Your not alone if this kicked you in the gut. More nights than I can count I watched my mom drag herself out the door to work the night shift plus over time to keep us eating. She passed away 2 years ago and I never forget what she did for me. Funny how musicians can write songs that transport you to different places in time. Some good, some bad, but they always seem to bring you face to face with what cuts you to your core. I love this band.
Dude... I watched these guys perform their hearts out last Saturday in darien lake NY, I can tell you I cry to this song by myself all the time...and hearing them sing it you will have to muster all of your strength to not absolutely break down in front of them, my father passed when I was 14 and this has a special place to me with my momma as well
@@hughobrien4139 You’re 100% right. As much as we try to be unique, we are more alike than we like to admit. The way we feel, hurt, or joy, well said …
Hey guys, i know youll never gonna read this comment, but I need to tell anyway... Thanks, thanks so much guys. We had our little princess fighting for her life 3 long months in the hospital. Your music gave us energy, faith, love... There's so many nights holding her hand and listening your voice on my headphones Nathaniel. Guys, you got a special place in our home and... In our hearts by the way. Thanks, for real.
❤️ There is no deeper pain than having a sick child...to find hope/comfort/peace in music by such talented artists (I’m including the ENTIRE band/crew) is a blessing.
So I tell you I been fighting cancer my whole life and I'm about 7/8 to the end in reality and have a really crappy pain management. When the Dr decides to cut my meds one month I'm listening to s.o.b hourly during that whole month. It helps my wife and daughter get me smiling a little when Im in Max pain riding the lightning I call it. And when I'm not passing out from the pain. And my fave... I need never get old...so me....my heart out to y'all cuz of all peeps I totally know and my heart goes out to ya. No one should have to experience that he'll. God bless
@@crystalcoleman1771 She's 3 years old right now, an absolute fighter. And, hell yeah, we still listening this guys. Thanks so much for asking for her. ❤️
Nat hits all the marks with this classic masterpiece. The fact that it was released on the great " Stax" label also gives me chills. Somewhere Otis Redding is smiling and singing along.
I lost my momma last month after fighting cancer for two years, I shared this song with her, this song means more now than when I shared it with her. I miss you momma.
I'm watching this, sitting 3 feet from my mom's urn. She passed March 22nd, and it's been hard. I loved her so much, and she loved me heart and soul. I'm devastated she's gone, but I'm glad to have brought her back home to the Ozarks of Missouri. She would have loved this. I love this. Thank you.
I’m sorry. Remember losing someone isn’t something you get over, it’s something you have to get through. And it’s your journey. Take as long as your heart and mind need to heal.
Lost my Mom this past March. Everyday I live on, I try to honor her by not giving up. She never complained, and had every reason to. Toughest person I have ever known. I lost my Dad when I was a child. If you still have your parents, tell them you love them and give em a hug. We should all have compassion for one another, and share some of the love our Mothers gave us. The world would be a better place, and we could show our Moms that we appreciate all the sacrifices they made for us too. Thank you Nathaniel Rateliff for this very powerful song that made this 43 year old man cry like a baby.
It’s taken me two years to be able to listen to this song without crying like a baby, for all those out there who lost their mother, no matter how old you are you’ll always need mums support sometime, thank you Nathaniel for putting the words and energy together too make this song
Ill be 60 in August and one of my things on my bucket list was to see you in concert. That came true at Art Park in Lewiston, NY. That was F-ING amazing show. Thank You Sir you're one of the best preformers in my lifetime.
"You think you carry such weight, I know I never beat you boy" resonates deep with me. When I was a teenager I was so angsty and defiant and thought my life was so shitty. Now as a grownup I realize how good I had it, how loving my parents were, and how my mom and dad gave every last penny to make us loved and happy and never mentioned how horribly they were both abused and neglected as kids. Found out from my sister when I was an adult. Love you mom and dad.
How did you get through it?? I'm 36 and losing my mother slowly to several painful diseases.. personally I cant wait til she passes and is never in pain again.. I figure that will bring me relief knowing shes no longer in pain.. I love her to the ends of the earth 🌎 ❤ 💕 ♥
@@tank6561 a mother is something that can never be replaced, nor another fill the void in ones heart. I find your comment interesting on so many levels. As a mother, but more like a child:( I found my mom, completely unexpected, and it's changed everything about my world. What I wouldn't do for one more day, just to see it coming.
I had a terrible relationship with my mom growing up. Drugs ruled her life, but even in spite of those demons clawing into her back, she never stopped trying. She’s better now, dealing with her past that caused her addictions, and I have an adult perspective and appreciation for her. Thanks mom. I know it was hard for you every single day, but I appreciate you. I love you mom.
Same here with my mom, this song is like a double edged sword that I'm sure you fully understand and know to well. Glad your mom is doing better and still around to rebuild a relationship with you.
