Never could understand what was so great about smoking weed. Maybe cause I never tried. One things for sure----I NEVER will because I don't want no smoke black ass lips. I'm just saying cause I love my lips bubble gum pink just the way they are lol.
You could be a professional, motivational speaker! I never listen to people "rant" on youtube..but your honesty cuts through my computer screen and grabs me. THAT is a great quality! I so admire your unguarded, no bullshit, frank style of communication. I feel like I've discovered a new friend listening to you! Thank you for your candor! We're listening.....you ARE validated!
Wow...I don't fit in any box either...people just don't want to deal with what they don't understand cause it makes them question themselves...and the sheep don't want to question themselves cause then they will starting questiong this "reality!"
when i tell someone who i am, i tellem i am nothing. why? cuz those who think theyre something cant be something without there having been nothing. so i am that. i am that foundation. totally agree with you. dont letem tell you shit what to do. we make these rules.
i agree with you, cause like, going along with the crowd sucks, cause a lot of the time nyou have to do this you don't want to.
so well done with this video.
but one thing, you do have to give a fuck to a certain extent, cause if you're hurting people for being, for example, lesbain, gay it'ss not something to stand up and promote.
It kinda sounds like you were almost quoting Alanis Morissette's song "Hand In My Pocket"...if you haven't heard it, then that's okay, but I'm telling you girl read THE WORDS to that song.
people give me grief all the time because i'm covered in piercings and tattoos. people have told me i'm disgusting, disrespectful, illogical, stupid, retarded, and a let down just because of how i decieded to decorate my body. i define myself as a canvas that only i can write upon...and thats that. much power to ya girl...swear and smoke it up! hehe go big or go home.
Thank you so much. I used to get beaten everytime I spoke my mind when I was little, so now when I have a problem I show it rather then telling ppl.how much they upset me. But some ppl can't take a clue, and when I tell them, it comes out as the ugly truth.. and I'm the bad one. So I hear what you say about not apologizing for your thoughts but sometimes I can't word my feelings properly and that pisses ppl. off. I guess I have a problem with ppl not liking me. But not every1 will, right?
i don't agree with the idea of smokin weed - but you or anyone smokin it doesn't affect me,
ive always stood out from the crowd and its not easy but its real life, tryna fit in and do/act/talk/walk/dress like everyone else is false, some people needed to hear exactly what you said today & i need to tidy my room!
That's exactly what I needed to hear, Erika. My parents have been trying to push me to a certain career. I want to be a writer. So that's what I'm going to do.
It takes a lot for people to be honest and you keep it up, people don't like other people "outside the box" and I say fuck them all because you take care of you.
SintualEvents You are exactly right, Hariatt Tubman thought outside the box, So did Rosa Parks and im glad they did because they both were powerful women who helped all black people. Sometimes you have to go against the grain, Jesus went against the grain and they killed him so did Dr. Martin Luther King they also killed him.
This is the first video I've watched of yours and I'm amazed because I've never seen anyone like you. I consider myself to be someone who defines myself but I always run into these people who want to define me for me,Ughhh.... I'm like NO NO, that's not your job, that's mine. So it's nice to see someone who is able to speak their mind and define themselves like you do.
heyy ladyy ..do youu!!! straight outta aruba im shout out some RESPECT to you...do what tha fuck u wanna do!!! keep it reall thats tha true...THATS THA KEY
you certainly right about being your own person. You come across as assertive but not aggressive, and that's what makes your message so easy to receive. I 100% agree, wish I'd realised it sooner. Good for you.
Oh my god your video inspired me so much...u forreal spoke the truth and i think alot more prople need to look at this and really think about wat you said cuz its real.... Thank you so much!
The quote you started with reminds me of this one by George Bernard Shaw:
"Reasonable men adjust themselves to their environment. Unreasonable men attempt to change their environment to suit themselves. Therefore all progress is the work of unreasonable men."
You are so right...screw the people who want us all to be clones - to all think and do and say the same things...there's a lyric by Yoko Ono (another non-conformist) that goes something like "everytime we don't say what we want to say, we're dying." More power to you for your great video!
I'm the round peg in the square hole, and I'm stepping outside of the box.
Where I'm from, everyone is "normal", no matter what they wear or do. They hide behind clothes and images, but their personalities are all the same. Bored, self absoarbed, ignorant.
People don't like stepping out of the box because they don't like to think for themselves.
