’s

that we feel and it’s not true to who’s

that we feel and it’s not true to who’s inside us because we’ve all had bad

inside us because we’ve all had bad

inside us because we’ve all had bad thoughts but they don’t have to define

thoughts but they don’t have to define

thoughts but they don’t have to define us it’s time to trust that difference is

us it’s time to trust that difference is

us it’s time to trust that difference is not a threat to us no matter what it

not a threat to us no matter what it

not a threat to us no matter what it takes because food for hate is what fear

takes because food for hate is what fear

takes because food for hate is what fear makes but you TEDx Perth are awake so

makes but you TEDx Perth are awake so

makes but you TEDx Perth are awake so let’s make a loud alarm clock on the

let’s make a loud alarm clock on the

let’s make a loud alarm clock on the dawn of this new day a harm block for

dawn of this new day a harm block for

dawn of this new day a harm block for the new way with arms locks standing

the new way with arms locks standing

the new way with arms locks standing strong cuz this world does have wrong

strong cuz this world does have wrong

strong cuz this world does have wrong but two are not right we will end dark

but two are not right we will end dark

but two are not right we will end dark nights with sunlight to wake the world

nights with sunlight to wake the world

nights with sunlight to wake the world from sleep because love is our weapon

from sleep because love is our weapon

from sleep because love is our weapon and we are armed to our teeth and we

and we are armed to our teeth and we

and we are armed to our teeth and we will change the world with the words

will change the world with the words

will change the world with the words that we speak

that we speak

that we speak just wake up and make so much noise that

just wake up and make so much noise that

just wake up and make so much noise that no one can sleep thank you

no one can sleep thank you

no one can sleep thank you [Applause]

[Applause]

[Applause] [Music]

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