bygINCpresents, Black Boy - A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

[Donjuanchris]

secondly your mom told you about ure lucky u were in a place where u get in trouble for beating your kids...

i rememeber my gran told me ...if ever i was to do that ,i better not be at home when she comes back from jail :-)

[bygINCpresents]

you vincy? grew up in brooklyn? where?

[Donjuanchris]

this is too real :-)

"maybe you can talk her out of the beating that you know was coming" lololol I realised this doesnt work..you would usually have to run..and don't look back

And how u knew when your mom was speaking to An american lol

[bygINCpresents]

i think so many of us have this same life story. i just happen to remember enough to write and talk about it. glad you're relating, donjuan. our story needs to be told, especially when the son of an immigrant is running the country.

[aralight1]

I was wrapped into this story, and your narration is very addicting.

[bygINCpresents]

thank you. the story continues on my playlist "17 to Life". take a look. your feedback will be appreciated.

[Yusuf76us]

You can't expect all to achieve because some do. There are many elements that go into success. And there are no guarantees.

[aralight1]

That is a fair statement.

[bygINCpresents]

i still don't understand what in the video states that i expect ALL people to achieve so i don't know what is "fair" in the statement. please explain what in the video makes the above statement "fair" when compared to the rest of the story in my playlist. or is this a conversation "aralight1" and "yusuf76us" are having off this page? NOTE: there is no anger in my text. i don't argue on yt. i just want to know where the "fair statement" is coming from regarding my vid(s). makes sense?

[bygINCpresents]

i don't expect anyone to do anything but experience all the goodness in themselves. no one can expect me to do anything except live true to my conception of what is the BEST for me. this continuing saga of my life on youtube --watch the other vids please-- is the documentation of how i progressed to know what was BEST in me when i was young. my wish for all people --black, white, young, old-- is to come to that vision. anything wrong with that wish?

[aralight1]

I was talking to byginCpresents

[bygINCpresents]

that's me. saying yusuf76us makes a "fair" statement is implying that somewhere in my video(s) i'm claiming that I expect "all to achieve b/c some do." where in the vids do i say i expect all people to achieve or that i believe there is one model to success or there are guarantees. in fact, the crux of my story --and this is just a SMALL part of my life, my first few yrs. in america-- says there are many ways to achieve success but they each start with understanding the SELF above all else.

[aralight1]

I was agreeing with him or her because if they had heard that from you it would have been a fair statement, so, are you saying that you did not say that?

[mutevision]

It takes a strong person to allow themselves to be vulnerable the way you have.

[bygINCpresents]

the only way to understand life is to figure one's self out. most answers in life lay within. we are not separate from the universe. we are in in, part of it. same atoms, same cycles, same motions. figure you out and the universe is revealed... get honest. that's all i'm getting at. honesty made my living easier. if that makes me seem vulnerable... heck, i'm happy... i want black men, any man wanting transformation to get happy... know thyself and all else follows.

[SundiotaAcolli]

You are quite talented comrade.Thank you for sharing your life.

[bygINCpresents]

thanks for coming by and listening. take a look at the others in the series when you have time.

[blackmantellthetruth]

bygINCpresents, you did not live the REGRESSIVE lifesytle. You took the challenges by the horns, and overcame them by being a PROGRESSIVE black man.

[bygINCpresents]

now i'm telling the tale so others can do the same. thanks for taking a look. keep looking. keep sharing.

[neeeeeeeeeyah]

very interesting... im glad you did this because this can give mothers with sons and no fathers around an idea of what goes on in their minds!

[bygINCpresents]

that's my hope. check out the whole playlist when you have time. pass the links on to mothers you know looking for something like this.

[juliett352]

This is actually the first of your videos that I have seen. I loved it! Looking forward to the next :)

[Nicegirl74]

I swear they must take Carib moms somewhere and teach them how to hand out a beating like that! Mothers are be the backbone but the relationships with them can be very complicated.

[bygINCpresents]

like i said in the video, our moms were going thru the same shit you are i were. and they had to deal with knowing our shit too and that they had no answers for their shit or ours. there's a lot of shit when folks don't talk honestly from the start. nothing worthwhile is ever built on quiet.

[mzsuzuki]

Clutch the pearls!!!! You called your teacher that.....lol...Another Great Video...I nominate you for the YouTube Academy Awards...

[bygINCpresents]

i accept your nomination... i don't have a tux though.

[Najenn]

Mother's are the BACKBONE of the black community. Thank you for uplifting the black man! I appreciate your action in uplifting the black man because the positive images are needed. Thank you for finding me, bygINCpresents. You sent me another video but now I am going through all of your videos! =) I have 3 blogs and they are going all on each one with a link to you! =)

[tigeraconsciente]

Wow this is tight. I love it! The mix of images and autobiography and story telling. Beautiful and inspiring!

[bygINCpresents]

thanks. the whole deal with doing these is to tell my story from 1st year immigrant to adult. how does someone become black in america? a man in america? more to come.

[kirksykes]

powerful! i can relate and this will become a you tube classic!

[bygINCpresents]

a youtube classic? wont that be something. start the campaign. pass it along to your friends. thanks for the thought.