"Faculty squad, thank you for having me" Perfect senior quote

You can tell he's kinda nervous but his personality is so charismatic and cute it doesn't matter.

The way his normal talking slips into poetry and rap is so seamless and beautiful I could honestly listen to this man for hours

this man is just... I love him.

HE'S 38? HELLO HE COULD BE MY DAD AND I'M OVER HERE CRUSHING

It's official. His language is rap

This man is a miracle.

"I wrote that just to stunt, theres no reason"

I love how he references himself as two different people

“I asked if it could be in engineering” I died of laughter after that

I was there 👁👄👁 but I was too young to understand what a legend he was

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

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.

'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 🤣

"Dope, do that" i live by this now.

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

Lin-Manuel Miranda and Daveed Diggs' Commencement speeches are just too good and LIT!!! I love this!!!

8:24 “yeah, lit. section i heard you” LMAO

He's such a precious cinnamon roll!! I wanna give him a hug and buy him ice cream ♥

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.

nobody: not a soul: me: **breathes** daveed: *fAcuLtY sQUad*

i love how when he gets emotional his voice cracks uncontrollably i love him so much.

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.

collection of laughs (even little ones) 2:20 2:25 2:28 2:52 3:02 3:30 3:38 3:51 5:55 6:06 6:18 6:33 6:48 7:01 7:28 7:32 7:37 8:05 8:20 8:31 8:34 8:36 8:42 9:11 9:14 9:20 9:55 9:59 10:45 11:11 11:14 11:18 11:21 11:33 11:51 12:33 13:41 15:14 15:35 15:39 15:42 16:21 17:12 17:21 17:35 17:40 17:43 17:49 17:59 18:15 18:45 18:53 enjoy happy Daveed

The way this man talks, maaaaaaan the man is _non-stop_ Also the speech is honestly amazing

Daveed has an old-age wisdom about him that he wraps up in an unchanging youthfulness.

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.

"Another part dies in politeness. At least not the part that can write this."

I would have been that kid who every time he paused during his speech would have yelled "LAFAYETTE!!!"

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

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 could listen to this man talk non stop 24/7

I was into it from the very first sentence he spoke. The man known as Daveed Diggs is awesome.

Were any of the graduates Hamilton fans😍👌

Truly one of my life crushes! I could listen to him for hours!

I'm crying, I've gotta do so much more than what I've been doing.

8:12-8:40 killed me omg why is he so precious

I'm only one minute in, but as a spoken word poet, TWO THUMBS UP.

12:45 is where i started crying.

we don't deserve him 😭

this man is a treasure and you can fight me on that

I loved everything about this. Daveed Diggs, you give me hope.

I want to hug him.

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 love this man beyond belief it's hard to think he's even real, I didnt know angels were on earth. Who knew.

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.

I don’t love anyone more on this earth then Daveed Diggs.

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.

I say this over and over but I'm so proud of him Jesus he's great

I LOVE HIM SO MUCH

He is so real. So honest. Hope I get a chance to meet him to thank him.

He seemed really nervous but good job loml!!!!!❤️❤️😂😂😂

Mrs. Diggs thank you so much for creating this amazing human.

the fact that hes been walking around already in 2004 while i was just born makes me feel skjdfbdjk idk the word

People don’t get asked to do this things, lists of accomplishments do.

This is a really remarkable speech.

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* 😍😍😍😍

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.

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.

Wow! Just wow. I love this man.

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.

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.

Every now and again I gotta come back to this video

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.

dont you just love it when daveed diggs

That poem after the Sonia Sanchez-everyone needs to hear it

B High's finest. Daveed always had talent. Happy to see him shining.

He is brilliant. Wow. Just wow.

I just love him.

We need to protect him at all costs

I love this so much. I watch it when I get anxious about the future. This inspires. This hits home.

I’ve watched this 1000 times and have cried every single time. the amount of love I have for this man is overwhelming

he's so amazing oh my god

13:57 If this had happened after Hamilton and I'd recognised Daveed. I swear I would have started crying and called the cops on that cop.

His voice is ✨soothing✨

Daveed is the best...

It's always that one video in the suggestions that I've skipped over a few times...that ends up moving me the most.

OMG HIS LAUGH IS AMAZING IT MAKES MY HEART MELT AHHH

His little nervous laugh is so precious OMGGG

I can't stop smiling looking at this man

He's a national treasure 🏆

Phenomenal.

it's also funny how he talks in a flow sometimes as if he's rapping when he's really just speaking. 😂

what a guy.

He's such a delight.

EVERYONE GIVE IT UP FOR AMERICAS FAVOURITE FIGHTING FRENCHMAN. Yeah but I love him he’s perfect

Knees on the Ground was released 3 years after this.

Somehow he made me cry and laugh at the same time while doing a speech a Brown. Only you, Daveed.

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!

“I’ll speak for him” GENIUS

The way he transitions from normal speaking into poetry is incredible. This man is an amazing poet

this really hits different in 2020...daveed is so talented and eloquent i love him....

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 found this video from a video all about all of Daveed Diggs in Hamilton which had a few clips at the end of him outside of the show; On Jimmy Fallon, with his kid on his shoulder, one of the raps in this, dressed as a llama. Those 'everyday moments' while planted in front of an audience, gave a glimpse into just how genuine and amazing Daveed Diggs is. A comment mentioned how he rapped this whole speech and I knew I needed to see it. While this video was not constant rapping I feel even more amazed and enamoured by his personality and conviction to encourage the progress of a brighter more accepting future. Perhaps everyone need to see this, everyone needs to hear his words both lyrical and not to understand how to look forward to that future, how to appreciate others with empathy and how to bring joy and a smile to our own lives. Much like his confessions I am not a perfect human, but 'perfect human' doesn't exist. All we can be and what this speech inspires is to be human. I will do my best to be just that, as human as I can.

We don’t deserve Daveed Diggs