Saying What Someone Needs To Say

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  • @chiquttahorn6944
    @chiquttahorn6944 3 роки тому +416

    I SAID IT BEFORE, AND IM GOING TO SAY IT AGAIN “ WE NEED MORE MEN LIKE YOU IN THIS WORLD RICKEY SMILEY”

  • @samapples6722
    @samapples6722 3 роки тому +276

    Let’s talk about ride-along parents. Parents who smoke with their kids, allow them to dress any way around them, say anything they want around them

    • @joeyjackson9199
      @joeyjackson9199 3 роки тому +6

      FACTS

    • @alyciacooper2
      @alyciacooper2 3 роки тому +4

      My cousin

    • @sexibyw
      @sexibyw 3 роки тому +7

      @Sandra The parents who do this type of thing with their children are lost and broken themselves. I had a friend who would do that and I actually have a few friends I can think of who do that and they do have unresolved issues. It allows kids to think its ok to deal with problems by turning to drugs and alcohol. Even the parents must come to a place inside with the help of God to learn to cope with life and things that they have been through in a better way. Sometimes the parents think they are using those activities to bond and sometimes the kids are a source of the supply. We all need to be praying non stop!

    • @puffnstuff9007
      @puffnstuff9007 3 роки тому +1

      👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

    • @samapples6722
      @samapples6722 3 роки тому +2

      @@sexibyw Amen 🙏🏽

  • @bladebrowntv7822
    @bladebrowntv7822 3 роки тому +110

    72 people who disliked this vid are the ones he’s talking about

    • @gwenhewitt9710
      @gwenhewitt9710 2 роки тому +7

      Yup low lifes but im sure he put some thinkin on there mind

    • @Tineyhighlyfavored
      @Tineyhighlyfavored Рік тому +2

      FACTS 💯

    • @TjgottaCtoon
      @TjgottaCtoon Рік тому +2

      So true. But when you call the cops they don’t do anything unless somebody dead.

    • @pookiehunter742
      @pookiehunter742 Рік тому +1

      Amen. You are correct!

  • @LaTreseSheffield
    @LaTreseSheffield 3 роки тому +21

    I'm old school. I'm not about to let any child run my house.

  • @karmenmoore2325
    @karmenmoore2325 3 роки тому +349

    The people who gave a thumbs down must be the ones who don't want anyone saying anything to them or their kids.

    • @ritagreenleaf3669
      @ritagreenleaf3669 3 роки тому +9

      That one exactly😥

    • @thewonthatloss227
      @thewonthatloss227 3 роки тому +1

      Tbh i be hitting the dislike button on alot of videos while strolling and don't even be realizing it.

    • @johnlowe9940
      @johnlowe9940 3 роки тому +9

      Here is another problem with this generation these women keep having babies by these types of guys who so call alpha men let's them strip them of all the moral leave them load down with sin in their belly full of kid will not have a father to be their instead all of their weakness what seed was implanted in them is all of their pain and fear anger what they father wasn't able to help them because they in jail and the mother been molested and rape probably didn't have no relationship with her mother because she was on drugs. Can't really type now at work don't have time to checkout what l wrote,but you can put the pieces together.

    • @kennethallen418
      @kennethallen418 3 роки тому +4

      I said the same thing 😂

    • @carolynrandolph-witcher1573
      @carolynrandolph-witcher1573 3 роки тому +5

      Exactly or their children Ray Ray, BooBoo, Lil Man, and BeeBee! In training

  • @KC-ke7kq
    @KC-ke7kq 3 роки тому +129

    From one black father to another, thank you for saying what I've been thinking for years

    • @tay215philly
      @tay215philly 3 роки тому +5

      Amen.

    • @SuperBre94
      @SuperBre94 3 роки тому +11

      Rickey, you are saying what I have been saying for 50 years. I tried to tell people close to me to get control of your house. Most thought I was too strict on my son. My ex-husband said I was going to turn him into a punk because I didn't allow him to go to homes where I didn't know the people. Some I alrdy knew how they lived.
      Well, my son went on to the Un of Mich and earns $300k+/year plus he stayed away from bullshit. So, this divorced single mama didn't do so bad.
      Keep on preaching Rickey. I hear you and agree wholeheartedly.

  • @Reese2336
    @Reese2336 3 роки тому +27

    This is a WORD. I had to get rid of my own nephew for this very reason. The devil is working through the youth via social media with the spirit of rebellion.

  • @charlesanderson8335
    @charlesanderson8335 3 роки тому +60

    Damn, about time a celeb speak about the community, no one wants to talk about the violence in our neighbor hood but we are quick to have a conversation about George Floyd (may he RIP)

    • @marybrock9127
      @marybrock9127 2 роки тому +1

      So true. Lord Jesus

    • @carlosreid51
      @carlosreid51 2 роки тому

      Or praising criminals instead of building our nuclear family and structure and society control again

  • @sethhoward9300
    @sethhoward9300 3 роки тому +404

    Man I was at the park here for Easter in New Orleans , all these white families were out there and the ONE black family out there got into a fist fight with one another. I was so embarrassed walking passed these white families and see the disgust , head shakes and shock on their faces . It made me so mad!!! Thanks rickey for bringing this topic up which no other celebrity does and it pisses me off.

