Be Heard: What My Family Went Through

[FBBARCA]

the movie is hella cool

[1337NoFear1337]

Living in poverty, hate, racism, not just to blacks but to any immigrant is really sad :(

[sheriefryan]

ive been through alot, and you inspired me

[foreverhulkamania]

man i can soooo totally relate to what this guy is saying! i went through the same thing with my dad and i cannot even begin to tell you what a living HELL it made my life! sadly it seems the only way things have gotten better is I live on my own now and his problems are still there.

what really hurts is all the lies and other bad treatment my mom, my brother and myself received...

[lilfeather2749]

my mom was a drug addict to, so dont feel alone man, there's lotsa people with you. like for me if i like, ever have kids or somin im gonna be in there lives and stuff. cause my dad walked out on my mom when i was 2 and skrewed up my life

[MelShiroou]

@lilfeather2749 and @foreverhulkamania

even though you posted these comments years ago, I felt I had to say something.

although these are just thoughts and well wishes from a random stranger,

if you ever stumble across this post: I hope you're living happily.

[VeriteserumGirl]

God was definitely watching over you...

[princessnnekamag]

Stay Strong

Ive been through alot but youve probably been through more.

[Thorrific]

Your God does not exist except for stupid people.

[naina92]

the movie is about not hatin! learn something!

[roobrt]

gringos weones hacen puras weas

[tbizarnes01]

Men we can cry Men we can be confused but men dont stay in the rut forgive yourself

[subhan1]

good advice

[megren87]

that kid is a piece of shit!

buttrambo dont be a hater!

[butterfly36rs]

It's a true story. Learn before you mouth off.

[jazzcat87]

you only have enough courage to say this online im sure if anyone heard you say this in person you would be in a world of hurt.

[subhan1]

goood adive man

[hrnalanna]

thats why the unternet was created

to say what u cant in the real world and download sum sick ass porn :)

[shirinie54321]

I LIKE YOU!

I like this guy.

He has a good perspective about life.

Yes, God was definitely with you. But you worked it as well. Together, you made a great combination because through him you surpassed things you never though possible.

Good job!

[SoundRoss]

seeing an actor wah wah about his childhood does nothing to instil caring in me..if you have the means to make this lame movie try making a nice documentary that really means something..and stop with the spam asshole

[duffsmoses]

yer mum choose drugs over you! nice mum!who buys this shit?

[cpnjack]

Stop spamming me to join, damnit.

[rhysISpro]

prove it! this is just bullshit idealist/religious propaganda! how can you honestly relate to this farcing cause?

[motokev25]

"And be sure of this: I am with you always, even to the end of the age." -Jesus (Matthew 28:20b NLT) God's with you playa so don't you ever fear. Way to go on taking the right path. One Way One Truth One Life...That's Christ.

[mlq381]

I'm not so big on the God thing, you made it by yourself in my eyes. Way to go!

[HiltonKing]

AWSOME You saw somebody taking drugs and thought, "Damn, I better not do that." My hat's off to you bro. And no whining either. You are the ideal.

[darthpeep]

God is with us man :)

[kalessandro21]

wow never really knew that you experienced alot , goes to show how much we see but dont see ....

[NiloufarM]

very nice.

[Panzerotti30]

God is uber! :D

[wafflekid1]

God bless u. Life will always present us all with suffering and hard, hard choices. To know we're loved is to love ourselves and make the right ones.

[NismoTyler]

Bless you and those whose lives you have touched. God be with you forever.

[Motofanatic]

Goodluck with what you're going through, ignore the morons. A lot of people believe that because they were born into a wealthy family it means you earned it and you're better than everyone else who is less fortunate. It doesn't mean squat, it just means in the sperm lottery, you won. You could have just as easily ended up malnourished orphan in some 3rd world country instead of being some spoiled child who's main concern in life is providing negative social commentary for those less fortunate.

[anklesoft]

God bless man. :p

[dutchiev]

Loved this. He is an inspiration for all those who are about to give up on their dream.

[alexiachild]

as simple as beautiful. keep on!

[marktreat]

Screw all the people that left you bad comments... you're an inspiration to not only me as a white college student, but to all african-americans that grew up in hardship...

You're real, stay real.

-Mark

[ikeboy]

Poignant, beautiful, direct, deeply touching. Keep it up, let creativity flow through you and engage the world with your gifts.

Peace.

[HalfricanChk592]

god definitely WAS watchin over u - w/ all u couldv gotten into

[jenkz16]

tune by common called i have a dream

[GprDesTiny]

Wow..you all should see what its like, see the pain, the frustration, the guilt, THEN come here and post things like that/

[19Jellico]

Think you will find that all those sick responders are actually in denial. Have a shitty life themself and can not accept anyone else getting out.

