Harvard graduate's unique speech goes viral

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  • @equilibrium8144
    @equilibrium8144 5 ปีที่แล้ว +15246

    He's so confident and well spoken on stage: no stammering or stuttering, he's loud and clear. Wow

    • @xofiy-.-2606
      @xofiy-.-2606 5 ปีที่แล้ว +58

      fr bruh

    • @talkinsportswithrc4837
      @talkinsportswithrc4837 5 ปีที่แล้ว +278

      hes a graduate of Harvard you wouldnt think anything else tbh

    • @VivekSingh-ts1ec
      @VivekSingh-ts1ec 5 ปีที่แล้ว +378

      @@talkinsportswithrc4837 harvard is no guarantee of success & confidence by the way

    • @claragrassel618
      @claragrassel618 5 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      Its Harvard

    • @stratosm3154
      @stratosm3154 5 ปีที่แล้ว +215

      You know how few people can speak confidently? Doesnt have to do with university

  • @Santo-Capro
    @Santo-Capro 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2500

    This man is gifted with literature flowing like a fountain

    • @dr.noor.mesopotamia
      @dr.noor.mesopotamia 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Well said

    • @sannin4569
      @sannin4569 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Considering he had the time to refine the speech since high school I would hope so

    • @sannin4569
      @sannin4569 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      He had the speech for years so I think it would be a given for it to be "good"

    • @wespicedmemes
      @wespicedmemes 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Lol he got you using anecdotes now…they are called “anecdotes” right?

    • @mk_sgt
      @mk_sgt 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@sannin4569 Really? I didn't know. How dp you know it?

  • @jackiel279
    @jackiel279 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7327

    Education is the key and they keep changing the locks. Well said.

    • @wonderwoman1199
      @wonderwoman1199 5 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      So true

    • @jamieingels1190
      @jamieingels1190 5 ปีที่แล้ว +45

      One of my favorite parts too.

    • @JemmFam-ww4bd
      @JemmFam-ww4bd 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Lol this made my day yesterday I kept thinking about it and wanted you to know that.😂😂😂hilarious but true

    • @jackiel279
      @jackiel279 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @Michael Snyder Technology

    • @verycoolnot8145
      @verycoolnot8145 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Michael Snyder. The people who make the curriculum and no one said it wasn't static.

  • @TCOHHL
    @TCOHHL 4 ปีที่แล้ว +898

    "Education is the sleep that precedes the American dream..." Beautifully and eloquently stated!

    • @xJUDAZ
      @xJUDAZ 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      What is the american dream?

    • @omerginawi9768
      @omerginawi9768 3 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      @@xJUDAZ It is the psychological manifestation of what YOU perceive to be the ideal privilege of living in America ;however , it is just an illusion created by your mind in the hopes of finding a bright future in a place that you cannot relate success to unless you work hard for it. The American dream isn’t really American , I would say. Rather , it is what WE foreigners make and produce of it in the form of achievements that solidify our belief that we could improve our lives by focusing on pushing ourselves to our FULL potential , BEYOND the limit. Just as our friend Livingston said here , “The sky is NOT the limit.” So we should brace ourselves for a LIFT OFF with our hearts and souls and ambitions for the creation of a bright FUTURE !!!!

    • @obamalastname34
      @obamalastname34 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@omerginawi9768 Woah you blew my mind for a second

    • @Strawberry-dz6dw
      @Strawberry-dz6dw 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@omerginawi9768 FR . American dream is what we make . Us, the non Americans 🤍

  • @salinabrown281
    @salinabrown281 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5280

    “I’ve been the black hole in a classroom for far too long absorbing everything but not allowing my light to escape”

    • @Junkman2008
      @Junkman2008 5 ปีที่แล้ว +92

      Deep.

    • @pegangagamakeranaitusiapak576
      @pegangagamakeranaitusiapak576 5 ปีที่แล้ว +53

      The remark that cut deep

    • @katelvine3147
      @katelvine3147 5 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      That part right there almost made me cry and I've been out of school

    • @ChiefJayBinns
      @ChiefJayBinns 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Their never going to change and we will never find our place in their white institutions, as he sat back and observed their brokenness, hatred, privileged dismissal of 'real work'--dumbing himself down-- to afraid to show his light!
      I can only imagine what they put him through--and I can't wait to see what he got out of them with that Education!!!! 👊🏾
      It's also funny cause a buddy of mine SD that's why Black American mom's to this day are the first to put their children down, bc she always had to make him/her look like they were 'no good' or no better than theirs, or they would sell em off 🤔🤔🤔

    • @dawnpratt846
      @dawnpratt846 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Fact !

  • @backpackadventures6054
    @backpackadventures6054 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4116

    I hope the English teacher who originally denied him to recite this at his high school graduation saw this and instantly felt Crummy!

    • @backpackadventures6054
      @backpackadventures6054 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Antifa Member What country?

    • @backpackadventures6054
      @backpackadventures6054 5 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      Antifa Member you’re the only dog eater!

    • @antifamember8431
      @antifamember8431 5 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      Backpack Adventures where ever you came from you racist piece of trash!!!
      Edit: this message was meant for Lo o the user who made the racist comment above me not you

    • @antifamember8431
      @antifamember8431 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Backpack Adventures I was talking to lo o not you lol

    • @loo5405
      @loo5405 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@antifamember8431 LIBERTARD.

  • @ericrahman7932
    @ericrahman7932 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4206

    Give this man a beat cus he's dropping sick bars yow

    • @nadenemanuel9519
      @nadenemanuel9519 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Eric Rahman 😂

    • @hugoadvincula9761
      @hugoadvincula9761 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Someone gotta make a video lmaooo

    • @aspin2624
      @aspin2624 5 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      interpretation 21 fuck u on about

    • @aspenin
      @aspenin 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @interpretation 21 the fuck you talking about and why

    • @meeks726
      @meeks726 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @interpretation 21 mans just made up history or something idk

  • @kannybright9210
    @kannybright9210 3 ปีที่แล้ว +482

    He's from a small town... And his parents are sooooo cool. Father's a preachers and moms a great wife... So happy to see him elevate even more
    🌹💪

    • @endless782
      @endless782 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      He has a instagram or somethin?

    • @averageamogusenjoyer5240
      @averageamogusenjoyer5240 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Makes sense why he is good at speaking since his father is a preacher

    • @CelideeBudoromyi
      @CelideeBudoromyi 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    • @Regnard999
      @Regnard999 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      From which country is he?

  • @nsastef
    @nsastef 8 ปีที่แล้ว +7965

    1. He ask us whether education a great equalizer (socioeconomically speaking)
    2. Then wonders whether we question the keeper of the keys (meaning the government)
    3. He argues that for some the only difference between plantation and a classroom is time (basically means that we are taught stuff to fit into the system and not to give us the tools to achieve our dreams.
    4. He then mentions that he is the strange fruit that grew too ripe for the popular tree. (Meaning he is different and wont follow the masses)
    5. He then argues against the standardised assessment goes against the individual reaching his best potential.
    6. Then he insists that education is no equalizer but rather education is how they, the government gets us to sleep (by getting us into debt and reduce us to debt slaves)
    7. He tells us to wake up,that we have dreams and we should follow them.
    8. And finally that Sky is not the limit but only the beginning (meaning don't let education define our quality of life because we will get disappointed by the result.Rather we should regard the graduation as the beginning of our journey to succeed.)
    He basically reduced to ashes the whole education system.
    Fellow graduates clap because he is right.
    Academia claps because of the fancy words.