This is why I subscribed to your video blogs because you are a flicker of alternative light in a cave of fakes
You seriously are my hero! Thank you for this video. I am having such a rough past 2 months that I am just like FUCK IT! My ex-friends are claiming they know Justin Timberlake & then they turn the tables on me saying I am the one lying & making these rumors when they told me the rumors themselves! UGH! They are nothing but WHORES! Anyways, thanks for the video! It really insipred me to start fresh in life and move on. I am tired of being the angry and depressed. Time to move on sista! Move on!
I have seen all of your videos, But This is the first i recall commenting on, This By far the best video i have seen on youtube and im not just saying that. Your The best! Keep making your video's the Way you do and dont let anyone Put you down, <3 you foreverz!
that quote is fucking amazing. the way you defined yourself is fucking amazing. this video is one of the best i have seen in a LONG ass time. the message hits home and needs to be heard. you won me over a long time ago.. but right now i am blown away. im lovin this.
I have always said you should never apologise for not fitting it. If it is something YOU truly dislike then you still shouldn't apologise for it but you should simply change it. Don't change is just because of others. I don't think you could have said it any better and this has been favored by me. GREAT VIDEO!
I do indeed love your videos. BUT lets be for real. There are more than enough "promiscuous, weed smoking cursers". LOL! That shit ain't nothing new. Jails are filled with them. LOL! I am so damn serious. But do you, sistah. I can respect that. Just know it ain't nothing new. Love ya!
Your Absolutely right... but look at the others who don't fit that particular mold.
From the artist Frida Kahlo, Josephine Baker, Miles Davis, Mae West, and Pablo Picasso were all Weed smoking, Promiscuous, foul mouthed people...but hey were all geniuses in their professions
It's a lonely road, and I cry a lot, and I wonder why the Hell I'm the one who has to be alone and in agony, while those without the fortitude to say aloud to their friends what they whisper to me in private get community. It isn't community, though. If it is, they can have it, because when I look at them, I see exactly what you say. They're dead. They are dead. It still hurts though. When you're like this, they treat you like a freak.
Well, actually, intentional social outcasts have defined their identities in relation to the status quo, so no one operates in a social vacuum. The status quo still sets the agenda.
I FUCKING LOVE that quote. It is something I am continually saying and embracing. I quoted it as, "There is no normal, just the idea."
Also the cursing I don't mind at all. The weed I am not fond of because my father abused it (or some other drug) when i was a kid and still does and it just screwed a lot up for me. Though if you have it under control and its just what helps u unwind + isn't disrupting the life of a child I don't mind it.
AMEN!!!! I LOVE BEING WHO I AM- a gay man who is different-- I have never followed the beat of someone else's drum- i beat my own fucking drum!!! Be you girl-- you rock
I LOVE that quote. It sounds familiar. Gandhi said "BE the change you want to see in the world." People thought he was crazy. He changed the world, whether a little or a lot.
I like being the rebel. Remember the show Square Pegs? That's totally me, and I love it.
So people actually send you emails because THEY don't approve of your language and they expect you to change your life to please them? Folks are a trip. Nevertheless, I loved your speech. You kind of reminded me of Jia on JiaTV when you said don't apologize for anything. She did a video about that.
Everybody is different. People don't realize that. Everybody is unique. Some things I do may not bode will with others. That's fine. You live your life, I'll live mine.
Never could understand what was so great about smoking weed. Maybe cause I never tried. One things for sure----I NEVER will because I don't want no smoke black ass lips. I'm just saying cause I love my lips bubble gum pink just the way they are lol.
CrownJewel32 2 months ago
You are one of my favorite vloggers ever, I thought you should know.
CarmenDeOchre 8 months ago
You could be a professional, motivational speaker! I never listen to people "rant" on youtube..but your honesty cuts through my computer screen and grabs me. THAT is a great quality! I so admire your unguarded, no bullshit, frank style of communication. I feel like I've discovered a new friend listening to you! Thank you for your candor! We're listening.....you ARE validated!
mikeyocrooner 8 months ago
Your words sent me to nirvana, a place that i feel at peace with my true self.
jsol210 8 months ago
Wow...I don't fit in any box either...people just don't want to deal with what they don't understand cause it makes them question themselves...and the sheep don't want to question themselves cause then they will starting questiong this "reality!"
Machelle3200 9 months ago
You are a beautiful person...
ARTISTJAKEHOSE 11 months ago
shit me too smoke weed everyday and cuss all day. I love this life and I agree who wants to follow that traditional bull shit be your own person
stealth99 1 year ago
OH MANN.
dlong100 1 year ago
That really helped. Thanks.
09bmarcu 1 year ago
@SintualEvents, I love you. THIS ONE THE BEST VIDEOS I EVER SEEN.
