♪ FEELING GOOD ♪
♪ FEELING GOOD ♪
♪ LIKE I SHOULD ♪
>>> WE’RE BACK WITH "TODAY"
CELEBRATES THE CLASS OF 2020.
A GROUP THAT’S TRIUMPHED OVER
THE USUAL CHALLENGES OF SCHOOL,
AND SO MUCH MORE.
>> INSPIRING FIGURES HAVE GIVEN
THEM WORDS OFCEREMONYIES.
WE’RE GOING TO SHARE SOME OF OUR
FAVORITES.
♪
♪ HOPING YOU TAKE THAT JUMP
DON’T FEEL THE FALL ♪
>> CONGRATULATIONS.
CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU, CHOSEN
ONES.
♪ OPEN THE WATER ♪
>> MUST BE VERY STRANGE, DOING
THIS IN THESE TRYING TIMES. >> YOU WORKED SO HARD AND FOR SO
>> YOU WORKED SO HARD AND FOR SO
LONG, AND YOU EXPECTED IT TO
CULMINATE IN SOME POMP AND
CIRCUMSTANCE, DAMNMIT.
>> I HOPE YOU WEAR IT WITH A
BADGE OF HONOR.
>> IT IS NOT THE GRADUATION YOU
WANTED, BUT YOU ARE GRADUATING.
>> YOU ARE MISSING WHAT WAS
SUPPOSED TO BE YOUR MEDAL
CEREMONY, BUT THE CEREMONY
DOESN’T CHANGE A THING.
YOU’VE WILL EVER WON.
>> I SEE YOUR DEVOTION, YOUR
COMMITMENT, YOUR PASSION.
I SEE YOUR EXHAUSTION.
I SEE YOUR ACCOMPLISHMENT.
>> YOU GUYS ARE OUR FUTURE.
LIKE, YOU’RE EVERYTHING.
WE ARE COUNTING ON YOU.
>> THE WORLD IS YOURS NOW, AND I
CAN’T WAIT TO SEE WHAT YOU MAKE
OF IT.
>> TO THE CLASS OF 2020, I’M
PROUD OF YOU. I HOPE YOU USE YOUR GIFTS TO
I HOPE YOU USE YOUR GIFTS TO
CREATE A BETTER WORLD.
♪ I GIVE IT ALL ♪
♪ I DID IT ALL ♪
♪ I OWNED EVERY SECOND
THAT THIS WORLD COULD GIVE ♪
♪ SO MANY PLACES
THE THINGS THAT I DID ♪
>> CONGRATULATIONS, LIV.
>> YOU HAVE GREATNESS INSIDE
YOU.
EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOU WHO IS
LISTENING, YOU HAVE GREATNESS
INSIDE OF YOU.
YOUR JOB IS TO FIND OUT WHAT
YOUR GIFT IS, DIG IT OUT, AND
GIVE IT TO THE WORLD.
>> IT’S TIME TO CHASE EVERY
DREAM, ACCEPT EVERY CHALLENGE,
STRIVE FOR GREATNESS, HONOR
EVERY PROMISE, RECOMMIT TO YOUR
COMMUNITY.
>> LET THIS MOMENT CONFER YOUR
GENERATION IMMUNITY FROM
CRIPPLING FEAR, AND KNOW THE
MANTRA CAN STILL STAND FOR
SOMETHING.
WE ARE IN THIS TOGETHER.
♪ I DID IT ALL ♪
>> REAL CHANGE HAS STARTED WITH
YOU.
THIS NEW GENERATION OF HIGH
SCHOOL AND COLLEGE GRADUATES,
WHO WE CELEBRATE TODAY, THANK
YOU.
FOR USING YOUR COLLECTIVE VOICE
AND LETTING THE WORLD KNOW THAT
BLACK LIVES MATTER.
>> IF YOU HOLD STRONG WITH THE
SAME FAITH THAT CARRIED ALL
THOSE GIANTS BEFORE YOU TOWARD
REAL, MEASURABLE PROGRESS, YOU
WILL CHANGE THE COURSE OF
HISTORY.
>> THANK YOU FROM THE BOTTOM OF
MY HEART FOR INSPIRING THE WORLD
TO SEE OUR COLLECTIVE HUMANITY.
>> THIS IS YOUR MOMENT.
YOUR GENERATION’S WORLD TO
SHAPE.
TAKING ON THIS RESPONSIBILITY, I
HOPE YOU ARE BOLD.
>> EVEN THOUGH THERE MAY NOT BE
POMP BECAUSE OF OUR
CIRCUMSTANCES, NEVER HAS A
GRADUATING CLASS BEEN CALLED TO
STEP INTO THE FUTURE WITH MORE
PURPOSE, VISION, PASSION, AND
ENERGY AND HOPE.
♪ I DID IT ALL ♪
>> THE FUTURE IS ALWAYS
UNCERTAIN, BUT WE WILL CELEBRATE
WHAT YOU HAVE DONE.
WE CELEBRATE ALL OF YOUR
ACHIEVEMENTS.
WE ARE CERTAIN OF ONE THING ON
THIS DAY, YOU WILL NOT LET US
DOWN.
♪ WHOA, WHOA ♪