    • @ethoslotus554
      @ethoslotus554 8 ปีที่แล้ว +286

      Good shit.
      how long did this take you

    • @nsastef
      @nsastef 8 ปีที่แล้ว +231

      ethos lotus not sure.. around 20 minutes

    • @spambamkeija634
      @spambamkeija634 8 ปีที่แล้ว +44

      Andreas Philippou
      This makes bella sense as well.

    • @bcstephe
      @bcstephe 7 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      for some reason the young love to crap on everything that came before them. i'm still relatively young, but just noting the truth. i'm not sure there's anything profound in all that crapping so much as just a common manifestation of an adolescent mind, biologically pre-disposed to establish its own identity in a lot of experimental ways. maybe we should listen to people precisely at the midpoint of their biological urge to prefer the "new" vs. the "status quo." what is that, say 30? Maybe 32? no idea, but an interesting question IMHO..... what i'm not sure is interesting is the very young and idealistic. they'd all be communist just to be different. then they'd all starve to death like the poor people in Venezuela. or they'd be trump supporters. and support a man ape child to "overturn the system" when he's clearly a fairly incompetent borderline idiot. whatever it is it's unlikely to be informed by much reason and empiricism. outside people who instinctively or by training really bend that way.

    • @ShaikhMohammedYunus
      @ShaikhMohammedYunus 7 ปีที่แล้ว +89

      Benjamin thanks bro....this interpretation was needed

  • @chrxme3786
    @chrxme3786 8 ปีที่แล้ว +10198

    Am I the only one who's surprised that he could remember the whole thing

    • @Antbeast23
      @Antbeast23 8 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      Crip Dep yea lol

    • @bruh-no-bruh2882
      @bruh-no-bruh2882 8 ปีที่แล้ว +779

      Crip Dep - What if he just freestyled ??

    • @Septiviumexe
      @Septiviumexe 8 ปีที่แล้ว +646

      This guy is ambitious. You cant make those kinds of people forget

    • @viridian9673
      @viridian9673 8 ปีที่แล้ว +272

      Crip Dep ikr no stage frights no mental blocks... he's a genius

    • @MRLONG758
      @MRLONG758 8 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      +RECKLESS KING mind blown

  • @ignatiusatenikang788
    @ignatiusatenikang788 4 ปีที่แล้ว +543

    “Injustice is telling them they are stars without telling them the night that surrounds them” Very powerful.

    • @EBENEZER565
      @EBENEZER565 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Just read this as he said it

    • @petalmist0288
      @petalmist0288 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@EBENEZER565 same

    • @xJUDAZ
      @xJUDAZ 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Dont understand.What it mean?

    • @billbillson5082
      @billbillson5082 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      But he never adressed the injustice of black students getting boosted SAT scores while asian and white students get their scores docked because of their skin color.
      He is not a victim.

    • @luismisanmartin98
      @luismisanmartin98 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@xJUDAZ I would relate it to how education judges you based on how you score on standarized tests. People who score A are led to think they are intelligent (stars), but there is so much more (the night) than those tests, which has to be discovered through the engagement of creativity. Education kills creativity and hence does not allow you to look beyond the light onto the night to realise your true potential.

  • @poyoslippy
    @poyoslippy 4 ปีที่แล้ว +62

    It is amazing how much of a speech a person can recite without fail when they believe in their words ..

    • @bethrobb3684
      @bethrobb3684 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Noel Bockholt Brilliant! 👍🏻❤️

  • @arnidakid7970
    @arnidakid7970 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6040

    Whoever went up next 💀...

    • @joanchepleting52
      @joanchepleting52 4 ปีที่แล้ว +68

      😂 😂 😂 😂

    • @Sallyskin
      @Sallyskin 4 ปีที่แล้ว +51

      😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

    • @hussainrixx4328
      @hussainrixx4328 4 ปีที่แล้ว +160

      he was like tf! why me

    • @sundaySEC
      @sundaySEC 4 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      Yikes 😬

    • @Megha486
      @Megha486 4 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      shit.

  • @sistakia33
    @sistakia33 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2628

    After listening to this young man's inspirational and eloquently delivered speech I went to press the "like" button when I noticed the amount of "dislikes." I wanted to know why 5k people hated it so I scrolled through some of the comments and realized just how awful some people's realities must be when hate feels normal and positivity is treated like poison. My immediate reaction was to disparage "the haters" but how would my negativity be any different than those I intended to shame?
    Instead of mocking remarks I didn't like I decided to let this young man's speech lead me to a better truth:
    You don't change a negative song by singing along with the lyrics. Dare to sing a new song of hope. If you sing long enough you will inspire others to sing along with you.

    • @2UP2downSavage
      @2UP2downSavage 4 ปีที่แล้ว +71

      @sistakia33 oh my well said 👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿. The young man's speech is the true definition of being woke👀. Your response to the dislikes is the true definition of class,grace,and courage, with elements of poetry, you and him can "drop the mic" and walk off stage👊🏾.

    • @moosakajee2585
      @moosakajee2585 4 ปีที่แล้ว +48

      Wow. Absolutely brilliant response. Respect

    • @alanwattz2519
      @alanwattz2519 4 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      Well said

    • @jackingofftoraelilblack2342
      @jackingofftoraelilblack2342 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@2UP2downSavage the truth is just the matter of perspective and not everything to anyone's liking so all you have to do is deal with what you got.

    • @Jacob-wz7pm
      @Jacob-wz7pm 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Alex• not when there is hard evidence backing THE TRUTH then that person is just delusional

  • @2000wattz
    @2000wattz 5 ปีที่แล้ว +570

    “Injustice is telling them that ‘education is the key’ while you continue to change the locks” Powerful!

    • @Tkdanso
      @Tkdanso 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      HL Watts I felt that that’s was🔥🔥🔥🔥

    • @Cbreezy510
      @Cbreezy510 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I was looking for this comment

  • @juanreveles9834
    @juanreveles9834 3 ปีที่แล้ว +146

    “Sky’s not the limit, only the beginning” I love that

  • @tkskoya
    @tkskoya 5 ปีที่แล้ว +763

    "Sky is not the limit; but the beginning" that's a perfect ending for a beginning... wow

    • @danielharp822
      @danielharp822 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Sky is the starting point

  • @blackrocktile5855
    @blackrocktile5855 6 ปีที่แล้ว +711

    May he go far in life.....he's a breath of fresh air......

    • @Bro-zz9tg
      @Bro-zz9tg 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I learned how not to be Jealous! Lmao

    • @thegunner2161
      @thegunner2161 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Ima kms Lol when you hear the student loans lmao jk

    • @gardymarcelin791
      @gardymarcelin791 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      BlackRock Tile And

  • @simplyme7711
    @simplyme7711 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1667

    I loved, "...you say education is the key, but you keep changing the lock." Wow!

    • @authra6595
      @authra6595 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      What is the 'lock'?

    • @freaknable
      @freaknable 7 ปีที่แล้ว +75

      Standards.