    • @Untitled0752
      @Untitled0752 3 роки тому +36

      I swear it’s always like that. It’s so embarrassing when they’re out here acting a fool.

    • @sethhoward9300
      @sethhoward9300 3 роки тому +63

      @@Untitled0752 and that’s why all of us are pre-judged when going somewhere! Because of senseless shit like this

    • @HebrewJerusalemPrince777
      @HebrewJerusalemPrince777 3 роки тому +32

      Brother I be feeling the same way 🤦🏾‍♂️ These fools be out here fighting in the mall and it makes me so embarrassed.

    • @dwill4023
      @dwill4023 3 роки тому +10

      So true it's so sad

    • @225to504
      @225to504 3 роки тому +6

      They was from cross the canal.

  • @myfullyblessedjourney
    @myfullyblessedjourney 3 роки тому +43

    You are absolutely right. I am a black woman and we need to stay out of the way of men try to raise boys

  • @vilovilo8286
    @vilovilo8286 3 роки тому +17

    These 75 dislikes are the ones encouraging these animals to behave this way .... don't worry y'all time with fate is sooner the you think ...the guy is speaking 100% straight facts and y'all gonna give this video thumbs down?

  • @sherrybouler
    @sherrybouler 3 роки тому +30

    Ricky speaking truth. This is a lost generation.

  • @BFick478
    @BFick478 3 роки тому +256

    This is some of the realist sh*t ever spoken

  • @inthisworld414
    @inthisworld414 3 роки тому +186

    This is why children need a mother and FATHER!

    • @LaTreseSheffield
      @LaTreseSheffield 3 роки тому +18

      That's all well and good but even if it's one or the other. They need to be parents NOT the child's friend

    • @mtownpyro7198
      @mtownpyro7198 3 роки тому +4

      @@LaTreseSheffield right!

    • @b4chuck
      @b4chuck 3 роки тому +14

      Some have no choice but to parent alone via death or rape or other circumstances. It boils down to responsibility and accountability

    • @duanemcneese2630
      @duanemcneese2630 3 роки тому +3

      @Quiet Storm thank god you beat the statistic

    • @mikkimaxwell3684
      @mikkimaxwell3684 3 роки тому +12

      True if possible my mama raised 9 kids by herself we all graduated high school, two graduated from 4 yr university, 4 from trade school. No one never touch drugs, no one went to prison, only one went to jail for a night, all employed. We were raised old school and raised in church, mama wasnt our friend.

  • @Passion-X
    @Passion-X 3 роки тому +16

    Ricky,, I raised my son’s old school, I searched their rooms , did not allow doors closed in my house..checked them when they were wrong, and kicked off in that behind when needed. To this day they say yes ma’am and no sir, they are respectful... I stayed at their school.. and got on them and the teacher when they accepted less than stellar work... thank you for confirmation...

    • @kingofgreatnesstv
      @kingofgreatnesstv 2 роки тому

      Your kids don’t trust you and you didn’t allow them to

  • @margierichardson1822
    @margierichardson1822 3 роки тому +18

    My husband has a habit of telling young men to pull up their pants, and I fear for his life every time. So far they have been respectful and pulled up their pants, but I just worry about him

    • @siriuslyspeaking9720
      @siriuslyspeaking9720 3 роки тому

      If they don't do it when he is not In their presence, than it is not true respect they show, for him or the message he gave them. We have to explain in detail, why it is not a good thing to do, what we advise against. There are many angles to the argument. A young person could argue - what is the difference in that, and wearing a bathing suit at the beach? That makes sense on the surface, but certain social norms exist for multiple reasons. It must be pointed out that not all people are okay with exposing their body at the beach. There is also the point of there being a time and place for everything. We all don't share the same view point or opinion on things, and in order to maintain peace, agreements have been negotiated and compromises reached long ago, on certain basic norms. Society depends on this process to maintain the ability to function properly. That is were the concept of pushing the envelope coming in. Where does the challenging of norms stop? Not relatively long ago there use to be the saying among us that, "if you give us an inch, we'll take a yard". I don't know how many of us today, have heard this before as, those type of folk sayings, are so quickly replaced in today's pop/youth culture dominated society. Young people need to understand, that if they are fortunate/blessed, they will be old one day, and see society a lot differently than they do now. The consequences of growing old have only gotten worst. We can imagine what their senior years will be like, if the trajectory we have been on for over half a century continues. The challenging of authority and the attitude that one can do whatever comes to their mind is the same attitude, that get us killed by the police as well as each other. We need to have a serious evaluation and critique of our culture. The way we speak to our children is not conducive to the healthy development of them. Note how many White people speak to their very young children as if speaking with another adult. They instill confidence in their children from the start of their parenting. We too often berate, criticize, and try to keep our children in check. Thinking we are protecting them. In many if not most cases we are, and that is why we need to make our communities safe so our children can have more freedom to explore and practice building a measure of independence. Social pressures and interactions are too great a force, for this to be done piecemeal. It must be done on the community level at the least. We have to put our difference aside and create this basic standard of interacting with each other, on the cultural level. People are transient and people coming into a new community must have the same standards and basic human values. We have to make this a cultural shift - a real change of culture - not a reset. A reset just takes us back to a pervious state. So many have said "things can't go back to how they were". How is that possible if we continue to do the same things we have always done, to little or no avail? We will prove ineffectual and insane, if we don't make drastic changes. What can each person do to make sure we change? Email every politician, organization, and institution, and ask that they all address this issue and others. In your social media replies to post from media people and activist, demand that they address this issue, and that they call for a national dialogue, followed by an agenda for us to work on and complete. We have to come to a national consensus on some basic human values, that we all agree to recognize and adhere to. So in essence, this is a pre-agenda agenda of one point. What will we do with it? I will repost this to as a separate post, so not to imply that this is directed at you personally.

