Lin-Manuel Miranda's 2015 Commencement Address 

Katrina Bolinder I would CRY

Katrina Bolinder please!

Omg i would be freaking out and be screaming at lin lol-

i would be running in circles lmao

There is so much more inside me now

Yeah but this is a graduation speech... So he's speaking at a graduation... Not a freshman orientation

AHfan they're talking how well he gave this speech

Not just how well he gave the speech - but how inspiring it was to NOT treat life as if it were a rehearsal (which I did for way too long). I am now a career changer after languishing in a field that truly had no room and less opportunity. Either way...when I was a freshman, I was more excited about being in college (walking between classes, driving to school, chatting with friends, going to parties) than to be serious that THIS was the beginning of "my shot". I worked...but not as I should have; as I COULD have. Now I am where I SHOULD have been. Using a mind and facing challenges I never thought I could. THIS time i am charging over hurdles and accomplishing goals that simply astonish me. How I WISH I had done this the first time. Listening to his story..he lived and he enjoyed...but he also didn't throw away the time. There are two clocks...one depends on the other. To be THIS inspired, from the beginning, THAT would have been an incredible gift.

CreepCake OMG THE CLOCK TICKING IT JUST CLICKED.....

I imagine death so much it feels more like a memory...

CreepCake The ironic part of it is, the one moment in life when they switched, is when Hamilton died. Hamilton waited, Burr didn’t. For the first time ever, Hamilton waited and decided what he would do, he never thought that Burr would kill him, they were kind of frenemies, it didn’t politically advance Burr to kill Hamilton, and Hamilton knew from earlier that Burr didn’t believe in duels and that Burr thought that a man losing his life in a duel was stupid - So Hamilton aimed at the sky, thinking Burr would see it, would see that Hamilton had conceded the fight, and they could all go home. But to Hamilton’s surprise, Burr took immediate action and shot first. If Burr had waited, he would have seen Alexander point to the sky and they all would have walked away - Burr had already shot the gun when he saw Alexander had aimed for the sky, Burr instantly regretted his choice, but it was too late. Hamilton - He aims his pistol at the sky! Burr - WAIT! Burr never meant to kill him, he was aiming for the shoulder, but as Burr sings in the song, he had really shitty aim and hit Alexander square between his ribs. When he saw what he’d done, he tried to go over to Hamilton to help him, but he was lead away. Shooting someone who aimed at the sky, at that point in time, was equivalent to shooting an unarmed man, it was murder - so Burr’s friends told him to get the hell out of there and lay low, as Hamilton was taken away. Hamilton was taken to Angelica’s house which was nearest to the duel site and Angelica called Eliza over, and despite heroic efforts from his doctor, Hamilton died something like 30 hours after he was shot. Alexander always felt like he was running out of time, maybe something in him knew, his days were gonna be short.

i feel like im running out of time too but most people do its just idk what to do with my life either and idk how im gonna go to college or university because my family doesnt have money but we'll see gl to you all

+Gen Mayer me af

+Gen Mayer I'm laughing as it slowly slips further and further off his cranium

+Gen Mayer it's literally on the side of it's head it's gonna fall sweet jesus

+Gen Mayer oh my god same

I want to fix that hat so much ooohHH MY GOD

Yeah good point

Yes! It made me appreciate Leslie’s smooth voice that much more!

+Lily Kate Gwin gotta get that plug haha

+Ashley Towk when you are in the midst of writing/producing something that means so much to you as Hamilton does it colors everything else in your life. That being said, what LMM says is absolutely the truth.

He's a fucking sellout. I love him.

+Galuh Widhiatmoyo he's not a sellout?

i want to reach out i and fix his hat

amyafterwords guess you need to figure out if you're a Hamilton or a Burr :)

Emma Troake The whole point of the speech (that I gathered, at least) is you need to be both if you want to succeed in life. There are times when you have to be willing to wait for it, and other times when you can't throw away your shot. The trick is knowing which is which. Hamilton died because he chose the wrong time to wait; Burr killed him because he chose the wrong time to shoot.

He graduated a couple months before I was born :3

I wasn't even born when he graduated. XD

i was literally fresh outta womb

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get this guy infront of a crowd

​@@levi0394 he's not throwing away his shot

Ditto to that^

Me tooooo

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yes.

just- all yes.

congratulations if you're graduating/graduated from college!

@@allielee Thank you! I graduated last year :)

Hope. It was hanging onto hope

Theresa Eng I hope

Theresa Eng I was gonna comment that.

ftm max but then caught it cuz he doesn't wanna break it.

Alexander Hamilton Honestly sounds like him though lmao

Yeah but he probably changed it last minute

No you're right but he probably changed it to 17 to be more relatable for the graduates.

Yes but there are two possible birth years for Hamilton. I think most historians have settled for the earlier one.

Yes. Yes it is.

@@doctorkussy1133 the graduates are like 20 or 21 though right?

KJMike9 When did he say that? One of my favourite Lin quotes is: Lin angrily “What the fuck is a curtain remote?” from Curb Your Enthusiasm.

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Did you already graduate?

yes maam

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Same.

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I guess that's because this was before the Hamilton musical actually debuted.

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IrelevantMusicalTrash 17 What the fuck

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