    • @suvesoko_1584
      @suvesoko_1584 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      no life

    • @MarioUcomics
      @MarioUcomics 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      TRUTH!

    • @authra6595
      @authra6595 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      freaknable Sorry, just saw your reply, thanks. Makes sense :)

  • @DadaNabhaniilanandaTheMonkDude
    @DadaNabhaniilanandaTheMonkDude 4 ปีที่แล้ว +68

    "Our stories are the ladders that make it easier for us to touch the stars". Love this man.

  • @alexcampbell6345
    @alexcampbell6345 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1490

    He used everything, alliteration, metaphors, hyperbole, similes, his grammar and pronunciation were strong... great speech, I wonder what his major/focus was in

    • @OMMCOMHD
      @OMMCOMHD 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Alex Campbell same

    • @AleksDinic
      @AleksDinic 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      fuck off

    • @AleksDinic
      @AleksDinic 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @suvesoko

    • @Escobardiablo
      @Escobardiablo 7 ปีที่แล้ว +46

      }suvesoko _ your making yourself look so stupid and ignorant bro

    • @PhilipThrosselMusic
      @PhilipThrosselMusic 7 ปีที่แล้ว +93

      His name is Donovan Livingston! He's an educator, author, and poet; amongst many other things.

  • @joyeblessed
    @joyeblessed 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1651

    "injustice is telling them education is the KEY, while you continue to change the locks"!!

    • @tempieward1054
      @tempieward1054 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      joye blessed xtra .

    • @maitakhole
      @maitakhole 5 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Profound

    • @jt48
      @jt48 5 ปีที่แล้ว +43

      Harvard Valedictorian, will be working as an analyst at some cubicle farm topping out at 100K, a good few years until the long hours either break him into changing careers completely or just destroy all the relationships in his life. Meanwhile, the good old boys with the trust funds and daddy's connections with bottom of the barrel grades will be the ones making millions.

    • @yevytiver2799
      @yevytiver2799 5 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      @@jt48 this is so true and yet so sad, I'm 16 right now and that's one of the reasons why I'm into enterprenuership , I'm currently teaching myself about how the business worlds works ,like investing in stocks, real estate , trading , how social media ,technology and politics work, school is meant to manipulate the masses and make them into slaves so they are depended on the system aka the rat race or should I say 9 to 5

    • @mmurd
      @mmurd 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      YEVY TIVER look out guys we got a woke one here

  • @profoundclarity8497
    @profoundclarity8497 8 ปีที่แล้ว +223

    You can feel the passion in his words. No one here knows his personal experience, so the negative comments seem to be from either racists, or people who want to trivialize this young man and his commitment to bettering young people and their minds.

    • @daydreamer5580
      @daydreamer5580 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Oh just shut up already. People have the right to judge this poem, whether it comes from someone white or black or mixed, red, purple or yellow.

    • @profoundclarity8497
      @profoundclarity8497 8 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      +Day Dreamer It's the context and tone in which he is criticized from some people. If you get to use your hate and bigotry to have a negative opinion then I get to have an opinion about your opinion. Merica, right? You on kindly fuck off with your dribbling from your keyboard. Asshat.

    • @daydreamer5580
      @daydreamer5580 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      ProfoundClarity Your own personal bigotry manifests in your inability to differentiate opinion from racism. Other than a few trolls, most of what I see is a righteous reaction to a dumbing down of Harvard and intellectual society in general. Passion does not automatically translate to good taste. I'm actually happy for him on one hand. But I support the right people have to judge this speech. To me is was disappointing. I want equality and diversity. I help fight for it. All this does is waste my goddamn efforts. Do you see where I'm coming from now?!!?!

    • @profoundclarity8497
      @profoundclarity8497 8 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      +Day Dreamer I have read through the comments and I see more than a few trolls. It's just sad. I would love to see more people coming together for a common good but even in today's world it seems insurmountable against what I see spewing on the internet.

    • @daydreamer5580
      @daydreamer5580 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      ProfoundClarity That is your opinion and I cautiously will say that to me it's a natural reaction. To a society where trophies are given out for any old speech just because a person is black. I'm all for trying to boost people up. But to me this was horrible and divisive. And that's where you fail to see the nuance of what really just happened. Instead of this young man making a humble speech, he rambles on arrogantly and bitterly directing comments at white people. One comment on here put it succinctly. Don't people have something better to talk about than slavery or racism ALL THE TIME? I agree with that statement. This was a perfect oppurtunity to inspire the next generation of black leaders but not finger pointing. But instead, truly inspiring and speaking eloquently.

  • @tabithasmith963
    @tabithasmith963 4 ปีที่แล้ว +56

    "Injustice is saying education is the key, yet you keep changing the locks". Then that ending, " The sky is the beginning, Lift Off". I could feel his pain in that speech. Very moving and powerful.

  • @paxtonsimpson204
    @paxtonsimpson204 4 ปีที่แล้ว +600

    “We weren’t born to be common, we are meant to be Comets.” Love it

    • @cutiemeowie8352
      @cutiemeowie8352 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      And I commented on this quote

    • @Riperoo123
      @Riperoo123 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@cutiemeowie8352 you think you're slick for that 😂

    • @NazriB
      @NazriB 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Lies again? King Power

    • @narutofan4545
      @narutofan4545 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Lol

    • @MASTERBUILDER-dd1rg
      @MASTERBUILDER-dd1rg 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      it's obvious he learned nothing in university.

  • @dogmaticuncertainty2670
    @dogmaticuncertainty2670 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2962

    this guy is an amazing speaker

    • @skr4207
      @skr4207 8 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      He is horrible, he is using words most don't know, leaving people confused.

    • @charlesdeng686
      @charlesdeng686 8 ปีที่แล้ว +245

      Kaspars Matusevics I know right? He should really dumb it down, it's not like he's addressing a bunch of Harvard grads or anything.

    • @samt1352
      @samt1352 8 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      +Charles Deng EL OH EL thank you for that

    • @hahaownedlolz
      @hahaownedlolz 8 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      +Charles Deng Using more sophisticated and fancier words just for the sake of using more sophisticated words. Just makes it hard to listen too. The message itself was very boring and unoriginal. He just presented it well.

    • @jayloco6772
      @jayloco6772 8 ปีที่แล้ว +48

      hahaownedlolz your just uneducated

  • @ElimanGibba
    @ElimanGibba 5 ปีที่แล้ว +365

    I wish i can articulate myself like this young man. He inspires me. CONGRATULATIONS Man.

    • @kausamsalam8543
      @kausamsalam8543 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Eliman Gibba beautiful speech by a beautiful person

    • @zerbit
      @zerbit 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      You can

    • @waynehammond7145
      @waynehammond7145 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Beautiful words, young man! What good do they do? Does this stop a white cop from killing an unarmed black male? Do your words provide ownership of corporations that can provide gainful employment for people regardless of race, creed, origin? There are some who wish to oppress others but, ultimately....the oppression is conducted and supported through force.....not beautiful words!!!! Please provide a solution to this problem.....not another means of eloquent statement of the problem. Talk is cheap!!!!

    • @darkling6
      @darkling6 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@waynehammond7145 and here you go talkin cheap shit on the internet instead of doing anything.