It takes a strong person to deal with the demons! I have a baby sister that's been fighting them demons for 8 years! Congratulations to your Momma! So happy to hear she beat it.. Happy to hear you have a good relationship with your mom now! Keep moving forward.
That reminds me of my mom, worked her body to nothing and I have so much respect for her, I'm helping take care of her now. If I only can be half the man she thinks I am. My mom doesn't know the word quit.
Brother, it's hard. They just wont stop, eventually is kills them. Bless them moms. Likewise to you, if I could ever be half the man she reckons I am.....
I listen to the words in this song and find it uncanny in the statements my mother has made to me over the phone. Growing up and moving away proved to be brutal on my mother. Sadly I never considered just how much or how so. She weathered it like a solid rock but she would let me know about it with near these exact same words. I lost Mama two years ago. Looking back through the views and sentiments in the words in this song, I realize just how much more effort and emphasis I should have placed in communicating with her. I know she would never be satisfied with me living with regret in my heart over it. So that much I will not do. What I will do is uplift my spirits and I will place the emphasis of care and communication with my wife and children and grandchildren. After all I know this is what she taught me and I know this is what would honor her memory and allow rest within her soul. I have not run far enough. I have not worked hard enough. I’ll never be justified to say, it will never get better. These words motivate my soul.
I was never loved as a child but I love my own kids so much it hurts. So grateful to finally know what it feels like, but from the other side. I already knew I loved the song, but what a beautiful video.
This is a truly beautiful song! I cried on the inside in a good way when I watched it. It’s always a reminder about how much God wants us to show appreciation for the woman who gave birth to us.
These boys know where they came from...the music is from the heart friends. Very well done musically and visually....a sincere tribute to the person that gave you life, cherish your Mom. She had high hopes for you and most likely worked much too hard to give you the things that you wanted as my mother did. If you grew up in a single parent home as I did you'll understand...we weren't rich by any means but there was roof and food on the table, that's what mother's do, take care of their babies, it's engrained in them. Now that your Mom is older, maybe in residential care or a nursing home you make sure to give her everything she needs....even if you can't afford it for yourself, one day when she is gone you'll understand...remember, cherish your mother, God knows she cherished you.
The peak of meaning and happiness in a man’s life is when his kids are little. It doesn’t get any better than this in this world. Heaven on earth and only for a short moment
My Son sent this song to me for mother'sbday 2022...all the way from Braxil. Gives thoughts of when he was a boy, now grown up to turn 48 in 2022. Awesome memorues of him and what his young manhood is to be ahead of him.
Tj Hardin I'm sorry for the loss of your son, what happened to him he was so young too, I am only 37 and almost died of heart attack, it's scary and have to take care of myself more
I'm 34 . Should be dead, 10x over . Gunfights, rolled my Z28, overdose 3x, and I'm here. Still. I'll be your son mom. Life's complicated, and better men then me have passed as I watched close by. Sorry for your son's passing .-Kyle L.N.O
My mom raised me and my two siblings by herself. I was was a little shit growing up. Now that I have my know family when times get tough I listen to this song. Thank you
LITERALLY just had to message my mom and tell her I love her in the middle of this song. We aren't the closest, and by my own admission I likely don't tell her NEARLY as much as a son should, but as I read these comments, I see that I'm fortunate in that I even still have that ability to do that... I'm not the most outwardly emotional person, but my big ass is bawling right now. This song is POWERFUL.
K'zres B-Ga my son left for homecoming and never came home. His dad died when he was two and it was just us for a while then I got remarried and had two more sons and we we're a small but close family till his friends at 17 convinced him his dad that raised him since two was not his father. Hate gree in his heart. I only spoke of his father in the best way never sharing with him how alcohol took his life at 23 cuz even after having a son he still refused to stop. I thought I was doing the right thing but he turned on me as well and has not had any contact with me in 11 years now. Tommorow he turns 28 and every year I hope it will be the year he comes to his senses and reaches out to me but he never does. He has no idea how much he has hurt me in the years that have passed. God forgive me but I have to stop letting it hurt me I've been to therapy and nothing takes the pain away. Everyone please love your mother you only have one and no matter what she will live you all over again if just given the chance. Michigan mom who still crys and hurts for her son .
Cancer took my mother in 84', she was always there for me. she passed at the age of 56, I'm 61 now and wonder how much joy she missed. After all the things I've survived, I can't get over that loss this song helps me remember that there's no bad time well just fuggit thanks for this song Nat, I aint gonna get no beter
I have a deeply understanding and lovomg relationship with my mom. I cried with her while listening to this. It gives me a sense of pride and determination to accomplish something to make her proud.
God damnit you made me cry. I've listened to this song a hundred times, and it never moved me as much until I saw this video. What a beautiful tribute.
