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Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.00,0:00:01.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You are not a mistake.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:01.16,0:00:02.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You are not an accident.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:02.51,0:00:04.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You are here for a reason.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:04.06,0:00:05.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I know you're going through\Nsome hard times
Dialogue: 0,0:00:05.91,0:00:08.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I know life at times might feel rough
Dialogue: 0,0:00:08.05,0:00:10.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or you might feel weird \Nor things might be frustrating.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:10.64,0:00:12.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it's not always going to be like this.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:12.41,0:00:14.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Your condition is not your conclusion.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:16.09,0:00:20.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've got to just take me 5 minutes \Nto kind of just unpack my story
Dialogue: 0,0:00:20.18,0:00:22.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So that you have an idea of who I am
Dialogue: 0,0:00:22.52,0:00:26.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and why I speak with the passion\Nthat I speak with.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:28.17,0:00:30.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There was a time\Nwhen I was in a really dark place.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:31.06,0:00:33.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, my mom had me \Nwhen she was 16 years old
Dialogue: 0,0:00:34.19,0:00:37.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I grew up \Nwithout my biological father in my life
Dialogue: 0,0:00:37.08,0:00:40.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I struggled with years with drug \Nand alcohol abuse
Dialogue: 0,0:00:40.82,0:00:42.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I just found myself in a really,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:42.59,0:00:44.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,really really weird and dark palce.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:44.88,0:00:46.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had to repeat the seventh grade and
Dialogue: 0,0:00:46.87,0:00:48.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when eight grade came around,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:48.50,0:00:50.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'll never forget hearing at a teacher
Dialogue: 0,0:00:50.75,0:00:53.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,conference, a teacher tell my mom that
Dialogue: 0,0:00:53.47,0:00:56.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I wasn't high school material, and I came
Dialogue: 0,0:00:56.11,0:00:58.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to tell you that that words are powerful.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:58.24,0:01:00.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And when I heard that statement, I
Dialogue: 0,0:01:00.20,0:01:02.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,remember feeling like, wow, you know,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:02.36,0:01:04.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like I am really, really a failure.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:04.24,0:01:06.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, like it's one thing to
Dialogue: 0,0:01:06.02,0:01:09.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,tell a student, Hey okay, \Nyou're about to graduate from high school.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:09.28,0:01:11.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You're not college material.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:11.07,0:01:12.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You're not going to go to Ivy league.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:12.54,0:01:14.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Maybe you should go to tech school.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:14.92,0:01:15.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Like, I've heard that, right?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:15.100,0:01:18.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Like different people\Nhave different paths,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:18.10,0:01:20.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but how do you tell a middle school kid
Dialogue: 0,0:01:20.16,0:01:21.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that they're not ready for high chool?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:21.86,0:01:22.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Like, it affected me.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:23.40,0:01:25.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I'll never forget\Ngoing that next year.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:25.69,0:01:29.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And after a series of events,\Na lot of fighting,a lot of struggling
Dialogue: 0,0:01:29.85,0:01:31.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that school end up kicking me out.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:31.99,0:01:33.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They got all bent out of shape
Dialogue: 0,0:01:33.40,0:01:35.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because I cut the electricity off.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:36.61,0:01:39.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The next year I went to another school,\Ngot the
Dialogue: 0,0:01:39.61,0:01:41.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,report card at the end of the year, and because
Dialogue: 0,0:01:41.27,0:01:44.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I did not do well and I did not put good in when
Dialogue: 0,0:01:44.94,0:01:47.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I got that final report card all F's one C.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:48.04,0:01:51.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And my mom is this tall, but when she gets mad,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:51.17,0:01:53.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she turns into the Hulk, you know?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:53.27,0:01:55.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I'm think like,\Nthis is not going to be pretty,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:55.85,0:01:57.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I came up with a plan.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:57.19,0:01:57.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I said, you know what?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:57.97,0:01:58.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm gonna change my grade.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:59.28,0:02:00.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I went to the library.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:00.54,0:02:03.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I got that white out,\NI crossed out all the F's and the C.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:03.41,0:02:05.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I took a fancy pen and a ruler and I
Dialogue: 0,0:02:05.41,0:02:07.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,put those small little dots and lines
Dialogue: 0,0:02:07.30,0:02:09.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I gave myself all A's and two B's
Dialogue: 0,0:02:09.34,0:02:11.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then I made a copy of it, \Nand as soon as I got home