  • @IssoufBa42
    @IssoufBa42 3 ปีที่แล้ว +943

    This is scary, he's so eloquent he gives president vibes 😳

    • @staticshockk
      @staticshockk 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      President? it's been a long time since that was used to mean a smart person. They are usually ppl filled with lies that support the prejudices of majority or straight up dictators

    • @tommydracule7558
      @tommydracule7558 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@staticshockk sad

    • @thorstark4114
      @thorstark4114 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Obama

    • @crazychimp1039
      @crazychimp1039 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@thorstark4114 Obama was bad

    • @djwolf4651
      @djwolf4651 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +23

      No president sounds this good

  • @JohnSmith-cc3ud
    @JohnSmith-cc3ud 5 ปีที่แล้ว +282

    "Show them they are stars without acknowledging the darkness that surrounds them." Man...i felt this.

    • @AdityaPillai009
      @AdityaPillai009 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      “Injustice is telling them they are stars without telling them the night that surrounds them”

    • @JohnSmith-cc3ud
      @JohnSmith-cc3ud 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@AdityaPillai009 while I can appreciate this the perspecrive here is more relating to the darkness being so ever apparent and obvious, being reminded of the light brings the focus back from the darkness, and so in not doing that would be an injustice as well.

    • @AdityaPillai009
      @AdityaPillai009 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yes, you can think of it that way too. But I was just pointing out that that's not what he said. Or atleast that's what I heard.

  • @janetseager4069
    @janetseager4069 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1144

    Whatever his major was, seems to me it made him a hell of a lot more articulate than anyone commenting here

  • @rawirihemi27
    @rawirihemi27 5 ปีที่แล้ว +500

    Dude has had those words in his head for years. Came out like a script! Impressive 🙏🏻😎

    • @dreday6369
      @dreday6369 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Hundreds of years ✊🏿✌🏿

    • @MaoDev
      @MaoDev 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I am pretty sure it was a script though...

    • @blazingexil4003
      @blazingexil4003 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      MaoItsMe I am still sure that it was he’s words

    • @billsmlth5381
      @billsmlth5381 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Another affirmative action graduate...Harvard...the once great school that hired a fake Indian and also someone as a professor of The Constitution who obviously had never even read the constitution. Ivy league schools suck....The Bushes, the Clintons, the Obamas, Al Gore ALL ivy grads yet everyone knows NEITHER could pass a fairly given GED

    • @billsmlth5381
      @billsmlth5381 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      but they needed an opinion from an expert

  • @mooominpapa
    @mooominpapa 4 ปีที่แล้ว +200

    "Spill your emotions on the big dipper and pour out your soul, light up the world with your luminous allure." Gorgeous. If he ends up writing a novel, I'll be the first in line to buy it. He has a way with words.

    • @djeio
      @djeio 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      A glorious bar

    • @azitafallahi8483
      @azitafallahi8483 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Yes, Papa and I love to vote for him as our future president. May God bless this young man!

    • @ryanteddy_
      @ryanteddy_ 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      So true.... I'd buy too

  • @alexanderblake2684
    @alexanderblake2684 8 ปีที่แล้ว +272

    I wish I had this man's passion about something in my life

    • @Snggle
      @Snggle 8 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      it's simple as just finding some you like and that challenges you. Just keep at it until you're the best.
      Find the passion and reason to commit to it, is the hard part, good luck!

    • @wndws9294
      @wndws9294 8 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      DUDE !!! don't say that! i know that everybody in this world has something he or she loves dearly and with passion!
      accept and acknowledge your own quality and talents! search for the truth within and don't fear setbacks, cause if you do what you love, life will give you a way and you can do anything! i don't know you but i believe in you and everybody who may read this!
      go for it, it's out there!
      LOVE

    • @WeissmannX
      @WeissmannX 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      "I trust you". That's touching

    • @1212zeek1212
      @1212zeek1212 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      ALEXANDER BLAKE Three years ago the #1 thing that I wanted was a passion. So I searched everywhere in every possible way every single day. After the first year, I realized my passion at the time was finding my passion. So I became passionate about doing so. I DEDICATED myself to finding it. I would journal every day asking myself reflective questions, I would search a multitude of things online trying to figure it out like "How do you find your life's purpose?", I watched TH-cam videos, I talked with friends. And eventually I found my passion. And it is just as amazing as I'd hoped. So I encourage you to become passionate about finding your passion. *Work very hard* at finding it, do not hope for it to come. Be intentional. Good luck. Much love.

    • @meekashantel5096
      @meekashantel5096 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      ALEXANDER BLAKE you do have it. Just keep going it will soon appear.

  • @neet2673
    @neet2673 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2833

    Top 10 people Eminem was afraid to diss.

    • @EvanReichert
      @EvanReichert 4 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      NEET but why would u diss this man?

    • @coryfreeman151
      @coryfreeman151 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Dick

    • @daniyaparvez502
      @daniyaparvez502 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      hahhahaa

    • @anthonyp2883
      @anthonyp2883 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      @linkclicker you replied to him so you obviously have nothing better to do either

    • @allftw2677
      @allftw2677 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @linkclicker I don't remember asking

  • @sha12310
    @sha12310 8 ปีที่แล้ว +62

    "Injustice is telling them they are stars without acknowledging the night that surrounds them"
    Incredibly powerful

  • @sss-ee6or
    @sss-ee6or 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    His expression throughout the speech is what makes me like him more. Sure his speech, words, body language, tone and flow is great but his face tells how much he means the speech. Loved it!

  • @chefpp3709
    @chefpp3709 5 ปีที่แล้ว +643

    I was tired of being a black hole in the classroom, absorbing everything but not being able to give off my light🙏🏽

    • @sebtho4876
      @sebtho4876 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      interpretation 21 k

    • @flav0r735
      @flav0r735 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      interpretation 21
      LMAO check out this guy

    • @commonsense2821
      @commonsense2821 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @interpretation 21 r/whitepeople

    • @bensimmons6149
      @bensimmons6149 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      interpretation 21 what the hell you smoking bruh

    • @marcuslea6821
      @marcuslea6821 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      WV WV well that’s pretty racist but cool

  • @nerioamaral4045
    @nerioamaral4045 5 ปีที่แล้ว +110

    4 years later 2020, damn he’s speech POWERFUL

  • @denise3422
    @denise3422 5 ปีที่แล้ว +662

    "I belong among the stars and so do you" powerful message of this young man👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

    • @jamieingels1190
      @jamieingels1190 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      That was good.... Some kids these days are wiser than even my years. That's saying something.

    • @billsmlth5381
      @billsmlth5381 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Another affirmative action graduate...Harvard...the once great school that hired a fake Indian and also someone as a professor of The Constitution who obviously had never even read the constitution. Ivy league schools suck....The Bushes, the Clintons, the Obamas, Al Gore ALL ivy grads yet everyone knows NEITHER could pass a fairly given GED

    • @meeks726
      @meeks726 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Same!!! I'm high AF rn, I belong among the stars too!

    • @hxpewxrld
      @hxpewxrld 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      I read this as he was saying it and it hit so hard 🥺

  • @davidtolson3825
    @davidtolson3825 4 ปีที่แล้ว +40

    that was one of the best speeches I've ever heard

  • @ISEEKSPACE
    @ISEEKSPACE 5 ปีที่แล้ว +834

    This is the "I Have A Dream" of this generation. I am not African American, but this is truly incredible.

