Issa Rae quoted from rap song 'Wipe Me Down' to give life advice to graduates during her commencement speech at Stanford

• HBO's "Insecure" creator and star Issa Rae gave a commencement speech at her alma mater on Sunday.
• Rae told Stanford University's Class of 2021 that the song "Wipe Me Down" has great life advice.
• The song shows how to lean on community, practice humility and service to others, and give props.

Issa Rae, the creator and star of HBO's acclaimed comedy series "Insecure," returned to her alma mater of Stanford University to give a commencement speech to the class of 2021.

The core of Rae's message for the new graduating class was pulled from the lyrics of Foxx, Webbie and Boosie's "Wipe Me Down" remix - the same song Rae says she and her friends played on a boombox during the "Wacky Walk" portion of their own 2007 graduation ceremony at Stanford.

"Rae said the song's powerful opening lines - 'I pull up at the club, VIP, gas tank on E, but all dranks on me. Wipe me down.' - helped shape her approach and her worldview," the Stanford News reported on Sunday evening.

The advice Rae had for the students focused on approaching "every opportunity as a VIP - as someone who belongs and deserves to be present." According to Rae, the lyrics from "Wipe It Down" also show the importance of humility and service, like with the line "Gas tank on E, but all dranks on me."

"Oh man - I just got chills," she told the graduating students. "Do you hear the humility and service in that? What I took from this line is that no matter what obstacles or dire circumstances you personally face, you should always value and celebrate your community."

Rae said that while sometimes that means literally buying a round of drinks, she has used that lesson figuratively during her own career journey in Hollywood as a way to prioritize helping out upcoming creatives.

The lyric of the song that gives it its title, "Wipe me down," shows a level of self-respect and tells the world "give me my props, I've earned them."

"Don't forget to step back and wipe yourselves down, wipe each other down," Rae said to close her speech. "And go claim what's yours like the VIPs that you are. You've earned it. Congratulations!"