Dialogue: 0,0:02:11.97,0:02:12.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I gave it to my mom,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:12.90,0:02:14.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She took one glance.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:14.12,0:02:16.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She was like, boy, \Nwhere's your real report card at?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:16.64,0:02:18.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I said mom, let me explain it.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:18.54,0:02:20.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She said no, no, no I don't want to hear it.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:20.37,0:02:21.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I know what happened.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:21.65,0:02:22.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I said, you do?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:22.59,0:02:23.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She said yes.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:23.63,0:02:25.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You probably lost it how you always lose
Dialogue: 0,0:02:25.53,0:02:27.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,stuff and you went to the office and they
Dialogue: 0,0:02:27.49,0:02:29.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,had to make a copy of theirs on file.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:31.03,0:02:35.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I said, yup,yup, you be knowing mama.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:35.03,0:02:35.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She like, I know
Dialogue: 0,0:02:35.89,0:02:37.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm like, you know everything.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:37.32,0:02:41.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She's like,\NI know but at the end of that summer,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:41.64,0:02:45.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at the end of that summer, \Nwhen my real report card came in.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:46.23,0:02:47.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was really rough.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:47.66,0:02:51.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've never forget, like when \NI first trick my mom and she saw it.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:51.34,0:02:53.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She was like, i'm so pround of you.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:53.16,0:02:54.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She started crying.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:54.46,0:02:55.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I even got emotional.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:55.68,0:02:57.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was like, I told your momma\NI'm going to make you proud.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:57.96,0:02:59.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She hugging me. I'm hugging her.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:59.36,0:03:00.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We got like a brekthrough.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:00.82,0:03:03.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you're probably wondering like,\NJeremy, why were you crying?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:03.14,0:03:06.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Like you know, you didn't really \Nearn all A's and two B's
Dialogue: 0,0:03:06.88,0:03:10.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, for the first time in a long time,\NI didn't feel like a failure
Dialogue: 0,0:03:11.88,0:03:14.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Like I actually felt successful, \Nlike worthy.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:14.46,0:03:15.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Like
Dialogue: 0,0:03:15.03,0:03:17.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I felt like I was good enough for, so that was
Dialogue: 0,0:03:17.20,0:03:19.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a bit of emotional moment, but it wasn't real
Dialogue: 0,0:03:20.00,0:03:22.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because I didn't really earn those grades.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:22.25,0:03:24.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, when my school \Nsent my real report card home
Dialogue: 0,0:03:24.65,0:03:27.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and my mom saw it, she was in denial.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:27.59,0:03:29.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My baby made A's and B's.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:29.25,0:03:30.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so she called the school.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:30.52,0:03:33.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was like Ooh, hang up the phone,\Nmama, hang up the phone.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:34.87,0:03:36.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And again,she's in tears,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:38.30,0:03:40.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But now what was once tears of joy.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:41.37,0:03:43.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now it was tears of sorrow, \Ntears of pain.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:43.53,0:03:45.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She has the frustration\Nand she's trying to
Dialogue: 0,0:03:45.53,0:03:47.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,figure out like, I wish my baby would just get
Dialogue: 0,0:03:47.76,0:03:50.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it together and I was so hurt, \Nbut I felt stuck.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:50.26,0:03:53.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was depressed, I was tired,\NI was struggling.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:53.51,0:03:55.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I felt like I was an accident.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:55.04,0:03:56.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Like what is the purpose of life?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:56.35,0:03:57.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Like why am I here?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:57.68,0:03:59.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, I felt\Nlike I wasn't. I couldn't fit in
Dialogue: 0,0:03:59.51,0:04:01.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when it was time to read, \NI didn't want to read
Dialogue: 0,0:04:01.13,0:04:03.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because somebody was\Ngonna teach me cause
Dialogue: 0,0:04:03.01,0:04:04.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I wasn't a good reader.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:04.06,0:04:05.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We was always getting into fights,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:05.33,0:04:06.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,people's bullying me.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:06.40,0:04:07.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then there was a time \Nwhen I was the bully,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:07.70,0:04:10.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like I just struggle and I was like, \Nwhat the point of it all?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:11.11,0:04:12.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And my mom's great mom, so
Dialogue: 0,0:04:12.42,0:04:14.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she moved me to another school.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:14.15,0:04:17.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, now I'm at the school now \Ncalled Huntsville high,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:17.04,0:04:19.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is my third school \Nfor the ninth grade.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:20.21,0:04:22.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now I'm at this new school, and