    • @IAMJUDAH707
      @IAMJUDAH707 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      We aren't African American either. We are the children of Israel according to the Bible. Another LIE perpetuated by American Education or should I say Indoctrination!

    • @lalalaura4382
      @lalalaura4382 5 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      @@IAMJUDAH707 not every black person is descended from ancient Israelites, but every ancient culture on the Earth used to be black..

    • @urekmazino2485
      @urekmazino2485 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@lalalaura4382 Inaccurate. Don't falsify info.

    • @katelvine3147
      @katelvine3147 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      And so are you for recognizing it....i was thinking the same thing

    • @loo5405
      @loo5405 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      yeah easy college thaks to aff.actions + welfare state paied by whites and asian...real american dream for any african.

  • @hottyas9000degrees
    @hottyas9000degrees 5 ปีที่แล้ว +461

    “An injustice is telling them they are stars, without acknowledging the night that surrounds them”. Wow🙌👏

    • @AccentBwoy
      @AccentBwoy 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      What he means

    • @lemunz4280
      @lemunz4280 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      The worlds bad

    • @sandsblue429
      @sandsblue429 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@lemunz4280 😂😂😂😂someone is drunk l guess

    • @78musiksphere
      @78musiksphere 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      twisted in a profound way, how do you even come up with this

    • @Akinsh58
      @Akinsh58 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      THAT, was Powerful. 👏🏼👏🏼

  • @marissawilson4644
    @marissawilson4644 7 ปีที่แล้ว +828

    Intelligence, character, honesty, and a deep love for our people is what I see in him!

    • @kdj95z
      @kdj95z 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Marissa Wilson.

    • @sambama999
      @sambama999 6 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Your future President not too far down the line ;-)

    • @redlemur7944
      @redlemur7944 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      BumBum fuck that guy.

    • @JohnSmith-bw6pv
      @JohnSmith-bw6pv 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Jeez you are narrow minded

    • @Mr.Honest247
      @Mr.Honest247 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      And straight cheese!

  • @JohnnyTsunami808
    @JohnnyTsunami808 4 ปีที่แล้ว +129

    The TH-cam algorithm is finally recommending relevant videos.

  • @CharlesMcKinneyIV
    @CharlesMcKinneyIV 8 ปีที่แล้ว +4483

    "The sky is not the limit, it's only the beginning." LIFT OFF!☄

    • @johnholmes8315
      @johnholmes8315 8 ปีที่แล้ว +76

      How do I reach the sky? I only make like $9 an hour.

    • @geekhamza
      @geekhamza 8 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      buy a join

    • @zed9712
      @zed9712 8 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      That's $6,480 a month. $77,760 a year.

    • @connorraposo6297
      @connorraposo6297 8 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      do you have a brain

    • @MrSurZero
      @MrSurZero 8 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Zed stupid?

  • @mohammedessa29
    @mohammedessa29 8 ปีที่แล้ว +105

    I've melted brother, amazing

    • @SumanthLazarus
      @SumanthLazarus 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Bigots, yall aint got no time watching CNN videos. Better be bangin the pig backyard.

    • @mohammedessa29
      @mohammedessa29 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      +Jonny Stugotts racist loser

    • @jondohnson5538
      @jondohnson5538 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Hey moron welfare leeches... Im your boss, im your warehouse manager, im your neighbors lil league coach, im your Dr, ....we don't like what bullshit George Soros funded garbage you spew! Now Rage 4 M3 Mthr Fckrs Rage.......

    • @mohammedessa29
      @mohammedessa29 8 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      +Jonny Stugotts as far as your concerned I could be a multi billionaire or multi millionaire, I could also be the boss of thousands of white people, you dont know me? I don't know you, but I do know a racist when I sense one, I defend black people from racism because I have seen black people suffer it and I speak out for God created every race as equals no superior

    • @MsViva710
      @MsViva710 8 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      amen amen amen. EQUALS AND NO SUPERIOR.!!!

  • @ChristSaves88
    @ChristSaves88 6 ปีที่แล้ว +301

    “The sky is not the limit, it is on the beginning. LIFT OFF!”
    POWERFUL! 🙌🏾

    • @JohnSmith-bw6pv
      @JohnSmith-bw6pv 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Now you can post that cheese on facebook :|

    • @mohittiwari8934
      @mohittiwari8934 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Mind-blowing

    • @jamesbruce5257
      @jamesbruce5257 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      U CAN NEVER DO WHAT HE DID. IF U WANT TO BET ME, THEN GIVE IT A TRY. LETS LISTEN TO U TOO AND SEE WHAT U HAVE TO OFFER

    • @JohnSmith-bw6pv
      @JohnSmith-bw6pv 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      ​@@jamesbruce5257 He didnt say anything though ? Can you tell me just ONE interesting fact I can get from this speech aside from the boasting and cheesy motivational metaphors :/

  • @fritziepearlpineda2563
    @fritziepearlpineda2563 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    I cried from this speech, that power, and passion is just overwhelming. It reached right through me, despite of only watching in youtube. Just. Wow. I just discovered this gem at 2020.

  • @jermic281
    @jermic281 7 ปีที่แล้ว +400

    " I've been the black hole in a classroom for far too long" Amazing

    • @anubhabsaha2080
      @anubhabsaha2080 7 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      Black "hole".

    • @SalvadorTarantino22
      @SalvadorTarantino22 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Can you explain what this mean? English is not my first language and I don't understand it

    • @SalvadorTarantino22
      @SalvadorTarantino22 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      J W oh go it . Thank you very much

    • @myislo8855
      @myislo8855 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      J W lmao and youre also to ignorant to understand he meant both, thats why it was such a powerful statement, you should have known that considering the speech was about his black history , brainiac.

  • @EisenbergFlavour
    @EisenbergFlavour 6 ปีที่แล้ว +878

    4:11 *Education is the sleep that proceeds the American dream* now *THAT'S* what I call a powerful quote

    • @Phyoomz
      @Phyoomz 6 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      precedes*

    • @kennyosunde4999
      @kennyosunde4999 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Big Facts

    • @shak9558
      @shak9558 5 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      You edited it and still used the wrong word.

    • @crimson1763
      @crimson1763 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Phyoomz it's proceeds in England dunno where your at

    • @Phyoomz
      @Phyoomz 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@crimson1763 regardless of location "proceed" means to move forward, "precede" means to happen before.
      While the speaker may have been trying to say that education moves the American dream forward, which would of course be a coherent thought, it would not be phrased correctly using the verb "proceed," as it's an intransitive verb.
      So it's much more likely that what the speaker means is that education must be achieved before the American dream can be realized.

  • @ursulamoon755
    @ursulamoon755 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3860

    He’s a better speaker than the leader we call President.

    • @laurajohnson2840
      @laurajohnson2840 4 ปีที่แล้ว +278

      Because he is smarter than the blob we call president.

    • @ShyraR
      @ShyraR 4 ปีที่แล้ว +160

      @@timmcveigh5056 Get over it!, Isn't that one of your favorite snap backs? Grow up please.

    • @timmcveigh5056
      @timmcveigh5056 4 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      @@ShyraR i am over it. Its you folks who aint. #isyourpresident get over it yourself!