Tsugua21 1 year ago
when i tell someone who i am, i tellem i am nothing. why? cuz those who think theyre something cant be something without there having been nothing. so i am that. i am that foundation. totally agree with you. dont letem tell you shit what to do. we make these rules.
yoseph89 2 years ago
i agree with you, cause like, going along with the crowd sucks, cause a lot of the time nyou have to do this you don't want to.
so well done with this video.
but one thing, you do have to give a fuck to a certain extent, cause if you're hurting people for being, for example, lesbain, gay it'ss not something to stand up and promote.
overall, gooodd. (:
purebelterrr 2 years ago
It kinda sounds like you were almost quoting Alanis Morissette's song "Hand In My Pocket"...if you haven't heard it, then that's okay, but I'm telling you girl read THE WORDS to that song.
That woman is a poet.
madeyes4u 2 years ago
Yes u do defy explanation, and be proud about that :D
DakoTaco95 2 years ago
You're my inspiration. Good to know that I'm not the only one who thinks this way.
Axx
amooreplace 2 years ago
I agree with you! and i fuckin heart that saying!
brandibob420 2 years ago
You know what...i've NEVER been able to define myself...never. When people ask, I just say..."I'm me...and there won't be another one."
SeanD44 3 years ago 4
this is pure lovely genius
sckitte 3 years ago
I Love this girl!!!!
I may sound crazy, but then again "It would be death" to excuse myself......Erica you are a TRUE Poet!!!!! Keep it up girl!!
carolove76 3 years ago
people give me grief all the time because i'm covered in piercings and tattoos. people have told me i'm disgusting, disrespectful, illogical, stupid, retarded, and a let down just because of how i decieded to decorate my body. i define myself as a canvas that only i can write upon...and thats that. much power to ya girl...swear and smoke it up! hehe go big or go home.
zombiehottie2 3 years ago
that was 100% true
zombiehottie2 3 years ago
Wow you speak the honest truth.
SantaBadd 3 years ago
I love her sooo much!! She always comes with the real!Do you girl!!!!
Aciremet 3 years ago
y, thank u
TABULOUS1 3 years ago
this is what im teaching my daughter !!! be different and dont go with the flow!!!
80s90shousemami76 3 years ago
i agree !!!!!u are right
80s90shousemami76 3 years ago
Kudos!
MattieCooper 3 years ago
Thank you so much. I used to get beaten everytime I spoke my mind when I was little, so now when I have a problem I show it rather then telling ppl.how much they upset me. But some ppl can't take a clue, and when I tell them, it comes out as the ugly truth.. and I'm the bad one. So I hear what you say about not apologizing for your thoughts but sometimes I can't word my feelings properly and that pisses ppl. off. I guess I have a problem with ppl not liking me. But not every1 will, right?
Filmchica 3 years ago
i love your language - it's real
i don't agree with the idea of smokin weed - but you or anyone smokin it doesn't affect me,
ive always stood out from the crowd and its not easy but its real life, tryna fit in and do/act/talk/walk/dress like everyone else is false, some people needed to hear exactly what you said today & i need to tidy my room!
sunmoreno20 3 years ago
That's exactly what I needed to hear, Erika. My parents have been trying to push me to a certain career. I want to be a writer. So that's what I'm going to do.
reallifefantasy2008 3 years ago
DO IT!!!
Paperdoll666 3 years ago
It takes a lot for people to be honest and you keep it up, people don't like other people "outside the box" and I say fuck them all because you take care of you.
unovetta 3 years ago
SintualEvents You are exactly right, Hariatt Tubman thought outside the box, So did Rosa Parks and im glad they did because they both were powerful women who helped all black people. Sometimes you have to go against the grain, Jesus went against the grain and they killed him so did Dr. Martin Luther King they also killed him.
10fDemdays 3 years ago
preach it sis
smileyousee 3 years ago
This is great. Your honesty to yourself and the world is admirable.
IdnahT 3 years ago
I love this video.
This is the first video I've watched of yours and I'm amazed because I've never seen anyone like you. I consider myself to be someone who defines myself but I always run into these people who want to define me for me,Ughhh.... I'm like NO NO, that's not your job, that's mine. So it's nice to see someone who is able to speak their mind and define themselves like you do.
~Great video!~:)
sdavis241983 3 years ago
heyy ladyy ..do youu!!! straight outta aruba im shout out some RESPECT to you...do what tha fuck u wanna do!!! keep it reall thats tha true...THATS THA KEY
soldatG 3 years ago
lol kewl i like it
thuyloveth07 3 years ago
Well done Erika,
you certainly right about being your own person. You come across as assertive but not aggressive, and that's what makes your message so easy to receive. I 100% agree, wish I'd realised it sooner. Good for you.