All the respect to those who think of their moms when they hear this song. You have my love and my encouragement. But I just get the kick in the pants from it. Indeed, I ain't gone far enough to say " At least I tried..." I ain't worked hard enough to say, "Well I've done mine." Anyway. Thanks for this song. Even if you never see this...thanks.
"Hey, Mama. It's me." I've had this song on repeat a lot lately, partly in preparation of the future. As I struggle and succeed at making my own dreams a reality, I am also coaching my kids on what it really means to live your best life and be the best versions of themselves. Although we've had a few bumpy spots along the way, they've all been pretty minor blips on the radar of life. But I know one day we will experience major blips, and when that happens, I want to be the best version of my momself to coach them through that too. I've had this song on repeat a lot lately, partly in reflection of the past. I am thankful for my mom who worked a full-time job, drove us all over God's green earth, who was almost always at every event, did all the grocery shopping, and had a hot dinner on the table every single night for our not-small family. Sometimes we even got to have late-night chocolate milk and ice cream around the dinner table with Dad before he left to go to work at 10. And most days she was able to do all of this without complaint and with a good attitude. I really can't even imagine how tired she must have been. I didn't appreciate her. I didn't know I was supposed to, if that makes any sense. I guess that means I took her for granted. When her and Dad divorced, she was 8 years younger than I am today. Now that I'm 42, I look at other 34-year-old moms and think, "I'm older now than my mom was then." And I have an overwhelming sense of sympathy come over me for her as an individual, not just as my mom. More than being sympathetic, I can now be empathetic with her, mom-to-mom, woman-to-woman, wife-to-wife. Every day that passes, I find myself judging others less and less and less and less. And, man, that's a wonderful feeling! I find myself being calmer and wiser, and that's a great feeling too! Thank you, Mom, for all you have done for me, especially those thousands upon thousands of things that I never even knew you were doing to take care of me when most days you didn't even have any time for yourself. Hey, Mama. It's me. I see you, and I feel you. You are kind. You are smart. You are important.
Melinda Martin this just made me cry. Loves. I’m single mom’ing my three kids right now and every day is a struggle, but an even bigger blessing. It’s all for them! ❤️
Looks like you all had moms I can relate to. This song was awesome before, but the video drives it home. My mom gave us everything she had and made me what I am today. Thank you for showing the beauty in hard working women that do it all for their families. Man, this is touching...
Dammit Nathaniel! Why you gotta make me cry like this? I lost my mom when I was six, and I think this video makes me miss her more than I have since I was a kid. I didn't think I could love this song more.
Such a beautiful song! My 26 year old calls me Mama and I call him baby boy. This is like our anthem as I'm always on him to do more. And how tough life is. Thank you! Proud boy mom here.
Closure is a hard thing to come by when you miss a loved one's final moments and they keep asking for you. My mother passed away September 14th 2014. I wasn't around no one had any way to contact me. I found out in November of 2014 by my nephew answering the door and saying mama wanted her baby boy. Not A-day goes by that I don't hear those words. You are song Hey mama is my way of coping with it. Makes it hurt so much less.. thank you..
So glad I found you guys. You give me hope that music isn't going to suck with all the technology screwing up the music industry. You found that sound that gives me chills and I don't find that much these days. Keep up the awesome work, and I'm trying to get to Red Rocks to see y'all this summer.
Pretty accurate as far as Moms & Sons go!! My Mom brought up her 7 Sons to be respectful not only to others but theirselves, AMEN as I did mine, love you son Erik!
After being disfellowshipped from my religion of 39 years, I live 13 miles from a mother who will never speak to me again. The feelings this song stirs up? Beautiful and devastating. I’ve got 4 of my own who will NEVER know this pain ☺️❤️✌🏻
Thank you for putting your talents into creating such a meaningful song to me personally. My Mom worked everyday until she had no more to give. She gave all. If I ever fell my weight is too great,I think of real sacrifice made to give me all I ever needed. I want to tell you how grateful I am that there is still music of consequence being made with genuine songwriting talent. Big fan in Missouri.
Hey Nathaniel, thank you brother. I lost my mom on july 4th 2012. I miss her everyday. I find myself wanting to ask her questions about random shit everyday. Thank you for making a song that deals with that. Just thank you for your songs in general brother.
Placed my Pop on a pedestal as we all probably do....he was the Man!, Never really placed my Mom up there, probably because she was always already there, just too young then to realize the pillar holding up the pedestal! Now I know, love you Mama!
I know it's been a year. I did the exact thing. My father passed away last October. He was my best friend, it took me a while but I realized while my father was my best friend my mom is my best advocate. I don't know you but I love you.
My beautiful mother the love of my life has past November 28th.She was and always will be the best thing I ever have had the pleasure to have in my life.
Lost my mom in 2013, and there isn't a day that goes by that I don't miss her.this reminds me of her so much, she use to say some of the same things to me.