    • @karlconnolly3994
      @karlconnolly3994 4 ปีที่แล้ว +165

      Tim stupid ignorant name McVeigh
      You’re a racist creep.
      Smash Racism
      End supremacy
      Kill the kkk
      Pay reparations now
      Ps. I wouldn’t compare this Harvard scholar to a racist prig president..you do him a disservice.

    • @tasham.4693
      @tasham.4693 4 ปีที่แล้ว +55

      Most of us are better than the occupant of the white house

  • @isabelladeng7634
    @isabelladeng7634 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I went to a conference at another high school and he gave us a presentation! It was so awesome, he did a ton of fun stuff such as rap, and immediately woke all of us up. He was very funny and uplifting, and also incredibly kind and understanding. I wish him the best!

  • @LilGirth
    @LilGirth 8 ปีที่แล้ว +591

    seeing this kind of stuff motivates me to want to be great

    • @MeetMyGreenBud7
      @MeetMyGreenBud7 8 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      stfu and go do your homework you lazy ass

    • @yudahel9821
      @yudahel9821 8 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      u can do it Chris, now go be great.

    • @loganmontuori
      @loganmontuori 8 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      +Yudah El he's not the only one who can be great. Show the world what you're made of. Show them that you da man, Yudah.

    • @herikaniugu
      @herikaniugu 7 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      you got 178 likes, that's great

    • @benshakes6905
      @benshakes6905 7 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Chris Cardenas Just be

  • @annshelton5754
    @annshelton5754 6 ปีที่แล้ว +475

    I can only imagine what his parents feel like......what a BLESSING!!!

  • @brianodiwuor6056
    @brianodiwuor6056 5 ปีที่แล้ว +262

    Wake up every child... "Together we can inspire galaxies"
    Amazing!

    • @Jaymacman96
      @Jaymacman96 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      We can't even get past race. CNN a big on keeping racism alive

  • @denisesalles7248
    @denisesalles7248 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Beautiful. "None of us were meant to be common" meant to be common" is something we should say to ourselves and others every day, no matter the age or circumstances. Thank you Donovan!

  • @amolunaluna5517
    @amolunaluna5517 5 ปีที่แล้ว +174

    I see a Powerful Leader and freedom fighter!

  • @tamikawright8696
    @tamikawright8696 5 ปีที่แล้ว +191

    I loved every minute of his poem. Intelligence at its best. God bless this young man.

    • @benwang2454
      @benwang2454 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Tamika Wright don’t you mean intelligence at its worst? Because saying that the speech was intelligent at its best is doing it a disservice.

    • @johnsmith4811
      @johnsmith4811 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      How was that a poem? There was no rhyme (or reason) in it.

    • @precious4310
      @precious4310 5 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      John Smith a poem doesn’t have to rhyme, stupid. 💀 you’re literally replying to every to every positive comment. there are many black people commenting, so if you don’t like that you have no place here.

    • @johnsmith4811
      @johnsmith4811 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@precious4310 Your logic is flawed. One doesn't have to be a movie critic to know a movie is bad (or good). And yes, a poem does have to rhyme. That's what makes it different from prose.

    • @precious4310
      @precious4310 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      John Smith it doesn’t have to rhyme. have you never heard of free verse before? this dude’s speech was spoken work, but i’m simply putting that out there. i would respect your opinion if you had a good point, but that’s not the case.

  • @HiroshiKoto
    @HiroshiKoto 8 ปีที่แล้ว +284

    What a beautiful speech and poem....so inspiring and fulfilling to the soul. I was disappointed to see many ignorant people commenting negatively for being so ignorant not understanding the poem or speech. Poems can be done in many styles unique to the person my English teacher use to say.

    • @bionichoneybadger6974
      @bionichoneybadger6974 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      Lol and neither will you do anything except feel more racis toward the white man.

    • @HiroshiKoto
      @HiroshiKoto 8 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      +Bionic Honeybadger69 nah not really sorry bro. I'm not racist to anybody, we're all human and just want to live life to the fullest so yeah whatevs. Take care bro. XD ^^😆👍

    • @Lijah578
      @Lijah578 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      That's right!

    • @HiroshiKoto
      @HiroshiKoto 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      +ShaF F 😆

    • @wj6695
      @wj6695 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Kirito :3

  • @sambirokitawi3958
    @sambirokitawi3958 4 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    “Injustice is when u keep giving the key but keep changing the locks”

  • @mastershoper8333
    @mastershoper8333 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1181

    for everyone asking what he studied, He is a Doctor of Philosophy.

    • @sarahi5635
      @sarahi5635 5 ปีที่แล้ว +142

      Doctor of Philosophy is just the written out version of PhD, not necessarily what he studied🤷‍♀️

    • @fullthrottlealways
      @fullthrottlealways 5 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      Are you really that ignorant?

    • @kimgray4154
      @kimgray4154 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      OK, thank you

    • @johnmalta5630
      @johnmalta5630 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Dad Man the very heart of communism

    • @genidor
      @genidor 5 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Graduate School of Education
      EdM | 2016
      Learning and Teaching

  • @whatrulookinatmygusfor
    @whatrulookinatmygusfor 5 ปีที่แล้ว +76

    This mans delivery is on point. Also his energy is refreshing considering most of the graduation speeches bore me to sleep

  • @purply_gyatt_clapper
    @purply_gyatt_clapper 5 ปีที่แล้ว +39

    Shout out to Harvard for letting this young man SPEAK freely!!!!

  • @peaceful4you408
    @peaceful4you408 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Whoa!! Dude seems extremely intelligent but also very talented at the same time.

  • @isabellabliss959
    @isabellabliss959 8 ปีที่แล้ว +48

    This was the most beautiful thing i have ever heard. I almost cried

    • @charlesparent1899
      @charlesparent1899 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      Samuel Clark eh, what can I expect from a trump supporter

    • @isabellabliss959
      @isabellabliss959 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      Charles Parent okay this has nothing to do with who voted for who, I personally think that both candidates are absolute shit this year but hey did I say anything about who voted for what? There is nothing wrong with anyone who voted or the other part so quiz being salty about something that's already been settled. Let's all get over it nd move on moth life PLEASE I have had enough politics this year

    • @MeetMyGreenBud7
      @MeetMyGreenBud7 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      when da pussy is almost crying then he is ready to go

    • @donmayers3841
      @donmayers3841 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      Isabella, You are so cute ! xD

  • @ROYALP100
    @ROYALP100 7 ปีที่แล้ว +173

    He's seems like a natural performer which helps when you are also smart...

  • @tatianna3710
    @tatianna3710 4 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    It must feel so good to be able to have such a clear strong educated voice during public speaking!

  • @sihlembodlela5540
    @sihlembodlela5540 3 ปีที่แล้ว +84

    "I am the strange fruit that grew too ripe for the poplar tree."

    • @georgetsagaris8518
      @georgetsagaris8518 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I'm glad I wasn't the only person who got this reference

  • @jaybsampat
    @jaybsampat 5 ปีที่แล้ว +659

    So lucky to have him as my professor at Wake Forest University!
    Edit - thank you for the likes👍

    • @pelin.7992
      @pelin.7992 5 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      really ? is he a professor rn

    • @jaybsampat
      @jaybsampat 5 ปีที่แล้ว +103

      @@pelin.7992 Yup. He is part of the Education department. A fabulous orator and one of the most genuine people I've met!

