2017 Baccalaureate Speaker: Daveed Diggs
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- Daveed Diggs, performer, rapper and writer and Honorary Degree Candidate delivered the Baccalaureate address to the Class of 2017 on Saturday afternoon, May 27, in the Meeting House of the First Baptist Church in America.
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Saturday, May 27, 2017
First Baptist Church
Providence
"Faculty squad, thank you for having me"
Perfect senior quote
I will have that as my senior quote now
And the squad took it good-humouredly too!
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@@Juliak0410 Smooth
I'll take this lmaoo
You can tell he's kinda nervous but his personality is so charismatic and cute it doesn't matter.
I have watched many videos of him lately, and he talks about being shy. He really is charismatic and cute. And BRILLIANT. 💚
@@YellowRubberDuckie Rt
The way his normal talking slips into poetry and rap is so seamless and beautiful I could honestly listen to this man for hours
i swear to God its so silky smooth and HAWT MSMWNENNQNS
@@proudlyachildofGOD And I'm a little nervous but I can't show it-
Go listen to clipping, he did a terrific job 👏
this man is just... I love him.
Jonathan Joseph me too
Who doesn't
Ayoo?
I mean at this point who doesn’t
It's official. His language is rap
HE'S 38? HELLO HE COULD BE MY DAD AND I'M OVER HERE CRUSHING
actually he was 33 in 2015 which makes him 38 now and same :)
Glad somebody said it😭😭
Age is but a number 🥺
Does that mean I could be your mom? Jesus Christ, I feel like if I got pregnant _today_ people would be like "poor girl, so young, where are her parents?" 😅
ari halen yep 😭
This man is a miracle.
And a blessing.
A force of the nature, as Lin has described him 💖
So is his hair
"That would be enough"
"I wrote that just to stunt, theres no reason"
The reason he did that is because he knew I would die 😔🥴😍
I love how he references himself as two different people
😂 that confused me for a bit
Daveed diggs post Hamilton and daveed diggs pre Hamilton.
I was there 👁👄👁 but I was too young to understand what a legend he was
omg knsjsjgswjkjas
Like what?
How does it feel to be blessed by the gods
Oh. My. God
W h a t.
“I asked if it could be in engineering”
I died of laughter after that
Omg hahahha I’m studying engineering
@@tsthinker1318 Me too lol
collection of laughs (even little ones)
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enjoy happy Daveed
Thank you for your service.
Myrin you are a freaking goddess
T H A N K Y O U
May you be blessed with a million miracles. (Thank you!!!!!!!!)😂
Thanks
Thank you 😂
"Dope, do that"
i live by this now.
How is it going?
@@_the_ still telling myself that phrase when i have doubts about doing something that sounds fun but risky/hard hahaha thank u for asking
@@latosing Dope, do that
'Singing a song his friend had written for him to sing playing a man who would have beat him savagely for singing it had he been born in similar circumstances roughly 224 years prior' - Daveed Diggs
🤣
Except Jefferson wouldn't have done the beating. He would get a lackey to do it and later claim he had nothing to do with it. That's the way Jefferson got distasteful stuff done. He ordered it done, then kept his own slave holding hands clean.
Wrong emoji there dude
Dear daveed diggs parents:
I love you and thank you for bringing this wonderful person into the world. I appreciate it. Very much. i love you
Let's thank'em for Malcolm, Daveed not so lil bro, cool guy as well
Amen ❤️❤️❤️❤️
This was one of the DOPEST speeches I’ve ever heard... man, he was so transparent. Much respect.
I'm literally in love with him, it's unreal.
me too!!!
Nasiah Dejae same aah!
Same 😍😍
Lin-Manuel Miranda and Daveed Diggs' Commencement speeches are just too good and LIT!!!
I love this!!!
i love how when he gets emotional his voice cracks uncontrollably i love him so much.
the fact that he raps in his speech i loved it.
Daveed: **pauses**
if i was there: *LAFAYETTE!!!*
also, can we talk about his smile and laugh? he's such a pure bean.
Protect this man
Please
SAME! I would join your scream whenever he pauses lmao
We will protect him at all costs
2:27
ur larry pfp 🥺🥺
8:24 “yeah, lit. section i heard you” LMAO
Daveed has an old-age wisdom about him that he wraps up in an unchanging youthfulness.
This was powerful in ways that words fail to express. It was raw, real, honest... He’s been through some things in his life and yet here he is.. still feeling like he has no idea wth he’s doing, meanwhile the rest of us are looking up to him. Absolutely incredible. Also this mans flow is hotter than fire holy cow.
