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Stop being this high school drop out

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Stop quiting stop sleeping on the streets

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Stop walking on the streets up and down...

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And get your GED

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Don't be afraid to take a test .

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Stop being afraid to go to college

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Because your parents didn't study

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♪

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I don't do well in math

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You're right, you ve never studied

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"i m not good in writing ..."

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That's right, because you ve never written before

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You can't get[br]through a writing class,

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and you've got tutor after tutor,[br]resource after resource.

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The problem is, you ain't never[br]felt no pain before; you're soft!

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It's a soft generation.[br]You quit on everything!

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You have to give it[br]everything you got.

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No more TV, no more partying,[br]no more playing.

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If you don't have a 4.0,[br]what you need to be doing is studying.

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You a sophomore; you like me;[br]"I'm just a sophomore."

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Or "I'm just a freshman,"[br]like, "I got time, you know,

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to put it in another year."[br]But you don't realize this--

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that the opportunity that you need[br]is in your sophomore year;

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it's not in your[br]senior year.

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Listen to me--[br]you running out of time!

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♪

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The next time you give[br]a low effort, right,

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you give a 70%[br]or a 50% or a 30%,

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I want you to think about[br]what you're thinking about

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when your effort[br]is low,

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and you're probably thinking[br]"I got to" versus "I get to."

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Listen to me![br]If your effort is low,

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you're probably not thinking[br]about the opportunity;

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you're probably thinking[br]about the obligation.

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♪

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Because success[br]is allergic to average!

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Are you hearing[br]what I'm telling you?

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Success and average don't have[br]nothing to do with each other,

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so you can't say[br]you wanna be successful;

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you can't say[br]there are certain dreams and goals,

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and things you want to have,[br]and things you want to be,

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if you are still average!

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You've got to get to the point[br]where you get allergic to average;

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you don't think average;[br]you don't perform average.

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Success and average have absolutely[br]nothing to do together.

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This is what[br]I'm telling you.

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Your teacher[br]can't stand average!

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Nobody really[br]likes average.

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And a problem[br]with a lot of you

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is you not allergic[br]to average, alright?

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You gotta do me a huge favor, man--[br]you lying to yourself.

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On one point you said[br]you wanna be great;

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you wanna[br]do great things;

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you want to[br]have greatness;

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you want to[br]be great!

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Listen to me--[br]but on the other hand, for real!

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For real, you comfortable[br]with average!

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You cannot be average any longer--[br]why?

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Because average[br]attracts average.

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I am telling you[br]to be great,

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because when you are great,[br]you attract great.

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When you are average,[br]you attract average.

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So I need you to do me a favor--[br]I need you to get off average, right?

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I need you to get off average!

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You ain't got to rely on nobody[br]to get off average but you.

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I don't care what nobody else[br]in your family is doing.

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I don't care what[br]your teacher is doing.

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I don't care what's going on[br]in your school,

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what kind of school you have,[br]what kind of job you have.

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Just because the people[br]are average around you

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don't mean[br]you gotta be average.

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♪

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You either here[br]or you there.

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There's no middle ground.

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And so what I am telling you is[br]that you can't count the cost.

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When you want something bad,[br]you can't count the cost,

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because if you count the cost,[br]and you see how much it cost,

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you might quit;[br]you might give up.

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So you've got to go in knowing that[br]I don't count the cost.

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I do as many push-ups as it takes;[br]as many sit-ups as it takes;

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as many reps as it takes;[br]I study as long as it takes.

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I pay whatever the price is--[br]why?

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Because if I start[br]counting the cost,

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I might quit;[br]I might give up;

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I might surrender.

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Don't count the cost!

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You don't count the cost[br]on this one.

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♪

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You don't count the cost[br]on this one.

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You don't count the cost[br]on this one.

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You-- you just do what you've got to do[br]on this one,

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and then you look back[br]when it's all over

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and you see the reward.

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You look back[br]and you see the accomplish.

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You don't count it.

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You just look back[br]and you see that you succeeded.

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♪

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Everybody got a dream.[br]Everybody got a goal.

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What's the gap?

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If everybody got one,

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if everybody wake up[br]in the beginning of the year

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saying this is[br]their year,

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then why is it some people year[br]and not other people year?

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You know why?[br]I've said it before.

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It don't got nothing to do with[br]your dreams and goals.

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Everybody got a dream.[br]Everybody got a goal.

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The question is, when you[br]wake up in the morning,

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what effort are you[br]putting forth?

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Everybody with a dream and a goal[br]ain't giving 120.

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And some people might be[br]giving it on Monday,

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but they ain't giving it[br]on Tuesday.

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And some people giving it[br]a hundred and-- listen to me--

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120, seven days a week,[br]365 days.

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I want you to work on[br]your mind.

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For real, education is the most[br]important thing in your life.

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I didn't say degrees.

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I'm not just talking about going[br]to school and getting a degree.

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I'm talking about[br]getting knowledge.

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Knowledge is power!

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Information changes situation.

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♪