wake up and smell the tea is a slang term invented by uk rapper kulez meaning wake up and face reality and stop deluding oneself and get rid of any problems causing it.

could be used in context to convince a friend to dump a girlfriend.

it is also a title of his track availible on i tunes
wake up and smell the tea blud and get rid of that bird
by joe blonker September 28, 2009
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