That laugh. There is 1,010,300 words in the english language, but I couldn’t string enough words to describe how much this man makes me swoon.
Btw i knew about hamilton in 2016, but only had the soundtrack cuz I’m from the Philippines.
Same
Pretty nice amount of likes rn
Kaden Brunner 😂 i was loading . Was like what u mean hhahahaha
"Another part dies in politeness. At least not the part that can write this."
The way this man talks, maaaaaaan the man is _non-stop_
Also the speech is honestly amazing
This speech made me laugh, gave me chills and almost made me cry - at the same time. This man is amazing, his words are so powerful.
He's such a precious cinnamon roll!! I wanna give him a hug and buy him ice cream ♥
I'd just like to hug him. Big crush.
Diana Holdsworth same lol.
@Leave me Alone ???
@Leave me Alone its a hamilton thing 😀
i love him too much oh my god he’s a bean his laugh, his smile, his eyes, also like wait up his nOSE is gorgeous, his poetry, his voice, i love him. some of my favourite quotes “faCULTY SQUAD” “daveed diggs parents are gangsters” “daveed diggs is a liar” “daveed diggs mom is also a liar” “i was on *BOAT*” “clothes from zara,,,,,“ the whole speech basically i love him.
Or you could clap and cheer like a normal person ~daveed diggs
Ik more people are focused on his rapping and comedy but the amount this dude has gone thru and is still so humbled and able to be charismatic, I respect him so so much
nobody:
not a soul:
me: **breathes**
daveed:
*fAcuLtY sQUad*
Sorry I had to watch this twice the first time I watched it, I was swooning too much to actually listen to him...
What a powerful speech.
can i just say that his laugh is contagious
I was into it from the very first sentence he spoke. The man known as Daveed Diggs is awesome.
I could listen to this man talk non stop 24/7
I'm crying, I've gotta do so much more than what I've been doing.
I would have been that kid who every time he paused during his speech would have yelled "LAFAYETTE!!!"
the_viper_ queen or “JEFFERSON”
same
Same man same
Omg yasssssss
And it’s likely that he would’ve been very annoyed
I'm only one minute in, but as a spoken word poet, TWO THUMBS UP.
we don't deserve him 😭
Were any of the graduates Hamilton fans😍👌
Clipping>Hamilton
Chris Williams clipping. is straight up amazing i love it so much😌✌️
12:45 is where i started crying.
Truly one of my life crushes! I could listen to him for hours!
I love how at 3:52 he goes
*serious* HA HA. *back to serious* in like two seconds
Edit: I just rewatched it and I caught the part where he said "started a group called Clipping. that nobody liked" BOY UR KIDDING RIGHT! CLIPPING IS FUCKING DOPE! i'm no where near a hip-hop/rap fan, but there's something about Clipping that i dig so much.
8:12-8:40 killed me omg why is he so precious
the fact that hes been walking around already in 2004 while i was just born makes me feel skjdfbdjk idk the word
this man is a treasure and you can fight me on that
I don’t love anyone more on this earth then Daveed Diggs.
I loved everything about this.
Daveed Diggs, you give me hope.
Wow, they really got their Daveed Diggs guesting for what it's worth.
This man spoke more words than most commencement speakers within the same time frame. Or roughly the same number of words as with a speaker that spoke for an hour or more.
After finishing the video:
Wow, he gave a real and powerful speech. I appreciated his honesty and the fact that this wasn't a pretentious talk.
I say this over and over but I'm so proud of him Jesus he's great
I love this man beyond belief it's hard to think he's even real, I didnt know angels were on earth. Who knew.
I want to hug him.
He seemed really nervous but good job loml!!!!!❤️❤️😂😂😂
I have adored Daveed Diggs for sometime but it only today occurred to me that he could one day be named America's Poet Laureate. When he raps a story like the one where he was handcuffed for absolutely no reason, he evokes in the listener multiple powerful emotions. The listener feels what he (Daveed) felt: astonishment, fear, anger, and shame. Like so many other white Americans pre-Hamilton, I did not think that I could ever see any value in rap music. Now I find myself listening intently to Daveed, and I am moved.
He is so real. So honest. Hope I get a chance to meet him to thank him.
People don’t get asked to do this things, lists of accomplishments do.
I LOVE HIM SO MUCH
This is a really remarkable speech.