The day I lost my youngest Son/Nicholas Garcia to fentanyl overdoses he was an Alcoholic not into hard drugs 😢 one mad decision I too died 😢 I was in the locker Room at work I was sitting trying not cry and this song came I knew my son was sitting with me in-sprite THANK YOU❤ it made me feel alive and SO much love ❤
Realmente cada canción, cada video, cada letra de esta banda llega a lugares impensados en mi espíritu. Muy buenas canciones. Los descubrí hace muy poco tiempo pero lograron cautivarme y siento que los escucho hace años. Ojalá alguna vez toquen en Argentina y tenga el dinero para ir a verlos.
My mom raised me and my two siblings by her self, I was a little shit growing up but she was always in my behind me, I’m grown now with kids, when shit gets tough I listen to this song
Sit down with her, tell her you're sorry, give her the lyrics and tell her this speaks to me....play the song.....you only have one Mother, reconcile before you can't, peace.
Your not alone if this kicked you in the gut. More nights than I can count I watched my mom drag herself out the door to work the night shift plus over time to keep us eating. She passed away 2 years ago and I never forget what she did for me. Funny how musicians can write songs that transport you to different places in time. Some good, some bad, but they always seem to bring you face to face with what cuts you to your core. I love this band.
Dude... I watched these guys perform their hearts out last Saturday in darien lake NY, I can tell you I cry to this song by myself all the time...and hearing them sing it you will have to muster all of your strength to not absolutely break down in front of them, my father passed when I was 14 and this has a special place to me with my momma as well
Above all else. These words inform us that we are alike and share the same emotions and thoughts.
This is a good thing.
@@hughobrien4139 You’re 100% right. As much as we try to be unique, we are more alike than we like to admit. The way we feel, hurt, or joy, well said …
My mom delivered 30 babies on xmas. She’s 77, total savage!
@@Nuttyirishman85 That took some work!
Hey guys, i know youll never gonna read this comment, but I need to tell anyway... Thanks, thanks so much guys. We had our little princess fighting for her life 3 long months in the hospital. Your music gave us energy, faith, love... There's so many nights holding her hand and listening your voice on my headphones Nathaniel. Guys, you got a special place in our home and... In our hearts by the way. Thanks, for real.
❤️ There is no deeper pain than having a sick child...to find hope/comfort/peace in music by such talented artists (I’m including the ENTIRE band/crew) is a blessing.
So I tell you I been fighting cancer my whole life and I'm about 7/8 to the end in reality and have a really crappy pain management. When the Dr decides to cut my meds one month I'm listening to s.o.b hourly during that whole month. It helps my wife and daughter get me smiling a little when Im in Max pain riding the lightning I call it. And when I'm not passing out from the pain. And my fave... I need never get old...so me....my heart out to y'all cuz of all peeps I totally know and my heart goes out to ya. No one should have to experience that he'll. God bless
I hope your daughter is doing better and you keep listening
@@crystalcoleman1771 She's 3 years old right now, an absolute fighter. And, hell yeah, we still listening this guys. Thanks so much for asking for her. ❤️
@@totedacosta5915 my daughter is a 12 year cancer survivor and I think being positive and good tunes was just what doc ordered! ❤️ Bless you!
Nat hits all the marks with this classic masterpiece. The fact that it was released on the great " Stax" label also gives me chills. Somewhere Otis Redding is smiling and singing along.
I lost my momma last month after fighting cancer for two years, I shared this song with her, this song means more now than when I shared it with her. I miss you momma.
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Keep your head up, Ole boy
I'm watching this, sitting 3 feet from my mom's urn. She passed March 22nd, and it's been hard. I loved her so much, and she loved me heart and soul. I'm devastated she's gone, but I'm glad to have brought her back home to the Ozarks of Missouri. She would have loved this. I love this. Thank you.
Rusty Shakelford ((((((hugs from WI))))))
Carrie Latika Thompson Thank you sweetie.
Rusty Shakelford Hugs Love and Peace to you and your heart. Hug your momma in your dreams ~♡~
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I’m sorry. Remember losing someone isn’t something you get over, it’s something you have to get through. And it’s your journey. Take as long as your heart and mind need to heal.
Lost my Mom this past March. Everyday I live on, I try to honor her by not giving up. She never complained, and had every reason to. Toughest person I have ever known. I lost my Dad when I was a child. If you still have your parents, tell them you love them and give em a hug. We should all have compassion for one another, and share some of the love our Mothers gave us. The world would be a better place, and we could show our Moms that we appreciate all the sacrifices they made for us too. Thank you Nathaniel Rateliff for this very powerful song that made this 43 year old man cry like a baby.
This song makes me cry every time. Thank you.
