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  • I absolutely love this video. Such a great message that made me look at things differently :D

  • i have a 6 year old with "A.D.D" and i had him watch this.. idk what it was but he sat and watched the whole thing and said he like shawn (shaun, sean idk :\) even tho he didnt know him. he also said that if there was nothing wrong with Rafael Casal's nephew, then there was NOTHING wrong with him. love how kids think. anyways he didnt understand it all but what he did get, meant the world to him (: thanks.

  • Revolutionary :) keep it up man.

  • wow

    

  • This is great ur an incredible poet I also like that "Barbie and Ken" poem u wrote..keep at it man

  • dam that was soooo gooood!!!!! 

  • I want this video on my KP202 unit.

  • I Have A.D.H.D. I Can Relate to This BIG TIME.

  • Oh my god! I love this! You are truly an amazing person. You drew me in and made me cry! You have the most amazing way with words!

  • Your video is a favorite on Nicosia

  • You are a poet and a missionary.

  • This guy's just great

  • I was speechless omg mah dude you're great keep it real

  • Amazing

  • So Originial

  • goosebumps every time <3

  • Oh my god! Those numbers and prices baffled me

  • I love this!

  • I was told the samething, Now it could hold me back from serving my country because the Military doesn't want people 'depressed" in the military but I was never depressed, just thought deep and lived in my head, what is my crime?

  • @Warrior4631 I Understand your Pain, I'm going under the same difficulties while trying to join the service. I respect to for your Calling to join And No matter what the man says about you goin in I'd love to shake everyones hand whos fights to follow through with there dreams.

  • chills

  • i love this man

  • @DiNDiN14 I love him too!!

  • i love this man.

  • this poem reminds me of me and this is a disorder that ppl just cant understand they just through pills at it. so thanks i love the poem.

  • There isn't anything wrong with me!!

  • i had to watch it a few times because of my A.D.D

  • He is amazing

  • Wale stole this concept for his album cover

  • Maybe I'm just having a bad day or something, but I'm in tears watching this. Fuck anyone who ever told me I needed medicine. That includes you, mom.

  • beautiful!

  • I have ADD and I have to say, for some reason I feel like I am more open minded than my peers in school. Good Job Rafael

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  • tht was deep u qot mad props

  • I have ADD, and its been a struggle to get through school. I have one semester left at UCberkeley, and this song has gotten me through countless nights where I just didn't feel smart enough to make it-when I thought I couldn't think well enough to finish college. I'm going to see you perform on Friday, and I'm looking forward to met the man who so perfectly put my feelings into lyrical form. You amaze me :)

  • DAMN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! nuff said.....

  • The band-aid on the mystery they wish to decomplicate, then medicate to accommodate the commonness of why he can’t concentrate....it’s brilliant, tell kids they’re inferior then have them buy back their efficiency....They are afraid of you Sean, because you beg to question, because boys like you grow into men worth a mention....if they ever tell you that you can’t focus…good, pay them no attention.

  • this made me cry :D totally awesome, I wish that little boy all the best. This is deep

  • wow!!! very nice, i myself have sld , and i feel u on this!!!!

  • 9 people are afraid of Shawn

  • Goosebumps

  • fucking chills.

  • So wonderful to be able to take a simple moment and describe it so beautifully.

    Bravo.

  • Woooooo! Amazing!!!!

  • Again, talent coupled with sincerity is unstoppable. Great piece of work.

  • Maad respect 2 u man!!

  • gahh dam is all i have too say

  • I tried to show my mom this to prove I don't need meds... But she refused to listen... But I kkeep trying, Always refusing the stuff since it makes me feel terrible. So YEAH! Who's with meeee?!~

  • @FaerieLilyXD Hell yeah! Im so with you! >:O

    Dont give up. Screw the meds!

  • I tried to show my mom this to prove I don't need meds... But she refused to listen... But I kkeep trying,

  • good. pay them no attention

  • Goosebumps Yo!!! Brilliant I -3 it !!!

  • i cant watch this video without getting a few tears in my eyes,throughout my schooling career ive always been told that im not as smart because i have A.D.H.D. ive always refused to take my meds because those meds arent me.this poem is a great example of what its like.its not the worst thing in the world clearly but its fucking frustrating to deal with sometimes.big ups rafael,this is unreal.