Dialogue: 0,0:04:22.45,0:04:25.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't know how to explain it to you,\Nbut I got a group of teacher,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:25.29,0:04:26.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I felt like they were weird.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:27.51,0:04:30.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They were saying stuff like,\NJeremy, we believe in you.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:31.69,0:04:32.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ME?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:32.52,0:04:36.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One teacher's like, \NOh yeah, Jeremy Anderson up top my man
Dialogue: 0,0:04:36.09,0:04:38.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ah, this is going to be \Nthe best year ever.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:38.25,0:04:40.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm like, ok
Dialogue: 0,0:04:41.22,0:04:43.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One teacher, I had to ask him, I was like
Dialogue: 0,0:04:43.13,0:04:45.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,wait a second, y'all are way too enthusiastic.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:45.25,0:04:46.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Did y'all get my transcripts?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:46.75,0:04:48.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Like, y'all got the right Jeremy.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:48.25,0:04:50.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They was like, yup we got the right
Dialogue: 0,0:04:50.09,0:04:52.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Jeremy, but you're in a new season now.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:53.08,0:04:55.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So you don't have to worry about the past.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:55.05,0:04:57.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was like, yeah, but you do know about last year
Dialogue: 0,0:04:57.07,0:04:58.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I said, you know this is my third school.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:58.57,0:05:02.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They were like, we not worried about that again, Jeremy, you're in a new season
Dialogue: 0,0:05:02.33,0:05:05.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so, let's not bring old things into a new season.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:05.46,0:05:07.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they began to speak life to me.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:07.26,0:05:08.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They began to encourage me.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:08.47,0:05:12.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They begin to affirm me, and\Nbecause I was young and I was immature.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:12.23,0:05:14.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm kind of felt like, well, \Nyou don't really understand my story.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:14.25,0:05:17.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You don't come from where I come from and I'll try to build a wall up
Dialogue: 0,0:05:17.19,0:05:19.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But you know what knocked that wall down?
Dialogue: 0,0:05:19.71,0:05:20.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's love.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:21.52,0:05:23.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know what, knock that wall down.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:23.42,0:05:24.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was perseverance.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:24.59,0:05:26.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know what knocked that wall down?
Dialogue: 0,0:05:26.13,0:05:28.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was like unwavering commitment and
Dialogue: 0,0:05:28.31,0:05:31.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,support and I realized you could be black, white, purple, blue, green.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:31.86,0:05:33.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We need each other.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:33.05,0:05:35.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And if you're showing up, cause you believe in me
Dialogue: 0,0:05:35.29,0:05:39.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you see great things inside me, like maybe, just maybe I could do great things.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:42.43,0:05:46.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Your mindset, \Nyour belief system is everything.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:47.15,0:05:50.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is so beautiful, and so I came \Nall the way from Atlanta Georgia
Dialogue: 0,0:05:50.81,0:05:52.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to tell you, you are not a mistake.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:52.63,0:05:53.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You're not an accident.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:53.99,0:05:55.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You were here for a reason.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:55.55,0:05:57.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I know you're going\Nthrough some hard times.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:57.32,0:06:00.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I know life at times might feel rough or you might feel weird
Dialogue: 0,0:06:00.63,0:06:01.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or things might be frustrating.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:01.96,0:06:03.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it's not going to ways be like this.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:03.79,0:06:06.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Your condition is not your conclusion.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:06.18,0:06:08.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There was so much more that's going to take place.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:08.56,0:06:10.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are so much more power that's inside you.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:10.91,0:06:12.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you make up in your mind.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:12.28,0:06:15.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I choose to believe that\NI could do great things
Dialogue: 0,0:06:15.03,0:06:18.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I promise you my young friends, \NI got to a point in life
Dialogue: 0,0:06:18.11,0:06:20.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when I was like, man, I got these teachers.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:20.48,0:06:21.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They must really care.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:21.50,0:06:22.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Like when you start having teachers
Dialogue: 0,0:06:22.95,0:06:24.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that get dignosed with cancer.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:24.42,0:06:25.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but they still show up to school.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:25.93,0:06:28.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One of my teachers had arthritis so bad