It’s taken me two years to be able to listen to this song without crying like a baby, for all those out there who lost their mother, no matter how old you are you’ll always need mums support sometime, thank you Nathaniel for putting the words and energy together too make this song
Struggle is real, I hear ya. peace...
Me too
This makes me cry for the Mother I never had.
Hello @katshotz275,
How're you doing
Thanks for being a fan
It's nice meeting you here
My Mom passed on her birthday a few years ago I miss her crying now
@@NathanielRateliff-yb2dq Nice reply, Nate.
Ill be 60 in August and one of my things on my bucket list was to see you in concert. That came true at Art Park in Lewiston, NY. That was F-ING amazing show. Thank You Sir you're one of the best preformers in my lifetime.
"You think you carry such weight, I know I never beat you boy" resonates deep with me. When I was a teenager I was so angsty and defiant and thought my life was so shitty. Now as a grownup I realize how good I had it, how loving my parents were, and how my mom and dad gave every last penny to make us loved and happy and never mentioned how horribly they were both abused and neglected as kids. Found out from my sister when I was an adult.
Love you mom and dad.
I think we’ve all felt like this way about our parents, and have learned to forgive ourselves. Bless you.
Lost my mother when I was 26. I'm now 55. This video, this song, makes me cry every time. You never stop missing your mother.
No, agreed you don't. Nor does a mom stop longing for the boy that was once her light.
How did you get through it?? I'm 36 and losing my mother slowly to several painful diseases.. personally I cant wait til she passes and is never in pain again.. I figure that will bring me relief knowing shes no longer in pain.. I love her to the ends of the earth 🌎 ❤ 💕 ♥
@@tank6561 a mother is something that can never be replaced, nor another fill the void in ones heart. I find your comment interesting on so many levels. As a mother, but more like a child:(
I found my mom, completely unexpected, and it's changed everything about my world. What I wouldn't do for one more day, just to see it coming.
@@tank6561Tearing the minute I read this! God I feel for you.
I lost my mother suddenly when I was 17. I still remember brushing her hair and hearing her laugh.
Yeah OMG my moms my best friend been there through😊 everything and always will be there this song actually says how important they are
I had a terrible relationship with my mom growing up. Drugs ruled her life, but even in spite of those demons clawing into her back, she never stopped trying. She’s better now, dealing with her past that caused her addictions, and I have an adult perspective and appreciation for her.
Thanks mom. I know it was hard for you every single day, but I appreciate you.
I love you mom.
Same here with my mom, this song is like a double edged sword that I'm sure you fully understand and know to well. Glad your mom is doing better and still around to rebuild a relationship with you.
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Alright, who is cutting onions?!
Glad you have time to repair your relationship.
It takes a strong person to deal with the demons! I have a baby sister that's been fighting them demons for 8 years! Congratulations to your Momma! So happy to hear she beat it.. Happy to hear you have a good relationship with your mom now! Keep moving forward.
Same here she did good got clean for a long time then went back to it.
Brings me to tears every time.
Loved this song when I heard it on NCIS new Orleans and it made me think of my mom who had passed 5 years ago and how much I miss her
That reminds me of my mom, worked her body to nothing and I have so much respect for her, I'm helping take care of her now. If I only can be half the man she thinks I am. My mom doesn't know the word quit.
Eric Johnson Amen brother. They're such inspirations to some of us.
Eric Johnson you are great
Brother, it's hard. They just wont stop, eventually is kills them. Bless them moms. Likewise to you, if I could ever be half the man she reckons I am.....
I don't know you at all, except for that line - "If I only can be half the man she thinks I am." That makes you alright by me.
Then you had a good one and I am sure she loves you more than she can Express. God bless
I listen to the words in this song and find it uncanny in the statements my mother has made to me over the phone.
Growing up and moving away proved to be brutal on my mother.
Sadly I never considered just how much or how so.
She weathered it like a solid rock but she would let me know about it with near these exact same words.
I lost Mama two years ago.
Looking back through the views and sentiments in the words in this song, I realize just how much more effort and emphasis I should have placed in communicating with her.
I know she would never be satisfied with me living with regret in my heart over it. So that much I will not do.
What I will do is uplift my spirits and I will place the emphasis of care and communication with my wife and children and grandchildren.
After all I know this is what she taught me and I know this is what would honor her memory and allow rest within her soul.
I have not run far enough. I have not worked hard enough.
I’ll never be justified to say, it will never get better.
These words motivate my soul.
Damn...….that is my mom all day.....been thirty five years since she left.....I still hear her in my head.....I LOVE YOU MOM!
Same story here! GOD bless you dear one. Sometimes feels hard to "soldier" on...but we do.💔🙏🎶🤠
I was never loved as a child but I love my own kids so much it hurts. So grateful to finally know what it feels like, but from the other side. I already knew I loved the song, but what a beautiful video.
