Commencement

[Verse: Denzel Washington] The point is The point is Every graduate here today has the training and the talent to succeed But do you have guts to fail? Here’s my second point about failure If you don’t fail You're not even trying I'll say it again If you don’t fail You're not even trying My wife told me this great expression To get something you never had You have to do something you never did Les Brown, a motivational speaker, made an analogy about this Imagine you’re on your deathbed—and standing around your bed Are the ghosts representing your unfilled potential The ghosts of the ideas you never acted on The ghosts of the talents you didn’t use And they’re standing around your bed Angry. Disappointed. Upset They say We came to you because you could have brought us to life They say And now we go to the grave together So I ask you today How many ghosts are going to be around your bed when your time comes? [Outro: Aminé]