[Zacloud]

Man, why do so many repliers suck? Y'all don't know what it's like to have hard times obviously. Stop pretending life's so simple and insulting people who have to struggle, they have enough to go through! (I'm white by the way, at least we're not ALL bad... :/ )

[grahamckennedy]

I hate what addiction to drugs does to basically good people.

[NevLou]

What's the song?

[loonylouise88]

ur sik

[CaseyDCorbin]

aghhhh whats the name of this song, i must know.

[jenkz16]

dat tune is sick mind

[sweetxdeath]

i remember that guy he used to be a singer

[smasheditorial]

WELL DONE. Fantastic direction and pace.

....Hope it all works out.

[xxxrapper]

underground dance

[Rainy55]

You are so courageous. I was spared that but have been through alot of other things. Now, trying to give shelter to my alcoholic brother, who will not stop. He is my brother and it is hard to turn my back on him, he is in his 50's, glad his daughter does not have to live with this now, it broke up his marriage. Thank you for your message of hope and your decision to be free of this in your life.

[fattoothlessoveralls]

thank you so much for being there for us in our effort to rid youtube of hate-it has calmed down alot in the past two weeks/thank you so much/fattoothlessoveralls

[SpeedySwede]

I am not well

[driveru2]

I DON'T THINK SO!

[CR80cc]

.

[twsmpjlz]

cheack out my vid if you like coo shit

[labman27]

Beheard some people you can just spot have talent besides there situation. I think you are one of those A+++ sometimes you just click crap on youtube then sometimes you just go WOW! I will be subcribing to you! keep it up!

[joanlagoy]

I loved your video and voice!

joanie

[Necessity2006]

movie is called "Freedom Writers" and its going to be released on the 12th of January 2007

cant wait to see it

[PMCERNAL]

Great Model.

[demo8fsr]

amazing video to show in site into what so many people in the world go through... great job man, also nice editing and camera work.

[Nick4x]

At least your earliest memories don't involve being raped.

Oh look! Your past doesn't seem to suck as bad now, does it?

[winspiff]

I have a feeling someone asked this guy, like an interview, "What was the hardest thing in your life" and he answered. While being raped may be worse, it is extremely uncommon. Most people have easier childhoods than this guy.

[Nick4x]

Actually¸ rape and molestation happens to 1 out of 4 girls¸ statistically¸ so it´s not at all uncommon.

[winspiff]

Using a definition of rape that includes forced vaginal, oral, and anal intercourse: --18 percent-- of women experienced a completed or attempted rape at some time in their life and 0.3 percent said they experienced a completed or attempted rape in the previous 12 months. Of the women who reported being raped at some time in their lives, 22

percent were under 12 years old and 32 percent were 12 to 17 years old when they were first raped.

[Nick4x]

18% of women + unreported cases + males that have been raped (including unreported cases) = a very high number.

That's just my opinion, though...

[winspiff]

Understand your point about the men, but this was not done on just reported cases. At any rate, the point is that most people have an easier life than this guy.

[batttyboi]

nothing to do with god mate-you survived and understood all by yourself

[patddd]

The acohol abuse that was in my life as a kid is now reflected in most all my videos.

Thanks a LOT DAD!

[shellshot]

wow awesome stuff man. thx

[josinaldo2]

i dont understand nothing

[youandmealways]

go u m8

[acidmaniac]

does anyone know the song used in the background?

[iamyournot]

I hear you, thanks for sharing.

iamyournot

[Karen9508]

the message is: control your reproduction. Go ahead and fuck up your own life but stop bringing these kids into the world only to injure and damage them. This kid is trying to help himself. Those that either don't or can't pull it from anywhere else are unleased on the rest of us to deal with. You know who they are, we're all afraid of them, white or black.

[markdh]

whatchu talkin about willis?

[hblaken]

whats the name of the song?

[ralphinio]

selfish

[winspiff]

What is? Can you be specific, I don't really follow what you think is selfish.

[Manny1991]

wow thats nothing come live with mine

[zavatone]

Many of us like to think that someone was watching over us. What if, and I know this seems unlikely, you actually just did it yourself. If so, then you are capable of much more than know because in reality, you are the god looking after yourself.

[funkymunky2404]

Such an Inspirational video...

anyone know what this song is??

[SourMayo]

its not an uncommmon thing.

There are many people with parents as crack addicts but they dont post their sob storys on YouTube.

[REKO6]

watz dis move called??