This is a truly beautiful song! I cried on the inside in a good way when I watched it. It’s always a reminder about how much God wants us to show appreciation for the woman who gave birth to us.
Love love this song! My son sent this to me and oh man did it make me cry! 😢
These boys know where they came from...the music is from the heart friends. Very well done musically and visually....a sincere tribute to the person that gave you life, cherish your Mom. She had high hopes for you and most likely worked much too hard to give you the things that you wanted as my mother did. If you grew up in a single parent home as I did you'll understand...we weren't rich by any means but there was roof and food on the table, that's what mother's do, take care of their babies, it's engrained in them. Now that your Mom is older, maybe in residential care or a nursing home you make sure to give her everything she needs....even if you can't afford it for yourself, one day when she is gone you'll understand...remember, cherish your mother, God knows she cherished you.
Well said
Truth.
i don't listen to thos song often because it's so heavy. the truth in it is so raw that it disarms me every time i hear it.
Thank you, Nathaniel. You remind me of my son who I lost January 2017. This was like a Mother's Day gift from him. Thank you!
can't imagine, may you find peace.
I hear you love song to mom
This is for you Mom lost her in 2013 from cancer. Love You and miss you.
The peak of meaning and happiness in a man’s life is when his kids are little. It doesn’t get any better than this in this world. Heaven on earth and only for a short moment
My Son sent this song to me for mother'sbday 2022...all the way from Braxil.
Gives thoughts of when he was a boy, now grown up to turn 48 in 2022. Awesome memorues of him and what his young manhood is to be ahead of him.
Hello Veneta 👋
Hope you’re having a great weekend??
This is one of my favorites...
So sorry for the infringe on your privacy. Beautiful song! How are you?
Hello stacieadams1403,
How're you doing ?
Thanks for being a fan.
It's nice meeting you here
I can't hold back my tears as I mourn my dear son enjoy passed at age 34. Beautifully sad song.
Tj Hardin I'm sorry for the loss of your son, what happened to him he was so young too, I am only 37 and almost died of heart attack, it's scary and have to take care of myself more
I'm 34 . Should be dead, 10x over . Gunfights, rolled my Z28, overdose 3x, and I'm here. Still. I'll be your son mom. Life's complicated, and better men then me have passed as I watched close by. Sorry for your son's passing .-Kyle L.N.O
My mom raised me and my two siblings by herself. I was was a little shit growing up. Now that I have my know family when times get tough I listen to this song. Thank you
Made me cry...miss my mom. Love these boys, thanks for the amazing music.
LITERALLY just had to message my mom and tell her I love her in the middle of this song.
We aren't the closest, and by my own admission I likely don't tell her NEARLY as much as a son should, but as I read these comments, I see that I'm fortunate in that I even still have that ability to do that... I'm not the most outwardly emotional person, but my big ass is bawling right now.
This song is POWERFUL.
This fucken song got me right in the heart
I’m crying like a kid and I don’t even know why!!
I love this man right here
because this is real music with real soul, made by real grassroots people
K'zres B-Ga my son left for homecoming and never came home. His dad died when he was two and it was just us for a while then I got remarried and had two more sons and we we're a small but close family till his friends at 17 convinced him his dad that raised him since two was not his father. Hate gree in his heart. I only spoke of his father in the best way never sharing with him how alcohol took his life at 23 cuz even after having a son he still refused to stop. I thought I was doing the right thing but he turned on me as well and has not had any contact with me in 11 years now. Tommorow he turns 28 and every year I hope it will be the year he comes to his senses and reaches out to me but he never does. He has no idea how much he has hurt me in the years that have passed. God forgive me but I have to stop letting it hurt me I've been to therapy and nothing takes the pain away. Everyone please love your mother you only have one and no matter what she will live you all over again if just given the chance. Michigan mom who still crys and hurts for her son .
You know why. So am I.
And it's ok
Because you love you Mom as she does you...tell her my friend.
Yup got me too
Cancer took my mother in 84', she was always there for me. she passed at the age of 56, I'm 61 now and wonder how much joy she missed. After all the things I've survived, I can't get over that loss this song helps me remember that there's no bad time well just fuggit thanks for this song Nat, I aint gonna get no beter
O my . You all are all right. To much, top notch and cool. Hope all is well.
Great song. I lost my mom this past January. This is going to be a tough mother's day this year.
Mark Cain Your Friend in the Car Business, Good luck with it. Wishing you the best.
prayers and condolences
Come on ! Nat & the Rateliffs are The Band to listen to !!
I swear I can not listen to this song without shedding some tears and missing my Momma .... Great f***ing song!! Damn ....
I have a deeply understanding and lovomg relationship with my mom. I cried with her while listening to this. It gives me a sense of pride and determination to accomplish something to make her proud.
I'm 6'6. 320lbs of rock solid manly man.
