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Country music sometimes has a reputation for being all about heartache and cheatin', but the genre also has a lot to say about the good things in life!

"It's a message to the heart of a 13-year-old girl ..."

Jennifer Nettles visited her alma mater, Agnes Scott College, to deliver an empowering commencement speech.

It isn't meant to simply be a tribute to the women who raised them.

So ... what do you think?

"She was excited we were getting back together and reached out, and said, 'Hey, I have a song.' "And that is a short list, ladies and gentleman, of people to whom she has said, 'Hey, I have a song. Wanna sing it?'"

"Don't give up ... Believe me, love, yeah, you're gonna be bigger."

This duo just went Bigger.

Country music may be known for its "tear in my beer" sad songs, not to mention its tunes about trucks, dirt roads and Southern living, but the genre also has a helluva sense of humor.

A photo gallery of country stars' yearbook pictures.