Dialogue: 0,0:06:28.12,0:06:29.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she couldn't even write on the chalkboard.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:29.93,0:06:32.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Other teacher was going through a divorce.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:32.04,0:06:33.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,another one that just buried her child.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:33.75,0:06:37.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm looking for at all these teachers\Nthat going through life just like
Dialogue: 0,0:06:37.41,0:06:40.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you just like me,\Nbut they kept showing up,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:40.55,0:06:42.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so something inside my brain said
Dialogue: 0,0:06:43.54,0:06:45.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Maybe I'm worth it.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:45.10,0:06:49.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Something inside me said \Nmaybe can do great things.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:49.56,0:06:51.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For them to jump through all these hoops
Dialogue: 0,0:06:51.62,0:06:54.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and go out of their way to kind of connect
Dialogue: 0,0:06:54.11,0:06:55.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with me for them to make these sacrifices.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:55.90,0:06:57.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Maybe it is possible for me.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:57.64,0:06:59.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's the same way with you.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:03.78,0:07:05.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sometimes, I'll go back to like being that little boy
Dialogue: 0,0:07:05.75,0:07:07.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the hallway that overhead that teacher
Dialogue: 0,0:07:07.81,0:07:09.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,told my mom cause I wasn't high school material.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:09.88,0:07:11.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then I have to remind myself like, no,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:11.29,0:07:13.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,no, no, no, that, no that's not true.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:13.26,0:07:15.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am that. I can do that.\NI can achieve that.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:15.90,0:07:18.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sometimes I have to remind\Nmyself, what am I telling you.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:18.11,0:07:20.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Like life can be hard, life can be rough.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:20.09,0:07:23.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but there's something special \Nand there's something powerful
Dialogue: 0,0:07:23.42,0:07:24.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about the human mind and
Dialogue: 0,0:07:24.92,0:07:27.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about the human spirit\Nand about the human will.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:27.60,0:07:30.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When you tell yourself, I won't give up, I won't surrender.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:30.43,0:07:32.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I won't quit.I'm going to show up every single day
Dialogue: 0,0:07:32.92,0:07:34.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and do the best that I can.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:34.18,0:07:36.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And here's the beautiful thing about you
Dialogue: 0,0:07:37.40,0:07:39.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is while you're going through your process
Dialogue: 0,0:07:40.14,0:07:42.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and why you're trying to navigate these waters
Dialogue: 0,0:07:42.45,0:07:46.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and while you're still, you know, trying to tweak some stuff within yourself.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:47.06,0:07:49.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You still got the power to save somebody else's life.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:49.74,0:07:52.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You got the power to speak up for others.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:52.10,0:07:53.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You got the power to be the voice of
Dialogue: 0,0:07:53.96,0:07:55.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,reason for someone who might be on the
Dialogue: 0,0:07:55.80,0:07:57.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the verge of doing something they shouldn't do.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:57.53,0:08:00.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They have the power to brighten somebody's day.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:00.09,0:08:01.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Your words are powerful.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:01.38,0:08:04.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Your energy is powerful, \Nand so I don't want you
Dialogue: 0,0:08:04.07,0:08:06.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all to think that you have to have it all together
Dialogue: 0,0:08:06.57,0:08:09.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and everything for you has to be perfect \Nin order for you to be a leader.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:09.54,0:08:10.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No, no, no,no,no,no.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:10.31,0:08:11.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can make an impact.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:11.55,0:08:12.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can make a difference.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:12.82,0:08:15.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can save somebody's life right now by
Dialogue: 0,0:08:15.38,0:08:17.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you just being unapologetically you
Dialogue: 0,0:08:17.85,0:08:20.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you walking in that\Ncalling and you speak life
Dialogue: 0,0:08:20.51,0:08:22.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you were affirmed and you the others know.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:22.62,0:08:25.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I see you and I'm with you and I got your back
Dialogue: 0,0:08:25.41,0:08:27.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you're not by yourself and I will
Dialogue: 0,0:08:27.35,0:08:29.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,hold your hand as you go throughout this
Dialogue: 0,0:08:29.28,0:08:31.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,journey and even through I'm struggling,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:31.33,0:08:33.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't mind fighting on behalf of you and
Dialogue: 0,0:08:33.89,0:08:35.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we're going to figure thing out together.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:38.09,0:08:39.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Key word together.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:41.86,0:08:44.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're going to \Nfigure this thing out together.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:44.53,0:08:46.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's something beautiful about us
Dialogue: 0,0:08:46.30,0:08:48.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,having that mindset of us being together.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:49.69,0:08:51.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know what I'm saying?
