(audience applause)
- Oh, thank you.
(light piano music)
I have the privilege of being a songwriter
or an entertainer and sharing my voice.
And I recognized when I
had the opportunity to sign with a major label
that I wanted to use my voice to make positive change
so I made a pledge to myself that I would
create songs and messages
and music videos that helped to uplift.
And with this next song,
went into the studio not knowing what was going to happen.
Just wanting to write a really good song
with my songwriting partners.
And it turned out to be a magnificent hit and I thought
with a hit like this, I can take the opportunity
to make a music video that
shares a message that's important to me.
And I chose to work with an organization
near where I live in Los Angeles called the
National Day Laborers Organizing Network
to create a video about immigration,
the story of immigrants and
find a way to humanize the discussion in a climate where
it's so easy for administrations and media to dehumanize
the individuals that are in the struggle of immigration.
I hope you join me in singing this song
and enjoy the images that we share on the screen behind me.
(drumsticks clack)
("Wake Me Up" by Aloe Blacc)
♪ Feeling my way through the darkness ♪
♪ Guided by a beating heart ♪
♪ I can't tell where the journey will end ♪
♪ But I know where to start ♪
♪ They tell me I'm too young to understand ♪
♪ They say I'm caught up in a dream ♪
♪ Well life will pass me by if I don't open up my eyes ♪
♪ Well that's fine by me ♪
♪ So wake me up when it's all over ♪
♪ When I'm wiser and I'm older ♪
♪ All this time I was finding myself and I ♪
♪ Didn't know I was lost ♪
♪ So wake me up when it's all over ♪
♪ When I'm wiser and I'm older ♪
♪ All this time I was finding myself and I ♪
♪ Didn't know I was lost ♪
Ya, feeling good?
♪ Oh. ♪
We're gonna sing the chorus one more time.
And if you know it, sing it loud and sing it proud.
♪ So wake me up when ♪
♪ When I'm wiser ♪
♪ All this time I was finding myself and I ♪
♪ I tried carrying the weight of the world ♪
♪ But I only have two hands ♪
♪ I hope I get the chance to travel the world ♪
♪ But I don't have any plans ♪
♪ Wish that I could stay forever this young ♪
♪ Not afraid to close my eyes ♪
♪ Life's a game made for everyone ♪
♪ And love is the prize ♪
♪ So wake me up when it's all over ♪
♪ When I'm wiser and I'm older ♪
♪ All this time I was finding myself and I ♪
♪ Didn't know I was lost ♪
♪ So wake me up when it's all over ♪
♪ When I'm wiser and I'm older ♪
♪ All this time I was finding myself and I ♪
♪ Didn't know I was lost ♪
♪ I didn't know I was lost ♪
♪ So wake me up when it's all over ♪
♪ When I'm wiser and I'm older ♪
♪ All this time I was finding myself and I ♪
♪ Didn't know I was lost ♪
(audience applause)
Thank you.