OK so I know that I haven't had to climb nearly as far as Daveed had but "cramming too much into a life that feels too short because it didn't start until he had already lived 33 years" and "old enough to know all that experience don't show he know a goddamn thing" hit me right in the gut. I feel that way all the time.
I'm trying not to cry at the adaptation of cane. I know he said it was bad but I thought it was really beautiful.
Sounded like most of the speech was literally rapped to us. Dude is insane. He's in my top 5 for sure after only knowing about him after Hamilton on Disney+ 😣😣 And he's in my top 5 for clipping. alone, which I've been violently addicted to for the last couple months. Also love that he's so modest. He's so in-tune with his rap ability and story telling that he sees it as trivial, while we sit there with are jaws stuck open with how he STILL CONTINUES RAPPING AND GIVING A+ STORY TELLING. People talk about underrated and undervalued musical artists, but this dude is FOR SURE one of the biggest ones in my opinion.
Also his movie Blindspotting was so incredible. Everyone needs to know about the brilliant things this man does and works on. Bless Daveed to the highest ability.
DITTO!
My, god! That man is soooo talented. Glad I took the time to watch this. I’m sure I’ll watch it again. Those kids were truly given a treat to have Daveed Diggs give their commencement speech. So honest, so raw, sooo full of truths. I hope they paid attention.
He’s such a good person I love him so much he’s so sweet and kind and can do a French accent that will make you *melt* 😍😍😍😍
B High's finest. Daveed always had talent. Happy to see him shining.
You’ve never been satisfied. And neither have I. Thank you for not telling lies to compromise the truth in your eyes.
No matter what is accomplished, the question is always there: was it enough? Am I enough?
Was it just luck? Because I really did f*** up.
But you just put me on the up and up again, reaching me with your unimpeachable power of speech.
Jokes aside: thank you for showing your other side. I can’t say why, but you made me cry.
Wow! Just wow. I love this man.
dont you just love it when daveed diggs
Every now and again I gotta come back to this video
Mrs. Diggs thank you so much for creating this amazing human.
Caitlyn Cardenas give the assist to Mr. Diggs!
That poem after the Sonia Sanchez-everyone needs to hear it
it's also funny how he talks in a flow sometimes as if he's rapping when he's really just speaking. 😂
Knees on the Ground was released 3 years after this.
I just listened to that song and was like "wait that sounds familiar" so I came back to this video and yep here it is
He is brilliant. Wow. Just wow.
We need to protect him at all costs
I just love him.
I’ve watched this 1000 times and have cried every single time. the amount of love I have for this man is overwhelming
I love this so much. I watch it when I get anxious about the future. This inspires. This hits home.
His little nervous laugh is so precious OMGGG
“I’ll speak for him” GENIUS
We don’t deserve Daveed Diggs
The way he transitions from normal speaking into poetry is incredible. This man is an amazing poet
He's a national treasure 🏆
he's so amazing oh my god
Daveed is the best...
what a guy.
His voice is ✨soothing✨
This was brilliant. I was meant to graduate this year. Thanks to pandemic, that was not possible. I'm in a period of uncertainty - I am sure many people can relate. I watched moments of different online "Class of 2020" graduation videos, but this truly gave me a bit of clarity and a bit of hope and a bit of determination to grow and face challenges. I'll remember this moment of rebirth. May it be one of many.
I know it feels surreal and a bit unfair, but CONGRATULATIONS on all your hard work and sacrifice, the labor before your birth!!
@@nighteowl Thank you very much! You're reply made my day! I hope you have a lovely weekend.
I'm so sorry that Covid messed up your graduation!! 😔🥺
I can't stop smiling looking at this man
OMG HIS LAUGH IS AMAZING IT MAKES MY HEART MELT AHHH
Phenomenal.
It's always that one video in the suggestions that I've skipped over a few times...that ends up moving me the most.
"do it if you must.. but you can also clap and cheer like a normal person???"
Somehow he made me cry and laugh at the same time while doing a speech a Brown. Only you, Daveed.
This man could end all war with just his face. 💜😍😵
Is it possible that a written transcript (formatted in non-CC sequence) could be published? Or if a transcript has been written, I'd love to see the link in the description!
@Definitely Alec oh my god
@Definitely Alec ikr
I made a transcript, if you want it
@@Charlie-tc8sr I would love it please!
thank you hamilton for bringing this perfect man into my life
Fr tho
2:18 so im convinced daveed was the first to use the phrase ‘sus’
This man is so underrated......