Dialogue: 0,0:08:51.09,0:08:54.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not black, white, Asian, \NHispanic, not Republican.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:54.79,0:08:58.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Independent, not gay or straight, \Nnot like male or female,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:58.37,0:09:00.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like us coming together saying, man, we are huamn.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:00.89,0:09:05.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are here and I believe that\Nthere is more that makes us together.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:05.17,0:09:08.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There was more than \Nwe have in common than we have.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:08.41,0:09:09.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's not in common.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:09.67,0:09:12.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I believe there are differences in what's
Dialogue: 0,0:09:12.35,0:09:17.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,make us don't dog on amazing our differences.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:20.32,0:09:21.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think about that, right?
Dialogue: 0,0:09:21.63,0:09:24.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Like there was so many amazing things
Dialogue: 0,0:09:24.03,0:09:26.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and there were so many different\Namazing personalities
Dialogue: 0,0:09:26.69,0:09:31.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and there was nobody else this planet\Nexactly like you.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:31.74,0:09:32.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I believe
Dialogue: 0,0:09:33.69,0:09:36.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we make a decision to say, \Nyou know what?
Dialogue: 0,0:09:36.05,0:09:38.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We will come together as a people.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:38.42,0:09:40.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We will come together as a nation.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:40.69,0:09:42.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We will come together as a state.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:42.95,0:09:44.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We will come together as a city.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:44.98,0:09:46.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We will come together as a district.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:46.83,0:09:48.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We will come together as a school.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:48.81,0:09:50.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We will come together as a grade.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:50.40,0:09:52.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We will come together as a class
Dialogue: 0,0:09:52.36,0:09:54.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we will value each other.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:54.11,0:09:55.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We will speak life to one another
Dialogue: 0,0:09:55.78,0:09:57.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we will help each other go to that next level.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:04.19,0:10:04.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know what?
Dialogue: 0,0:10:04.93,0:10:05.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm not just a student.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:05.89,0:10:08.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know what I'm saying? That just happening to me this grade.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:08.15,0:10:09.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm not just here at the school.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:09.88,0:10:11.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm here for a reason.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:11.28,0:10:13.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know what I'm saying, you got to tell yourself, man, I feel like
Dialogue: 0,0:10:13.48,0:10:15.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've been pushed down in the dirt.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:15.27,0:10:17.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I feel like people have been stomping on me.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:17.40,0:10:19.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I feel like stuff has been raining on me.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:19.25,0:10:22.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But you didn't realize as my \Nyoung friends, you were just a seed,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:22.20,0:10:24.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so you got to tell yourself. no, no,no
Dialogue: 0,0:10:24.22,0:10:27.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I haven't been pushed down on the dirt and I haven't been stomped on.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:27.11,0:10:30.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've been planted and not been placed \Nin this pot for a reason.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:30.46,0:10:34.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we're at this arena, here to be \Nable to have a conversation to say,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:34.26,0:10:36.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what does it look like to go to that next level?
Dialogue: 0,0:10:36.16,0:10:38.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so I need you all to do the same thing
Dialogue: 0,0:10:38.15,0:10:40.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When you leave here, if you feel like
Dialogue: 0,0:10:40.02,0:10:43.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you're in a weird place if you feel stuck, if you feel like, you know what,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:43.51,0:10:45.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I just feel like I need some help.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:45.07,0:10:46.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You get the help you need.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:46.38,0:10:48.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's how you show how strong and
Dialogue: 0,0:10:48.37,0:10:50.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how bold and how powerful you are.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:51.90,0:10:53.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What's the next app \Nthat you're going to create?
Dialogue: 0,0:10:53.91,0:10:55.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You don't say sometimes I wonder like,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:55.22,0:10:57.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you know, say, are you going to come up with a cure
Dialogue: 0,0:10:57.08,0:10:58.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for alzheimers, domentia?
Dialogue: 0,0:10:58.56,0:11:00.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Are you going to come up, you know what
Dialogue: 0,0:11:00.19,0:11:03.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm saying, with something that can purify water for people across the globe?
Dialogue: 0,0:11:03.04,0:11:05.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Are you going to create\Nthe next app con connect us?
Dialogue: 0,0:11:05.78,0:11:08.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Are you going to be the next teacher or superintendent?
