I did not get to experience college like some of you, or the campus parties that left you struggling the next day in class, although that could have been fun.
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Real change has started with you, this new generation of high school and college graduates who we celebrate today. We've seen that our collective hearts, when put to positive action, can start the wheels of change. It has left the entire country searching for answers. The killings of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, and so many others have left us all broken. Thank you for using your collective voice in letting the world know that black lives matter. You have arrived here in the middle of a global crisis, a racial pandemic, and worldwide expression of outrage at the senseless killing of yet another unarmed black human being, and you still made it. And congratulations to the class of 2020. Obama for including me in this very special day. "Real change has started with you, this new generation of high school and college graduates who we celebrate today." "We've seen that our collective hearts, when put to positive action, can start the wheels of change," she said.
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The Grammy winner also brought up the recent killings of George Floyd Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, and so many others for whom this year's graduates and many other Americans are marching in the streets.
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She brought up her own struggles getting started in the music industry and her eventual plan to make things happen for herself and to give others the chances they weren't given because of the male-dominated music world and the lack of opportunities that so many women and people of color have. During YouTube's "Dear Class of 2020" special today, the singer stressed that graduates need to build their own stage and "make the world see. I'd put myself first and make the rules as I go Cause I know that she'll be faithful, waiting for me to come home, to come home.Beyoncé offered some words of wisdom during a candid commencement speech for class of 2020 graduates.
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Kelly) If you were a boy then girl you'd understand you need to stop listening to your friends love, respect and trust your man So I go to clubs with the guys and sometimes flirt with the girls I should be able to roll out as long as Im coming home to you and give you the world But you are not a boy, so you dont have a clue (ey) How I work and pay the bills girl and everything I do is for you (eh eh) (Beyonce) I'd listen to her Cause I know how it hurts When you lose the one you wanted Cause he's taking you for granted And everything you had got destroyed If I were a Boy (Beyonce) If I were a Girl (Kelly) I would turn off my phone (Beyonce) I wouldn't play games (Kelly) Tell everyone it's broken so they'd think that I was sleeping alone (Beyonce) Girl you know thats wrong (Kelly) If I were a boy even just for a day I'd roll out of bed in the morning and throw on what I wanted and go Drink beer with the guys and chase after girls I'd kick it with who I wanted and I'd never get confronted for it cause they stick up for me If I were a boy I think I could understand How it feels to love a girl I swear I'd be a better man I'd listen to her Cause I know how it hurts When you lose the one you wanted Cause he's taking you for granted And everything you had got destroyed (R.