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Inspired citizenship | Nathaniel Rateliff | TEDxMileHigh

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    (German) Good evening!
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    How is everybody doing?
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    Good, good. (Cheers)
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    (Music)
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    All right.
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    (Guitar music) ("Boil and fight")
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    I was taking long in lane
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    While they boil and fight
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    While they boil and fight
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    I was taking all my days
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    And all night
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    And all night
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    Maybe you skip and walk
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    Maybe you tap your heels
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    It won’t matter at all
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    If you just stand still
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    Taking it off, see how it feels
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    Taking a long way through the fields
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    Honey that’s alright
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    Maybe you’re too tired to wake
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    Rub your eyes
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    Rub your eyes
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    I could try to tell you what it is
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    But it’s more than I
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    Well, it's more than I
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    We got 'em off the ground again
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    We gonna wait till the sun lets us in
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    We got along fine without any friends
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    We got a long ride to think
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    About it
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    (Applause)
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    Thank you.
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    (Applause)
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    (Music)
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    So, I was asked to try to play
    some uplifting songs.
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    (Laughter)
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    This is the best
    I could come up with, huh?
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    If you don't pay too much attention
    to what I'm saying,
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    it might be a little bit uplifting, so ...
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    (Laughter)
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    (Music)
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    So, here is another hopeful song.
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    (Laughter)
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    This one is called "Laughing".
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    Now, you would think,
    you would think that would be uplifting.
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    And it is, so...
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    (Music) (Laughter)
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    It's a slight love song
    with a twist, you know.
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    All right.
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    (Music) ("Laughing")
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    You're looking thin anyways
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    And you stare right through me
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    Surprised to be
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    Leg to leg
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    And is there a place we could run
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    That you could hide with me
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    And take our time doing
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    Nothing at all
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    We got tungsten rope tying us down
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    And this tiny crown
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    Will be our shield for hope and love
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    And I don't know, where we're going
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    And I don't know, where we're going
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    And I don't know, where we're going
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    Until we're gone
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    Pretend you're the wind
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    Pretend I'm the sun and how warm I make
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    How warm I make
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    Your air
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    And if it's not too much love
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    Cover my eyes for me
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    It's a bright morning
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    And we're waking up
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    And I don't know, where we're going
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    And I don't know, where we're going
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    And I don't know, where we're going
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    And I don't know, where we're going
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    Until we're gone
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    Even when they got us pinned
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    We're laughing
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    Even when they got us pinned
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    We're laughing
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    Even when they got us pinned
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    We're laughing
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    Even when they got us pinned
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    We're laughing
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    We're laughing
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    We're laughing
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    We're laughing
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    (Applause)
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    Thanks again.
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    Here is another one.
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    (Music) ("When you are here")
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    When you're here
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    When you're out
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    I wanna know it
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    I wanna know it
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    When you feel
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    When you doubt
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    And when all of this fails
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    I wanna know it
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    I wanna know it
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    Don't you get heavy hanging around
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    Don't you get tired of me
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    When you're here
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    When you're down
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    I wanna know it
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    I wanna know it
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    Don't you get up
    when too quickly then you're out
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    Don't you get off it
    and really leave me out
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    Don't you get tired of hanging around
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    Don't you get tired of me and the sound
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    Thank you.
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    (Applause)
Title:
Inspired citizenship | Nathaniel Rateliff | TEDxMileHigh
Description:

This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences.

Rounder Records artist Nathaniel Rateliff paints a sonic picture of the complex emotions swirling through connection and loss through simple arrangement and stirring vocals in this TEDxMileHigh performance.
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Video Language:
English
Team:
closed TED
Project:
TEDxTalks
Duration:
09:31

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