[Intro: Steve Jobs]
Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life
Don't be trapped by dogma — which is living with the results of other people's thinking
Don't let the noise of others' opinions drown out your own inner voice
And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition
They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary
[Verse 1]
Never been the type to look outside for a shooting star
Quick to turn down shooting balls or hooptie jaunts with dudes who called
I'd just rather get the grade, sit behave, and hope to go far
Friends eventually would taunt their asks to hang were all for naught
But what's the point of following instructions all I ever did was trust in
The pressure to succumb to the structure
Duties of my parents who you know just truly love ya
All these straight As just to slave until I'm grey and crusty
Only when I retire can I do what I desire?
f** that deferred life plan, this is my life span
If I can work hard I can think of a plan to live life right right now while I can
I don't even care if its risky all I got is 60 yrs between me and the cemetery
Everyone against me telling me I'm crazy or naïve
But I'm tryna find my true calling and live out my dreams
[Verse 2]
My heroes aren't people w nice position
Whether it's CEO, prize winner or politician
But people who pursue their pa**ion to make a difference
King, Gandhi, Mandela, FDR, and Lincoln
So just call me insane but know that ain't sh** changed
Imma still refuse when you wanna get sh**faced
Imma be in the field just winning the long race
Imma hug the block like a box in an embrace
I'm not looking for that temporary pleasure
I'm looking for that betterment of man forever
And I don't' like your blind adoration cuz lets face it
If I'm unique I'm a scapegoat for your complacence
I could have been a doctor filling prescriptions for patients
Patching up the symptoms without treating the ailment
But now I want it all, only solving the root cause
So I go hard we're the ones we've been waiting for
[Chorus: Hayley Williams (B.o.B)]
Can we pretend that airplanes
In the night sky are like shooting stars? (Shooting stars)
I could really use a wish right now (Wish right now)
Wish right now (Wish right now)
Wish right now (Wish right now)
Can we pretend that airplanes
In the night sky
Are like shooting stars? (Shooting stars)
I could really use a wish right now (Wish right now)
Wish right now (Wish right now)
Wish right now (Wish right now)
[Outro: B.o.B {Hayley Williams}]
I could really use a wish right now {oh, oh-oh oh}
I-I-I could really use a wish right now
Like, like, like shootin' stars {oh, oh... oh}
I-I-I-I could really use a wish right now
A wish, a wish right now
{A wish right now}
[Outro: Spencer Jackman]
Born of immigrant sacrifice
Bred on American exceptionalism
This is the journey of a boy
A boy who honestly engaged w both of his identities
He betrayed the expectations of his traditional heritage
He lost his faith in American politics and institutions
But he emerged a man
A man who lived authentically
A man who refused to give up
But chose to pursue his own path
To cut to the heart of injustice
And build a world where
All could realize their full potential
This is his story
This is
The Commencement