Vita x
VITASart 3 years ago
This video is PURE TRUTH!
I totally agree with what you said!
Erika, you are one of the most amazing people I've ever known so far.
You can always surprise me, teach me, make me happy and wiser, you make me proud of being one of your friends.
I love you Erika, I do!
Keep on being like this! Don't change a bit my friend!
Much Love.
Paolo
budellonfame 3 years ago 2
i love the video
loca522 3 years ago
Oh my god your video inspired me so much...u forreal spoke the truth and i think alot more prople need to look at this and really think about wat you said cuz its real.... Thank you so much!
R3c33 3 years ago
The quote you started with reminds me of this one by George Bernard Shaw:
"Reasonable men adjust themselves to their environment. Unreasonable men attempt to change their environment to suit themselves. Therefore all progress is the work of unreasonable men."
GFantastic 3 years ago
You are so right...screw the people who want us all to be clones - to all think and do and say the same things...there's a lyric by Yoko Ono (another non-conformist) that goes something like "everytime we don't say what we want to say, we're dying." More power to you for your great video!
jaimeleslivres 3 years ago
*favorite*
maqiic11ma 3 years ago
Your video has given me hope.
I'm the round peg in the square hole, and I'm stepping outside of the box.
Where I'm from, everyone is "normal", no matter what they wear or do. They hide behind clothes and images, but their personalities are all the same. Bored, self absoarbed, ignorant.
People don't like stepping out of the box because they don't like to think for themselves.
This is why I subscribed to your video blogs because you are a flicker of alternative light in a cave of fakes
bananarockclassic 3 years ago
I LOVE YOU!!!! OMG This is why we are best friends!!!!!
BTW my Amateur account is UP!
jjlucido 3 years ago
true shit
smly907 3 years ago
So TrU
LadyLongevity 3 years ago
"Think outside the box" I just never get tired of hearing that. Interesting video for sure...
NLPNVC 3 years ago
WOW!! I FEEL YOU ON EVERYTHING
pussysmelllikewater4 3 years ago
wow... ion even know what to say... but im really feelin u on this
its hard to find ppl like u out there
sarahmaria06 3 years ago
great video,
i feel what ur saying. everyone is a copy of one another. be yourself and do you to the fullest.
xoxo
FreeNUnique 3 years ago 2
Erika I like your philosophy of life! Keep on doing it your way! -Jim
CountryComesToTown 3 years ago
You seriously are my hero! Thank you for this video. I am having such a rough past 2 months that I am just like FUCK IT! My ex-friends are claiming they know Justin Timberlake & then they turn the tables on me saying I am the one lying & making these rumors when they told me the rumors themselves! UGH! They are nothing but WHORES! Anyways, thanks for the video! It really insipred me to start fresh in life and move on. I am tired of being the angry and depressed. Time to move on sista! Move on!
nsynciz4me83 3 years ago
I have seen all of your videos, But This is the first i recall commenting on, This By far the best video i have seen on youtube and im not just saying that. Your The best! Keep making your video's the Way you do and dont let anyone Put you down, <3 you foreverz!
evilfreak3333 3 years ago
that quote is fucking amazing. the way you defined yourself is fucking amazing. this video is one of the best i have seen in a LONG ass time. the message hits home and needs to be heard. you won me over a long time ago.. but right now i am blown away. im lovin this.
theywantedahero 3 years ago
i always been checking out your videos...figure
i would comment now...
anywho
I love this video!
deliciousdewey 3 years ago
I have always said you should never apologise for not fitting it. If it is something YOU truly dislike then you still shouldn't apologise for it but you should simply change it. Don't change is just because of others. I don't think you could have said it any better and this has been favored by me. GREAT VIDEO!
Mysticblue1212 3 years ago
You, do you and no one else. I truthfully can say that you are unique and you shouldn't have it any other way. So many love you, the
you that you are hmm, you just made me smile.
Nothing comes to sleepers but, a dream...much love to Ms.Jones from the heart.
Peace/Jaye
jaye56 3 years ago
AMEN!!!!!!!
Karina061988 3 years ago
I do indeed love your videos. BUT lets be for real. There are more than enough "promiscuous, weed smoking cursers". LOL! That shit ain't nothing new. Jails are filled with them. LOL! I am so damn serious. But do you, sistah. I can respect that. Just know it ain't nothing new. Love ya!
AtlantaSistah 3 years ago
Your Absolutely right... but look at the others who don't fit that particular mold.