This song makes me weep for my grandma who passed 12/15/21.
Thank you.
God damnit you made me cry. I've listened to this song a hundred times, and it never moved me as much until I saw this video. What a beautiful tribute.
All the respect to those who think of their moms when they hear this song. You have my love and my encouragement. But I just get the kick in the pants from it. Indeed, I ain't gone far enough to say " At least I tried..." I ain't worked hard enough to say, "Well I've done mine." Anyway. Thanks for this song. Even if you never see this...thanks.
"Hey, Mama. It's me."
I've had this song on repeat a lot lately, partly in preparation of the future.
As I struggle and succeed at making my own dreams a reality, I am also coaching my kids on what it really means to live your best life and be the best versions of themselves.
Although we've had a few bumpy spots along the way, they've all been pretty minor blips on the radar of life. But I know one day we will experience major blips, and when that happens, I want to be the best version of my momself to coach them through that too.
I've had this song on repeat a lot lately, partly in reflection of the past.
I am thankful for my mom who worked a full-time job, drove us all over God's green earth, who was almost always at every event, did all the grocery shopping, and had a hot dinner on the table every single night for our not-small family. Sometimes we even got to have late-night chocolate milk and ice cream around the dinner table with Dad before he left to go to work at 10. And most days she was able to do all of this without complaint and with a good attitude. I really can't even imagine how tired she must have been.
I didn't appreciate her. I didn't know I was supposed to, if that makes any sense. I guess that means I took her for granted.
When her and Dad divorced, she was 8 years younger than I am today. Now that I'm 42, I look at other 34-year-old moms and think, "I'm older now than my mom was then." And I have an overwhelming sense of sympathy come over me for her as an individual, not just as my mom. More than being sympathetic, I can now be empathetic with her, mom-to-mom, woman-to-woman, wife-to-wife.
Every day that passes, I find myself judging others less and less and less and less. And, man, that's a wonderful feeling! I find myself being calmer and wiser, and that's a great feeling too!
Thank you, Mom, for all you have done for me, especially those thousands upon thousands of things that I never even knew you were doing to take care of me when most days you didn't even have any time for yourself.
Hey, Mama. It's me. I see you, and I feel you. You are kind. You are smart. You are important.
Melinda Martin this just made me cry. Loves. I’m single mom’ing my three kids right now and every day is a struggle, but an even bigger blessing. It’s all for them! ❤️
Loved it
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Hey mum love you forever
And.........
hey guys, the most beautiful way to say "I love you Mum". thanks so much
Looks like you all had moms I can relate to. This song was awesome before, but the video drives it home. My mom gave us everything she had and made me what I am today. Thank you for showing the beauty in hard working women that do it all for their families. Man, this is touching...
Dammit Nathaniel! Why you gotta make me cry like this? I lost my mom when I was six, and I think this video makes me miss her more than I have since I was a kid. I didn't think I could love this song more.
This is the music I continuously search for! This is the goooood stuff right here!
Man, this hit me in the feels today. Miss you mama. Beautiful video
All we have is words in the end and when you can strike a cord in another's soul with a lyric and give an emotion so powerful you've done your job ❤
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Such a beautiful song! My 26 year old calls me Mama and I call him baby boy. This is like our anthem as I'm always on him to do more. And how tough life is. Thank you! Proud boy mom here.
Closure is a hard thing to come by when you miss a loved one's final moments and they keep asking for you. My mother passed away September 14th 2014. I wasn't around no one had any way to contact me. I found out in November of 2014 by my nephew answering the door and saying mama wanted her baby boy. Not A-day goes by that I don't hear those words. You are song Hey mama is my way of coping with it. Makes it hurt so much less.. thank you..
Might be the saddest thing I’ve read in awhile… sorry you have that guilt, I’m sure the burden is deep regardless of time.
@@southcarolinaraised thank you.
thank christ these talents are carrying music forward. thanks guys, you've made the ride worth it.
So glad I found you guys. You give me hope that music isn't going to suck with all the technology screwing up the music industry. You found that sound that gives me chills and I don't find that much these days. Keep up the awesome work, and I'm trying to get to Red Rocks to see y'all this summer.
You guys are great..sound..
The music video actually made me tear up a little. Good work guys, and your mamas.
Pretty accurate as far as Moms & Sons go!! My Mom brought up her 7 Sons to be respectful not only to others but theirselves, AMEN as I did mine, love you son Erik!
After being disfellowshipped from my religion of 39 years, I live 13 miles from a mother who will never speak to me again. The feelings this song stirs up? Beautiful and devastating. I’ve got 4 of my own who will NEVER know this pain ☺️❤️✌🏻
So sorry for the infringe on your privacy. Beautiful song! How are you?
Just curious. You used the word "disfellowshipped". Jehovah's Witness?