[twosidesoftara]

so many kids are in this same situation what is the world coming to.

[ninjalike]

My only comment "May God continue to watch over you and bless u in your life"

[lildealler]

whats this movie called?

[alwaystoyoung14]

my life is kinda like that 2. I look up 2 u.

[fakesura]

your people? you ignorarnt shit, its a positive role model for any type of people

[ats243]

my dream is that there is no racisim when my kids are grown upp

but speeking bout the video ... lets see all i can say is that i agree with jatyffluck and strangolation

[airbrushedhottie]

He's so sweet and so cute. I love this guy.

[airbrushedhottie]

Mario had drug addiction in his family? Damn. I didn't know. Learn something new everyday.

[chiecojulie]

As a mother I can't imagine not being there for my son. What a strong young man this is. I'm glad to see this affected him in a positive way dispite his mother.

[funkymunky2404]

What's the song playing in the background.. its rele good.

Awesome vid

[breathless46]

Hello be heard... thanks for this... can't wait to see more of this. I like how you captured the impact. It leaves a mark, but there is a commitment to make things right. My other was an alcoholic, but hid it very well... so her behavior seemed bizzarre.

[reefermadnice]

all you negative fools,abuse doesnt help anyone

[reefermadnice]

you would make a good judge,quick to talk shit about someone you have never met,everyone has to get on with their lives,but its good to refect on it

[Junecatrose]

I know where you're coming from, hon. My mom still doesn't know how to live right. It's tough growing up around that.

[rogeryvon]

fuck you. I didn't see anyone blaming anyone, I see someone facing what he had to face like a man. I doubt a racist shit like you could do that.

[breathless46]

MuguFugu, I am sad that you think this way. You are talking about people who are as close to you as cousins. We all breathe the same air and cry the same tears. The best thing about beheard's message is that it goes beyond specific situations. There may be certain situations that Afroamericans deal with, but people can relat to it.

[louieGee1]

It's a pity some people don't have higher aspirations in life other than getting off drugs. How sad.

[estreja69]

crazy shit

[Joshuaxx]

reefermadnice i feel sorry for you.

@Mugufugu stop being such a racist and start looking to yourself. Life is too short to be hating eachother

[soupman345]

I loved that song at the end!

[imthekingoftheworld]

Hey Mugu, Condoleezza Rice can speak 5 different languages, fluently, and she's black. The man who invented the traffic light was black. How many languages can you speak fluently, and what have you invented for society that can be useful to us?

[reefermadnice]

my mum was an alcoholic,and she used to pass out all over the place when me and my little brother were kids,we had to take care of ourselves,no family came to visit so i know what its like

[imthekingoftheworld]

Sorry you and your brother had to go through such a rough life. I hope you both are now living a good, happy life.

[twosidesoftara]

l feel you on that but you know life has hard lessons and just dont be like her when you have a family stay strong.

[hilalsuhaib]

Now there's a true soldier! With all crazy shit going on in the world today..

[Radiobutterfly]

test one two..I don't know why but my comment din't work.

[PS3LOVERBOY]

its rough growing up with out a mom, esply when shes right in the other room :-(

[twosidesoftara]

keep your had up l'm alot older than you and grew up with a lazy ass mum,but trust me thing will get better have faith.

[burnslondon]

damn that was deep

[lemal]

yo beheard, i really like your vids.

finaly someone who has something to say and not the usual trash

[PugHug23]

ahhh i love them videos,,, these are the movments i have been waiting to see since youtube came out!

[PugHug23]

yeah def, not the same old stuff we always see. great to see this stuff on the net

[mcfeelyat]

Don't think this is someone's personal filmmaking. It's actually just a Hollywood studio's BS viral advertising for an overwrought "Innercity School Drama" movie. Another 'Dangerous Minds' that takes itself even more seriously.

[wildgift2]

Yeah, kind of. People who are still in that negative situation probably wouldn't make a video about it. If they had a camera, it'd be about something they LIKE, and not about this depressing, embarrassing, and seriously messed up situation. Most human suffering doesn't get recorded.

[Radiobutterfly]

I can't wait to see this movie!!! "I got a dream, we gonna work it out-out-out...My dream is to be free". ;)

[Musician232]

this movies really looks good, I cant wait it either. a lot of these stories really remind me of my own life.

[ShoulderLeaningMan]

This clip really does hit own in a big way. Me and my mom have always had problems, and if it wasn't for her and her love. I don't know where I would be.

[BackUpBackUp33]

Yeah this movie is going to be sweeeeeeeeeeeeeet, my girl will prob cry...

[Love2talk099]

i no i will i love these clips are very inspirational