  • not opposed to medication to treat ADD everybody's so quick to diagnose a child cuz they think different and find it hard to pay attention to things that dont interest them my lil bro is has been diagnosed with ADD..... HE IS NOT ADD he just figured out a way to manipulate those around him into giving him the attention he needs, AT ANY COST! teachers and doctors there to teach & help children and respect their different learning and coping styles, medicate the kids forcing them to actually WORK

  • i seriously felt special after this. i have adhd and im proud of it.

  • Heard this for the first time live in Ft. Lauderdale. THIS IS AWESOME, absolutely love it.

  • still gets me...

  • I think it's important to remember that medication can be a huge help, if used correctly. I have ADD, and I was on mild medication for about four years when I was younger, but I stopped a few years ago. The time I was medicated was instrumental in helping to develop coping mechanisms so that I could function without medication.

    The industry built on misdiagnosing kids or convincing them to buy medication when it's not necessary is horrible, but we need to remember that some of us do need it.

  • @BilllyTrench your retarded we were fine for how many years???? untill "mass education" went into procees then there were some kids who could not pay attention so there is somthing worng with them?? i can say i showed up to class mabye 2 times a week in high school passed my tests with c's and b's failed out cause i never did howwork got my GED with a TOP 100 score in sience my placement was like 40 somthin then went to collage to my compass and entered in all 100 classes so FUCK YOU........

  • @Outlaw4life123 You showing up =/= you being able to focus. Don't be such a prick, and if you're going to try to argue that you're intelligent and educated, try to write coherent sentences.

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  • Some of the smartest kids/people in the world have ADD/ADHD!

  • @pokemongurl93 some of the smartest kids/people in the world don't.

  • @aquaizzy That wasn't the point though, stop trying to be a smart ass lol it doesn't work here. What I was trying to say is that having ADD/ADHD isn't ALWAYS something negative or bad, kids get made fun of sometimes for being different or having stuff like this that isn't in any of their control. A lot of kids with ADD/ADHD have trouble paying attention and staying on task in class, but they still make good grades (in some cases). Don't bother commenting back if you're just gonna be a jerk.

  • @pokemongurl93 haha I was JK chill. I understood what your point was I was just being a smartass. I personally dont believe in ADD or ADHD. i feel its just a type of personality that many people dont tolerate because it doesnt conform to the ideal behavior of the "average" person.

  • @aquaizzy Alrighty and I wasn't like mad or anything lol I was chill.... just replying, but that's also a good theory.... Maybe you're right, who knows...

  • he speaks so real

    mhmh sexci

  • Thank you

  • I was really mad at myself because I had a really important test today and no matter how hard I tried I couldn't stay concentrated for more then 15mins... The test was timed so I didnt get to finish which means I'm going to get a low score even though I'm almost positive that the questions I did answer a correct..... you have know Idea how much better this video made me feel about myself

  • this is a lyrical master piece

    i struggle everyday living with add and this is truly inspirational

    keep doin what ur doin !

  • I have watched this everyday for a month now...and it still gives me shills and a tear breaks my eye every time it ends...truly the most powerful piece I have ever heard...

  • this is wonderful. my cousin has add and i've seen what the medicine does to her. it's horrible. dopeness as always.

  • unbelievable, incredible, this is so amazing. 

  • CHILLS!!!!! thank you

  • I dead started crying. WoW!

  • fuckin love you

  • I hung on his every word and by the end I was just awe-struck by his powerful speech -3

  • I get chills at least three times every time i listen to this.

  • ORGASM... that was pure bliss!!!

  • Absolutely breathtaking. I love this. His words are so amazing and more importantly, so True.

  • Absolutely breathtaking. I love this. His words are so amazing and more importantly, so true

  • I have no words to describe this kid and I'm a poet myself . Dude yur skills are Fuckinq ASTRONOMICAL .!

  • 8 ppl are pissed at the fact that they've been making ppl rich off their purchases of Retilin

  • incredible

  • artistry at its best.

    goosebumps.

    breathless.

    the most visceral feelings.

    love love love.

  • love it, & its message.

  • that is so true..

