Shle Berry - Graduation lyrics

Verse 1: Yea, uh, yea The six years that it took me I was giving right into my fears when they shook me Judging by the cover and that's why they never book me I was just a kid when I felt it and it hooked me Went off to college and f**ed up a lot Decided who I was, who I am, who I'm not I burned a lot of bridges, built many more I've dealt with negativity, but nothing like before Give into the people, fall into the system You don't even like him, still went and kissed him Why do we become what we think we ought to be It starts with yourself and I know it's hard to see Got my degree, not for a job People don't agree and they think I got robbed Cheers to a chapter, full of liberation Life's getting faster, I've waited so long Graduation Will Smith interview (part I): Well you know, uh, I absolutely feel that there are certain gifts and certain talents that, that God has blessed me with. That it would be spiritually criminal to only use, to make money Verse 2: Life seems to pa** so quickly Thought that I'd be ready for it all when it hit me Man, I'm still figuring it out, trying to get rid of the doubt How to thank everybody that's been with me People ask everyday, and I don't know what to say Cuz I see the world in color, and they looking at it grey Remember being a kid, being pissed at the world Will it ever be okay if I kiss with a girl? I think about it all the time People hate me before they get to know me And they talk about corruption and how we need change, but that love is something they never showed me I get blamed for it all, like I planned this sh** Like I'm in love with the whole situation So I'll cheers to a chapter, full of liberation I've come so far Graduation Will Smith interview (part II): You, you don't try to build a wall, you don't set out to build a wall. You don't say, "I'm gonna build the biggest, baddest, greatest wall, that's ever been built." You don't start there. You say, "I'm gonna lay this brick, as perfectly as a brick can be laid." Verse 3: I'll be honest right now, I was scared of this I have convinced myself, I'm prepared to miss I won't even try to lie cuz I've thought about quitting Haven't gotten a dime for the hours that I've given But it's not about the money, I just want to have freedom Give the same feeling that I get when I meet 'em I don't need friends, never there when you need them They'll stab you in the back and they never need a reason You were like a brother to me, you were my family I'm pissed that you lied And now you're mad that I can't let it go, but I want you to know Man, I promise I tried So I tightened the circle, I know I've been hurtful And cut any bond that we tied So we cheers to a chapter, full of liberation It's time to move on Graduation Will Smith interview (part III): You do that every single day, and soon you have a wall. And I think, psychologically, the advantage that, that gives me over, a lot of people that I have been in competition with in different situations is, it's difficult to take the first step when you look how big the task is. The task is never huge to me, it's always one brick Charlie Rose: Me too, it is amazing how, you know, people are paralyzed from doing anything, because they can't take the first step. Where as you just said, look, all I'm doing is laying this one brick, I am not building the Great Wall of China