Thank you for putting your talents into creating such a meaningful song to me personally. My Mom worked everyday until she had no more to give. She gave all. If I ever fell my weight is too great,I think of real sacrifice made to give me all I ever needed. I want to tell you how grateful I am that there is still music of consequence being made with genuine songwriting talent. Big fan in Missouri.
I just like this song.
Hey Nathaniel, thank you brother. I lost my mom on july 4th 2012. I miss her everyday. I find myself wanting to ask her questions about random shit everyday. Thank you for making a song that deals with that. Just thank you for your songs in general brother.
Well THAT made me cry big, fat tears... thanks guys. No, really- thanks. ❤️
Lost my mom 35 years ago and I still can't believe it! Thank you for the great music. Sam Adler
Quite possibly the best song.
Placed my Pop on a pedestal as we all probably do....he was the Man!, Never really placed my Mom up there, probably because she was always already there, just too young then to realize the pillar holding up the pedestal! Now I know, love you Mama!
I know it's been a year. I did the exact thing. My father passed away last October. He was my best friend, it took me a while but I realized while my father was my best friend my mom is my best advocate. I don't know you but I love you.
We do take Mom for granted.
Beautiful
My beautiful mother the love of my life has past November 28th.She was and always will be the best thing I ever have had the pleasure to have in my life.
You guys have one of the best sounds of the generation.
Great sound
Real great sound.
Truest statement you'll see on this thread
Right
Yessss! 100% ❤️❤️❤️
Wow!. Just so amazing. Love this band.. Love this band!
Thank you NCIS New Orleans!
So sorry for the infringe on your privacy. Beautiful song! How are you?
This song hits so freaking right every single time!!
This mans voice is amazing!
Best Damn Band EVER !!!!!!
What a lovely song for Mamas !
Wish this song came with lyrics. Hey mama song. His lyrics are awesome
Wow !! touched so many emotions in me❤️
Those scenes with those lyric’s.
beautiful
This song helped save my life.
Amazing so many days are better to deal with because of your guys music thank you all
This guy is amazing! Thanks for creating such great art & music!
hell i stopped chopping onions two years ago and I'm still listening... I get lost in this music and that voice omg
No matter where I travel on this beautiful rock I always think about my momma.
Thanks NCIS NOLA. Never heard of The Night Sweats before I saw them a couple of weeks ago.
Life is a race to see how much fun you can have and how many people you can help/touch before we meet our maker. Live it up folks
I get emotional every time I hear this song. LOVE.
Why does this make me cry.... damn i really want to hug my mom
Lost my mom in 2013, and there isn't a day that goes by that I don't miss her.this reminds me of her so much, she use to say some of the same things to me.
My son introduced me to this song. All my boys know I have had it hard in this life. Waiting for them to settle and do what is right.
You did good, momma.
Goddamn, i gotta stop chopping these onions for a second.
robertpicklesnickle me tooo they are so strong!!!!
The day I lost my youngest Son/Nicholas Garcia to fentanyl overdoses he was an Alcoholic not into hard drugs 😢 one mad decision I too died 😢 I was in the locker Room at work I was sitting trying not cry and this song came I knew my son was sitting with me in-sprite THANK YOU❤ it made me feel alive and SO much love ❤
My little brother died January 21 2022 from an overdose. I'm sorry
What a Beautiful Song
Really, Nice Video
Love the images of Hermann. Another awesome song, very moving
Realmente cada canción, cada video, cada letra de esta banda llega a lugares impensados en mi espíritu. Muy buenas canciones. Los descubrí hace muy poco tiempo pero lograron cautivarme y siento que los escucho hace años. Ojalá alguna vez toquen en Argentina y tenga el dinero para ir a verlos.
Hi Nathan, just heard your song & saw your appearance on an episode of NCIS New Orleans, this is such a beautiful song. Thank you ❤❤
This song is magic
As always, and amazing song with strong emotions....love you mom...
My mom raised me and my two siblings by her self, I was a little shit growing up but she was always in my behind me, I’m grown now with kids, when shit gets tough I listen to this song
I love this song
Great song, wonderful sentiment.
Never fails to move me everytime.
I'm not that close to my mom. This gives me hope to keep trying. Still lurv you guys. Everything about you gives my heart hope. ~♡~
drink z coffee, Only thing I could say: try to get more close. Once she’s gone you’ll regret it. Everyone needs his/her mother :)
Snooby Monk never truer words...
Drink z coffee ... always keep trying
Sit down with her, tell her you're sorry, give her the lyrics and tell her this speaks to me....play the song.....you only have one Mother, reconcile before you can't, peace.
god bless u my friend. all we can do is try. I don't know u but I'm proud of u. keep trying. in my prayers!!!!
This is the best song to appreciate what mom's give up/do for their children, thank you!
NR & the NS are fantastic - every song, including this one, sends a message. Great work guys.