  • truly amazing. brought me to TEARS because I was diagnosed with ADD at age six. you just verbalized what I've been feeling for ages. love it

  • I need you to come to the University that I attend a preform this...then go to the high school I attend and preform this then go to the mental health clinic that diagnosed menwith ADHD and let them hear this man God bless you your words are so real.

  • i just got goosebumps

  • @DopeDethrone amen

  • you are an amazing inspiration. Thank you

  • this is wonderful and unfortunately too true! thank you for posting!!!

  • Let me tell y'all all something pills do work because I'm 14 and I'm ADHD and bipolar and ADD so y'all don't know fuck because if I didn't have them I would fail school so y'all don't know crap

  • @Haileybug0404 you misunderstand the point of the whole poem. The message is to say fuck them. Fuck the pills. Let your mind be free so that one day the ones who judge us now and think we need these medicines to be their robots can kiss our ass. Because we will be on top we will be brighter because our minds do not stay inside the box. where some think we see things in a more complicated manner we're only making progress to make life better.

  • @Haileybug0404 lol i didnt even have to look at your screen name to know you are a woman

  • i got chills at the end... fuckin BRILLIANT

  • Deep shit. Dirty rhymes too.

  • Parents must know that children are soul.....pure soul when they are first born! They are "tabula rasa"...a blank tablet,unspoiled and ready to absorb anything you attempt to place upon them.Watch them grow and pay attention to their special needs and dreams.Dreams are often manifestation of the soul....they can be reflections from the higher world.. Free your child and let him or her be..exactly what they were meant to be.Give them room to be different...to "shine"!!!

  • i've got ADD and i struggle with this every fucking day. props man, mad props

  • @vanillacat0 You struggle with a made up mental illness. congrats

  • @icon54 i struggle with people defining me based on my "mental illness". whether or not you think it exists or not, i don't care, but they tell me i can't focus, tell me i should take these pills to solve all my problems.

    trust me, pills solve nothing.

  • @vanillacat0 Of course pills dont work, theres nothing for them to fix.

  • i got chiilllllllssssssssss

    this one hits u strong

  • I almost cried. I've got ADD too :)

  • He is T H E perfect father!!

    I hate psychopathes: histricontrol freaks how will give the order to kill everything that doesn't breath only for them.

  • So true

  • He just went IN!. i got goose pimples cuz of this. .lol

  • Where can I find the lyrics?

  • Thank You...

    Hearken well so be it heard

    the soulful knowing of the poet's word

    wisdom of the ages within his heart

    from which his words have their start

    a potential to soar, to be itself known

    within his plea a mission be shown.

    APOGEE Poet in gratitude.

  • BRAVO! I am an educational therapist - LOVE those who know how to make a difference - yes - Ability Devotion Discovery - APPLAUSE!!

  • 4 foot replica star wars millenium falcon from 5 different lego sets, colour coded, and a working loading bay. They are afraid of you shaun.

  • @YouAreAllPussies thats a cute little paragraph you sent me. good thing you wasted your time and energy to tell me stuff that i dont care about

  • u are a mad good poet man deep deep deep good shit

  • Knocked the breath right out of me..

  • chills everytime.

  • @javex17 helllllll yeahhh.  power to the wanderers

  • i'm seriously blown away! so awesome

  • So ivee waatcheed This abt 50 timees this weeek <3

  • Whoa! I felt that shit in my chest!

  • wo_ow

  • Oh my God is all I could say throughout the entire video, and at the end it hit me so hard I literally jumped out my seat in disbelief saying oh my God! How did he ever manage to put this into words. He said everything that needed to be said about kids and adults with ADD or ADHD. point blank period.

  • ADD FTW

  • i love this, i have add. and love this poem, we the add, etc are artistic. 

  • real talk after that was done i just sat here in silence let it hit me...and listened to it again...:):) <3ed it

  • Watched as many of your other videos as I can find and just stumbled across this one and it blew me away!!! This was one of the sickest, realest poems/ presentations I've ever seen. One word...LEGIT!

  • I FEEL LIKE RAFAEL SPEAKS THROUGH ME WITH MANY OF HIS POEMS !  , THIS ONE IS GREAT ! :) , REALLY NEEDS TO BE HEARD BY EVERYONE... SHARE HIM ON FACEBOOK GUYS ! DO YOUR PART LOL :)

  • this is by far my favorite video. we are unable to use our imaginations because we are constantly being told to think logically. powerful message.