Dialogue: 0,0:11:08.24,0:11:10.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Are you going to be the next leader in our community like,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:10.69,0:11:13.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like, I'd be wondering sometimes like what are the great things
Dialogue: 0,0:11:13.41,0:11:14.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that you're to accomplish?
Dialogue: 0,0:11:14.53,0:11:17.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And there are times when I look at what's happening in the world
Dialogue: 0,0:11:17.77,0:11:19.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I'm a bit discouraged.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:19.91,0:11:21.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've got a seven-year-old daughter
Dialogue: 0,0:11:21.51,0:11:22.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and a one-year-old baby boy.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:22.74,0:11:24.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sometimes I look at the crazy stuff that's
Dialogue: 0,0:11:24.33,0:11:26.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,happening in this worls and I'm like, man,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:26.10,0:11:28.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what kind of world am I rasing my kids in?
Dialogue: 0,0:11:29.17,0:11:31.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But then I'm encouraged because I
Dialogue: 0,0:11:31.38,0:11:32.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,get to come to events like this.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:32.96,0:11:35.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I'll get to look in your faces and connect
Dialogue: 0,0:11:35.07,0:11:37.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with you and I have no doubt that there's great things
Dialogue: 0,0:11:37.43,0:11:39.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,inside you and that you're going to experience
Dialogue: 0,0:11:39.59,0:11:41.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,some amazing things inside your life
Dialogue: 0,0:11:41.53,0:11:44.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you make a decision to say, I'm going to speak up,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:44.95,0:11:47.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm going to stand up.I'm going to save a life.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:47.12,0:11:49.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you tell yourself I will be a leader.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:49.51,0:11:51.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you tell yourself, I am going to show up
Dialogue: 0,0:11:51.44,0:11:53.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,every single day of my school and I'm going to go above and
Dialogue: 0,0:11:53.90,0:11:56.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,beyond because there are some kids in some different countries
Dialogue: 0,0:11:56.96,0:11:59.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and some different places that wish they had
Dialogue: 0,0:11:59.07,0:12:03.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the opportunity to be at my school, to have floors and lights
Dialogue: 0,0:12:03.07,0:12:04.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know I'm saying
Dialogue: 0,0:12:04.20,0:12:05.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and screen and technology.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:08.87,0:12:11.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've been some places my young friends while
Dialogue: 0,0:12:11.43,0:12:13.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I walked us through schools and some different countries
Dialogue: 0,0:12:13.72,0:12:15.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,doing some volunteer work,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:15.08,0:12:17.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I'm seeing the facilities they're in.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:17.50,0:12:19.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I know I've met some kids that would love
Dialogue: 0,0:12:19.87,0:12:22.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to come here and able to go to school
Dialogue: 0,0:12:22.06,0:12:24.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that has a gym or be able \Nto go to school that has AC
Dialogue: 0,0:12:24.92,0:12:26.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or to be able to go to school that they has desk,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:26.78,0:12:29.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or to be able to go to school where they get their own books and then some
Dialogue: 0,0:12:29.83,0:12:31.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of y'all tablets and all these extra things.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:31.33,0:12:32.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are so privileged.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:32.80,0:12:35.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What do we do with this opportunity that we have?
Dialogue: 0,0:12:35.15,0:12:37.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want to challenge you to make the most of it,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:37.59,0:12:40.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to speak life, to love, to encourage.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:41.26,0:12:43.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To wrap your arms around those who are
Dialogue: 0,0:12:43.91,0:12:45.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,struggling and you let them know,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:45.57,0:12:47.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you know where you're not in this by yourself
Dialogue: 0,0:12:47.94,0:12:50.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What we're not going to do is we're not going to quit.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:50.30,0:12:52.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What we're not gonna do is we're not going o surrender.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:52.44,0:12:54.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What we're not going to do is we're going to just
Dialogue: 0,0:12:54.14,0:12:55.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you know what I'm saying, just stay in this place.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:55.83,0:12:58.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We knew that eventually things would change.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:58.52,0:13:00.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Like eventually it's going to turn around
Dialogue: 0,0:13:00.48,0:13:04.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for my good and we'll be stronger from it and we'll be better equipped
Dialogue: 0,0:13:04.48,0:13:06.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and this will make us better people.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:06.50,0:13:08.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now you can't always control what happens to you.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:08.96,0:13:11.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My friends. But you can\Ncontrol how you respond to it.