    • @pelin.7992
      @pelin.7992 5 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      Jay Sampat your classes must be really enjoyable i envy

    • @comedyworldwidelmao9412
      @comedyworldwidelmao9412 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      No shit?

    • @PineappledoesnotbelongonPizza2
      @PineappledoesnotbelongonPizza2 5 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Wait... what does he teach?

  • @haku4810
    @haku4810 5 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    When every part of his speech are powerful quotes. I'm shookt.

  • @mubzy4706
    @mubzy4706 5 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    You know what really shook me. It was the fact that he remembered all of it

  • @Sports_Arena09
    @Sports_Arena09 4 ปีที่แล้ว +161

    He speaks like me with confidence. I wish I had the money to afford Havard. I want to be a cardiologist and I would be great to come out as a product of Harvard. I remember hearing people say,"Harvard is one of the big schools to make one's dream come true." If I don't come here ,I would try to bring my son there one day. Congrats to all class of 2020.

    • @KH-ks7si
      @KH-ks7si 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      You have to get in first lol

    • @aravgeorge1138
      @aravgeorge1138 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Harvard is affordable, if you cant afford it... If your income is below 65000 dollars then it's completely free. Not a lot of people know this. It's not about whether you can afford Harvard, it's about can you get in to Harvard?

    • @axd2312
      @axd2312 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@aravgeorge1138
      How hard is it to get into harvard?
      Is the entry test soooo hard?

    • @aravgeorge1138
      @aravgeorge1138 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      @@axd2312 Harvard is very hard to get jnto. There is no specific entry test. They look at your highschool grades from 9-12th, your extracurricular activities (like hobbies) the awards you have one, essays lors and alot of things.... It's not just about an entry test. You have to be an all rounder you have show leadership, how have you been contributing to the community and a lot of things. Admission to Harvard doesn't revolve around one factor. They take the holistic approach.

    • @axd2312
      @axd2312 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@aravgeorge1138
      Hmm.
      Thanks for clarifying, brother.

  • @christopherabbey4437
    @christopherabbey4437 7 ปีที่แล้ว +583

    This is the most beautiful speech I have ever heard

    • @RobinLundqvist
      @RobinLundqvist 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Christopher Abbey bruh this is more weird than anything

    • @noahriot2129
      @noahriot2129 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      It sucked.

    • @osnoopysnoop1529
      @osnoopysnoop1529 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Christopher Abbey YOU AIN'T LYING, WOW!!✊😎

    • @SundiataBrayboy
      @SundiataBrayboy 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Noah Riot But you're impressing everyone with phrases like, "it sucked" and talking about "dog's buttholes"? The Moors tried to civilize you but failed miserably.

    • @FreeEmpowermentVideos
      @FreeEmpowermentVideos 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      really??, you must do more research, no offense

  • @sijifalore8252
    @sijifalore8252 5 ปีที่แล้ว +340

    So eloquently said. Making us proud bro.

    • @waynehammond7145
      @waynehammond7145 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Beautiful words, young man! What good do they do? Does this stop a white cop from killing an unarmed black male? Do your words provide ownership of corporations that can provide gainful employment for people regardless of race, creed, origin? There are some who wish to oppress others but, ultimately....the oppression is conducted and supported through force.....not beautiful words!!!! Please provide a solution to this problem.....not another means of eloquent statement of the problem. Talk is cheap!!!!

    • @santinogarcia6836
      @santinogarcia6836 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@waynehammond7145 black man kills an unarmed white man.

    • @waynehammond7145
      @waynehammond7145 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@santinogarcia6836 ???? What does your comment mean? ????

    • @billsmlth5381
      @billsmlth5381 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Another affirmative action graduate...Harvard...the once great school that hired a fake Indian and also someone as a professor of The Constitution who obviously had never even read the constitution. Ivy league schools suck....The Bushes, the Clintons, the Obamas, Al Gore ALL ivy grads yet everyone knows NEITHER could pass a fairly given GED

    • @notveryobviousguy4373
      @notveryobviousguy4373 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Wayne Hammond says the guy who just wrote a “cheap” paragraph for nothing! 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

  • @덜덜이안마의자
    @덜덜이안마의자 7 ปีที่แล้ว +119

    It's a power of literature. We can't touch it, but It can be and makes movement of our heart.
    I don't know how he gifted this talent from. Maybe it comes from lights of the stars.

    • @khem127
      @khem127 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thank you for your inspired comment, all these hating comments are making me tired..

  • @ladyblue3255
    @ladyblue3255 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Amazing Speech. I'm tearing up. I'm saddened by his passing. Gone too soon.What a smart, intelligent Man. Rest in Peace 🙏 💔🙏. You'll be missed. My condolences to the family and wife.

    • @ghostofyou9721
      @ghostofyou9721 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      It's an incredibly moving and powerful speech done in such a creative manner that it sticks with you. What happened to him if you know.

  • @Daynamarie07
    @Daynamarie07 4 ปีที่แล้ว +38

    This puts chills down my spine • I’m so grateful to live in a word where amazing minds like his exists.

  • @estlhm805
    @estlhm805 6 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    There is hope in his speech. It's like the voices of the past meet the present

  • @spiralarchitech0727
    @spiralarchitech0727 6 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    I dont know how i got here, but i'm glad i did!
    This Donovan Livingston's speech is mighty impressive!
    He is a credit to Harvard, for sure.
    Kudos young man!

  • @cameronwashington37
    @cameronwashington37 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Just saw this in my recommended and I'm so glad I clicked!!! ✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾

  • @bellamckinnon8655
    @bellamckinnon8655 4 ปีที่แล้ว +49

    One of the most inspiring speeches I've ever heard. Thank you, thank you, thank you, Donovan! This inspires me to get up right now and finish my school work and then plan my future. A true hero, thank you!

  • @davideli22
    @davideli22 8 ปีที่แล้ว +317

    very inspiring young fellow
    I hope you do something great with your life
    well done

    • @cartoonphilosopher2577
      @cartoonphilosopher2577 8 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      He wont.

    • @IWashMyOwnBrain
      @IWashMyOwnBrain 8 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      It's up to each individual to live up to their potential.

    • @antonsebastian6484
      @antonsebastian6484 8 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      nah, the guys pretty awesome giving a speech at harvard one of the most prestigious universities in America, don't limit a person's bounds you dont know what a person is capable of. You should go do something great with your life

    • @antonsebastian6484
      @antonsebastian6484 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      who says homies anymore?

    • @juanrangel7105
      @juanrangel7105 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      +daniel rodriguez probably where your from

  • @gymnasticslove2234
    @gymnasticslove2234 8 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    "Injustice is telling education is the key when you continue to change the locks" -Donovan Livingston

  • @basantikisku1610
    @basantikisku1610 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Education is the best method to take opportunity......

  • @drambersamuels
    @drambersamuels 8 ปีที่แล้ว +38

    His words are powerful.

  • @mastermind6080
    @mastermind6080 5 ปีที่แล้ว +164

    i’ve been a Black hole in the classroom for far too long,
    Absorbing everything, without allowing my light to escape .
    But those days are gone. I belong among the stars.
    And so do you
    Together, we can inspire galaxies of greatness
    For generations to come.
    The sky is not the limit. It’s only the beginning.