From the artist Frida Kahlo, Josephine Baker, Miles Davis, Mae West, and Pablo Picasso were all Weed smoking, Promiscuous, foul mouthed people...but hey were all geniuses in their professions
SintualEvents 3 years ago
It's a lonely road, and I cry a lot, and I wonder why the Hell I'm the one who has to be alone and in agony, while those without the fortitude to say aloud to their friends what they whisper to me in private get community. It isn't community, though. If it is, they can have it, because when I look at them, I see exactly what you say. They're dead. They are dead. It still hurts though. When you're like this, they treat you like a freak.
kalacaw 3 years ago
ino but theres people that have to be jerk to be themselfs fuckthem isay.......
blacksilverjose 3 years ago
Well, actually, intentional social outcasts have defined their identities in relation to the status quo, so no one operates in a social vacuum. The status quo still sets the agenda.
blackberryjuice1 3 years ago
So true, the status Quo does set the agenda and that's why so many of us are like sheep.
SintualEvents 3 years ago
I loooove this video!Favorited!Every word you said is true!
OT:Are you feeling better?I was a bit worried about you...
Atti19841215 3 years ago
Word!!!! Very intresting topic i'm feeling that
lionheartc 3 years ago
I FUCKING LOVE that quote. It is something I am continually saying and embracing. I quoted it as, "There is no normal, just the idea."
Also the cursing I don't mind at all. The weed I am not fond of because my father abused it (or some other drug) when i was a kid and still does and it just screwed a lot up for me. Though if you have it under control and its just what helps u unwind + isn't disrupting the life of a child I don't mind it.
PS- this vid is going on my channel page.
Purpelblur 3 years ago
I just love that quote...and, OMG, I love to hear you talking, darling...
MarcusP31 3 years ago
AMEN!!!! I LOVE BEING WHO I AM- a gay man who is different-- I have never followed the beat of someone else's drum- i beat my own fucking drum!!! Be you girl-- you rock
jlc1jlc1 3 years ago
I LOVE YOU!...lol
someone once said...
"there are those who go by the book and there are those who write the book"
zeeartfuldodger 3 years ago
I LOVE that quote. It sounds familiar. Gandhi said "BE the change you want to see in the world." People thought he was crazy. He changed the world, whether a little or a lot.
I like being the rebel. Remember the show Square Pegs? That's totally me, and I love it.
Where'd you get that quote?
ernestlsewell 3 years ago 3
So people actually send you emails because THEY don't approve of your language and they expect you to change your life to please them? Folks are a trip. Nevertheless, I loved your speech. You kind of reminded me of Jia on JiaTV when you said don't apologize for anything. She did a video about that.
BlaqMambaX 3 years ago
WOW!!...WOW!!!!....
dorotwhy 3 years ago
My favorite video of yours so far. Would give you more than 5* if I could.
bijan84 3 years ago
Wonderful! So poignant!
5 stars and favorited.
XX, Gay
GayCarrington 3 years ago
ps- Long live the weed smoking cursers!
GayCarrington 3 years ago
OMG, I am so Star Struck right now. I absolutely LOVE LOVE LOVE you Gay! Thanks for commenting!
OH MY GOD!!
I just sent 20 people over to your channel to check you out! LOVE YOU!
SintualEvents 3 years ago
Oh, I sense the budding of a beautiful friendship!
Thank you sweetheart and right back at you!
XX, Gay
GayCarrington 3 years ago
i couldnt agree more. ive always been drawn to those kinds of people too. like you!!!
iamthejer 3 years ago
Thank you JerBear. I worship and adore me some Jeremiah!
SintualEvents 3 years ago
Amen! So true!
Poeboi 3 years ago
so true those are usually the ones that are the coolest and have the best ideas
mikaat145 3 years ago
The hard road is always the most scenic.... Great video... as usual... Jerlins
jerlins 3 years ago
Thank you so much sweetie!
SintualEvents 3 years ago
Good quote. You never did call me! I don't think? LOL What does your shirt say? i can't read it! Are you a round peg in a box? LOL!
sugarandlance 3 years ago
I did call but somebody else answered the phone so my scary ass hung up!
SintualEvents 3 years ago
Where is that quote from? I like it.
Everybody is different. People don't realize that. Everybody is unique. Some things I do may not bode will with others. That's fine. You live your life, I'll live mine.
thechubby1 3 years ago
The quote is from a man named Steve Jobs!
SintualEvents 3 years ago
I hear ya Erika..Preach sis..Great video..Peace and Love..
VibeAsia 3 years ago
Thanks for watching!
SintualEvents 3 years ago