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Don't believe in yourself | Homer Stewart | TEDxHSSHigh

now i'm going to start this next session with a bang with the short knife spoken word performance this guy would leave you mesmerized known for his poetry and quickness on this varsity basketball team a good friend of mine over Stewart all right this poem is about why you should not believe in yourself don't hate the player hate the game there are winners and losers it's not the wives yet yeah let that be a lesson I've been crushing dreams since 1997 Who am I really I don't even know so many people trying to tell me but the answer is don't mess up so who said I believe I've been looking for the answer for over 17 years I got nothing so it can't be me right people are always saying believe in yourself so why do we go to others when we need help and why are we finding things by ourselves how are people do good deeds for others or just the bottom some going to heaven at night he'll tell me that cuz I'm very confused if a winner wins it doesn't know who he is and can't collect earnings did the winter we could win or lose someone tell me what's going on what's right is was left after everything has gone wrong all right piece of the genie call me crazy but I think I just had an epiphany maybe the trick is in to believe in yourself but to believe me here because after all without lead where would we be listening to listen experiences that we have stairs together that the world has never seen that's why we're unique right yeah I get it now it's so hard to the answers in the mirror but we forget to look around some of the water figure it out I had to write it down my voice has lost them on the proud but these poems gave me sound listen listen to my words listen to the message I give you in these nouns as it seems converse stops on upon yourself you came into this world and empty bookcase is up to you what's in from the south and when yourself is full don't forget your second tiles do and then you'll see it true you don't believe in you you believe the week we're all part