  • omg ='D

  • AAHHHH!!! I Love him!! Barbie 101 is my fav!! :D

  • rafael casalll weooooo! atta boy

  • @omegacon I agree 100%

  • oh my god this just gave me chills lol

    i love his work! :)

  • Your ability to educate through entertainment is incredible. It is so inspiring to listen to this, to know that there are great minds in my generation. I love this poem!

  • Marry me

  • ILOVE THIS.,

    IGOT CHILLS

  • werd.

  • I love himm ! Is he on facebook ?

  • And if they ever tell you that you can't focus.....GOOD......Pay them no attention!

  • holy shit.. good stuff

  • This was beautiful.. My brother was diagnosed with ADHD & i agree with every word he said.. my brother is not incapable of paying attention & he is not inferior. he is different.

  • goosebumps. wow.

  • O___________O

  • @YouAreAllPussies damn BITCH you a troller look at your name.. u go around sayin inflammatory shit behind your screen name callin everyone else a pussy you lil a bitch who'd get scraped up if you ran your mouth with out the protection anonymity that u have in your lil virtual world.. you're here callin people gay n pussies while your sittin watchin poetry.. you're a bitch bet yah whole family is full of bitches n i bet your mother raised you like that. peace bEeeITCH

  • WOW

  • @YouAreAllPussies its a poem, child, calm down.

  • wow i just got chills this is touchin my throat hurts cause i want to say so much my eyes burn from wanting to cry but i refuse to let them slip for i have just heard the most beautiful think thing.Keep up the good work

  • Hey everyone, here is a chatroom where young artists can express themnselves share their work, and discuss their opinions. tinychat. com/justice4artists

  • this made me tear up.. this stuff is powerful!!

  • I'm not sure what you're saying we parents of children frustrated in their own skin should do to help our children. It's a big job to care for a kid who doesn't think like most people do.

    Medication is one of our tools to help kids focus. My son is happier with himself when he understands more clearly what's going on in the world around him.

  • @czickgraf I don't think Rafael Casal is trying to insult the way parents choose to medicate their children. if you listen you can hear that it's an ode to his nephew. It's about being yourself no matter the coast, it's about big industry business benefiting off the welfare of our children. It's about teachers and peers and perfectly good strangers who will view a child or an adult like myself who struggles with such things as ' lesser then'. Give it another listen it might empower you. <3

  • i got labeled with ADD when i was in 7th grade, instead of hiding it, i told everyone, i accepted it as a part of me, and i never let it make me inferior, it just meant i think diferent than you. so yeah, this hits me in the heart

  • that, for like a good minute, made me jealous of those with A.D.D.

  • this is amazing! keep it up i realize this comment comes about two years too late but your still amazing man!

  • CCHHUUURRRRRRCCCCHHHHHHHH.....­.....

  • This gave me goosebumps!!!!! My son was recently diagnosed with ADHD and this video means a lot to me. Thank you so much!

  • wow str8up superhuman ability

  • wow

  • Does anyone know who the people are he mention at 3:58?

    I know who Monet and Marx are, but I can't find the other two.

  • @Turtleboi491 the other one I knew was Pablo Neruda, a Chilean poet

  • @Turtleboi491 And the other one is ' jose rizal '

  • love it..love it...love it

  • blew my mind, that's some real shit

  • Screw all the labels, ADD does not exist, they want everyone to be machines. I lived through the lies of phama, I was injured by them, and now I fight back. People are not a machine, we are supposed to be unique and that uniqueness should NOT be suppressed by medication.

  • Thumbs up if u get chills in the last 3-4 lines.. not to mention during the rest of the poem, but especially at the end.. dope.

  • Speaking up for your nephew - and all the other bright, interested, curious kids.

    Keep it up!

  • wow. nuff said

  • OMFG! That was soo awesome.

  • Wow..

  • this was amazing, i see the passion in every poem you write, talent is the sight of you.

  • The bandaid on a mystery they wish to decomplicate then medicate to accommodate the commonness of why he can't concentrate

  • thats some real shit right there

  • im clappin in front me computer lik he can hear me

  • .."If they ever tell u you can't focus, good, pay them no attention"...speechless..

  • @iSpunkrandom -its gives me goosebumps everytime...