    • @SwashOrSquash
      @SwashOrSquash 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      The earth is flat and the sky doesn’t exist. Nothing is real

  • @user-qc8vj3vp9v
    @user-qc8vj3vp9v 6 ปีที่แล้ว +76

    Excellent Donovan!! We need 6 billion more like you on this planrt as it would most definitely be a better, more equitable & peaceful place to dwell. Congratulations & well done.👍👍👌💛💚❤

    • @victory4966
      @victory4966 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@barbshouse6325 lmao..where are they?

  • @محمدصلاحالدين-ج1ذ
    @محمدصلاحالدين-ج1ذ 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    “I’ve always been a thorn to injustice”
    Underrated line

  • @janespeach9366
    @janespeach9366 5 ปีที่แล้ว +56

    Keep that head held high and your wings spread wide as the wind carries you through your life of infinite possibilities. I wish you smooth sailing young Man...respect.

  • @reppin_haiti1446
    @reppin_haiti1446 6 ปีที่แล้ว +360

    "None of us were born to be common we were born to be comets" wow 🗣

    • @JohnSmith-bw6pv
      @JohnSmith-bw6pv 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      so dumb

    • @piAustin
      @piAustin 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      John Smith it's an analogy and it's a good one too. None of us are the same because we all make a difference in the world, no matter how big or small is what he means. Not dumb.

    • @JohnSmith-bw6pv
      @JohnSmith-bw6pv 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@piAustin It's a metaphor and it's a dumb one but since you like it why dont you post it on facebook for your mom and grandma to repost :|

    • @piAustin
      @piAustin 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      John Smith lmao I don't even use facebook. I wouldn't post that type of stuff anyways, but since you are so convinced that it's dumb, please explain. And don't reply that I'm a dumb toxic 5 year old and the internet is stupid or some random bs like that.

    • @carla4954
      @carla4954 6 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@piAustin John is clearly upset because he was not good enough for Harvard's university or any university at all . HA AH.

  • @LifestriderX
    @LifestriderX 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1254

    He’s got my vote. Ya know, if he runs for president...

    • @KaribeCuebas
      @KaribeCuebas 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Heck YES!! He's got my vote too!!

    • @nachiketsharma4507
      @nachiketsharma4507 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Hell ya. My vote too

    • @sylviasmiths4909
      @sylviasmiths4909 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @Rebecca Hope I'll vote for him.

    • @loganblevenson
      @loganblevenson 4 ปีที่แล้ว +45

      a single speech gives him the grounds to campaign for a presidency?

    • @tintin3366
      @tintin3366 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Because he is black? He didn’t policy.

  • @RifatMorshed
    @RifatMorshed 3 ปีที่แล้ว +75

    I want to see him as a rapper. Imagine how many generations he can inspire through his music

    • @Fallkaru
      @Fallkaru 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      I don't think a harvard graduate would become a rapper

    • @merrytious-xfire7878
      @merrytious-xfire7878 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@Fallkaru why?

    • @Yus2568
      @Yus2568 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@merrytious-xfire7878 because rapping is usually dominated by trying to be or are gangsters

    • @merrytious-xfire7878
      @merrytious-xfire7878 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Yus2568 you’d be surprised

    • @merrytious-xfire7878
      @merrytious-xfire7878 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Yus2568 also that’s not all rap is bud. Sounds like you don’t listen to it. Real rap is about peoples lives and the struggles they’ve been thru. You’re thinking of the new gen mumble shit.

  • @hamishmchargUK
    @hamishmchargUK 7 ปีที่แล้ว +100

    Beautiful, absolutely brilliant lad. Great speech and oratorical.

  • @johnhiggins1553
    @johnhiggins1553 8 ปีที่แล้ว +80

    I thank you, young man. From a 66year old white, retired street cop.

    • @aggressivepizza2394
      @aggressivepizza2394 8 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      yes because all old people dont know how to use youtube.

    • @vw1649
      @vw1649 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Finally, someone who gets it.

    • @MrAmbrosse
      @MrAmbrosse 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Who gives a fuck if you are white.

    • @TheChugg11
      @TheChugg11 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@MrAmbrosse
      White police have occasionally been slagged off in the media, so it probably matters to him.

  • @KBeautyShine
    @KBeautyShine 7 ปีที่แล้ว +40

    "So no, the sky is not the limit it's only the beginning" lift off! wow wow wow!!!

  • @MT_7284E
    @MT_7284E 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    "Our stories are the ladders that make it easier for us to touch the stars. So climb!" - How powerful is that word!

  • @ms.6703
    @ms.6703 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3521

    yo get him in a room with kendrick lamar

    • @Latiash
      @Latiash 8 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      thinkin the same thing

    • @timeman6821
      @timeman6821 8 ปีที่แล้ว +99

      I think he should get in a room with all the kids that struggle, every third world country, and all those that don't believe in themselves. Kendrick knows his worth. Let others realize theirs.

    • @ms.6703
      @ms.6703 8 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Tim Eman so deep sooo deep, we just want some good music mane

    • @timeman6821
      @timeman6821 8 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      me too.. but this isnt a music video...

    • @ms.6703
      @ms.6703 8 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Tim Eman TRU but u really think a poem would help end suffering kids in third world countries in this time and age?

  • @LymeStealsGodHeals
    @LymeStealsGodHeals 8 ปีที่แล้ว +43

    From an English major (graduated in 2011) from Centre College in KY, this is so perfectly written and skillfully communicated. Good on you, brother, this is amazing!

  • @drmcaro
    @drmcaro 5 ปีที่แล้ว +178

    Thank you so much! I will watch for your star young brother.

    • @waynehammond7145
      @waynehammond7145 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Beautiful words, young man! What good do they do? Does this stop a white cop from killing an unarmed black male? Do your words provide ownership of corporations that can provide gainful employment for people regardless of race, creed, origin? There are some who wish to oppress others but, ultimately....the oppression is conducted and supported through force.....not beautiful words!!!! Please provide a solution to this problem.....not another means of eloquent statement of the problem. Talk is cheap!!!!

    • @lajila_lajila9996
      @lajila_lajila9996 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@waynehammond7145 stfu

    • @slithergravity412
      @slithergravity412 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@waynehammond7145 How about YOU make a difference instead of demanding some random guy to provide a solution to this huge problem. Your talk to make a change is cheap, actions speak louder than words. You demanding another random person to do something, that sounds kind of ridiculous when you're not the one to make positive impacts on our community and our society

    • @waynehammond7145
      @waynehammond7145 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      ​@@lajila_lajila9996 Is that the best you got? You have no proposed solution to the issues I raised? If you do not .....then you are a part of the problem........ proudly and persistently ignorant! Your lack of respect to me demonstrates your lack of respect to yourself and it still does not even suggest a solution to the issues I raised.

    • @lajila_lajila9996
      @lajila_lajila9996 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@waynehammond7145 your Selfishly placing the burden of finding solutions to those problems on him just cos he made an amazing speech. Just stfu again

  • @stephendanquah1672
    @stephendanquah1672 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Who is still here 2021 for this amazing speech