Mat Kearney Shake The Dust

Shake the dust june 20 2015 uncategorized community emotions expression expressive heartbreak music ashesrisen heartbreak dreamer by mat kearney.

Mat kearney shake the dust. Just kids by mat kearney. What is so interesting about this song is that he asked a poet he was friends with to record a piece of slam poetry for the track and the second half of the song is just a spoken word part of the poet reciting his poem shake the dust giving a shout out to all of the underdogs and tell them to shake it off because things will get better. Shake the dust this is for the benches and the people sitting upon. January 9 2010 at house of blues orlando.

Shake the dust this is for the two year olds who cannot be understood because they speak half english and half god shake the dust for the boys with the beautiful beautiful sisters shake the dust for the girls with those brothers who are going crazy those gym class wallflowers and the twelve year olds afraid of taking public showers. The song chronicles mat kearney s personal journey from eugene oregon to where he is today and is intended to be a. About shake the dust in this poem anis mojgani writes in an effort to give dignity to people on the margins the ones who are easily overlooked bullied and beaten down. This video has been created purely for entertainment purposes.

Under no circumstances will it be used for. The two time national slam poetry champion stole the show reminding everyone the power of word.