    • @TheRealWorldNews247
      @TheRealWorldNews247 2 роки тому +2

      Tell him to STOP!!
      He is playing with fire not a joke!
      These boys raised by they mama and dangerous

  • @wendyconway124
    @wendyconway124 3 роки тому +279

    I grew up when the teachers, principals, lunch lady could correct us but now nobody can say anything to the kids. But it takes a village please that shit dont work anymore.

    • @makeawayorgetlost
      @makeawayorgetlost 3 роки тому +8

      You said a lot then!!

    • @nitab5734
      @nitab5734 3 роки тому +12

      Right and hell they don’t go to school half the time or at all . It’s so sad

    • @padussia
      @padussia 3 роки тому +11

      I I'm a part of the Gen X generation. The principal would call my mother and asked if she could paddle me, and my mother would tell her yes every time.

    • @marilynrobinson27
      @marilynrobinson27 3 роки тому +4

      Facts

    • @angelah1622
      @angelah1622 3 роки тому +2

      Yes so true

  • @justinaragland3025
    @justinaragland3025 3 роки тому +85

    THE WAY WE MARCH FOR EVERYTHING ELSE LET MARCH FOR THIS!!

    • @phenomenallyshelly9791
      @phenomenallyshelly9791 3 роки тому +8

      This is where it should have began 1st and continue till change happens, not slow up after your voice was heard just a little...keep on em just like I did my children 7,4 boys 3 girls... young single mother, old school rearing, none are in prison, they all graduated, 3 honor roll..I removed ppl out of my life to ensure the success of theirs, it's a sacrifice that must be made under God!!! They aren't perfect, neither am I, but i press towards that mark and I push them to do so daily...that role was given to me and I'll be damned if the streets was gon turn my legacy into crap!! Thank you Rickey for what you do as service to our communities, keep preaching brother🙏🏾💯💞

    • @HebrewJerusalemPrince777
      @HebrewJerusalemPrince777 3 роки тому +5

      Let’s do it

    • @virginiakane8440
      @virginiakane8440 3 роки тому

      The men in these communities should be on guard for anything and anyone who threatens their communities. Selling drugs, abusing women, kidnapping children,gangs, and killing one another. What are some of these churches and their religious leader doing. The Black churches have the singing ,praying, and the minsters telling a good story. But what about repairing men in the church to do some ground work. Stop investing thirty million dollars into a building and invest twenty five millions into helping people change their lives and their conditions. No minster needs his or her own private airplane unless he or she is going to raise the dead.

    • @brucewayne5218
      @brucewayne5218 3 роки тому

      However they will not march for this. All the many years I have seen and marching for this is needed like no other.

  • @deborahsmith6609
    @deborahsmith6609 3 роки тому +27

    I love it “read” some of these women; they turn a blind eye to what their children are doing or negatively involved in. It’s stressful and annoying.

  • @sonjiaslaughter4965
    @sonjiaslaughter4965 3 роки тому +45

    PREACH, I have said this for over 30 years. I have 2 sons that were raised the old way and soon as they got to 18 they start living their life like the thugs in the street. One lived his life in and out of prison now he is 40 and made because he can't get a place to live or a good job, but he still want to keep them thug friends he hang out with. Then he mad at the brother that live in his own place providing for himself and girlfriend. It's sad how the world is going.

  • @Red-pp4jr
    @Red-pp4jr 3 роки тому +113

    My son did that to me ... I put his gun , his high and his ass out !!!!!🤔❤️🙏🏾💕

    • @charp3116
      @charp3116 3 роки тому +12

      And don't forget to up the life insurance!

    • @lovely9492
      @lovely9492 3 роки тому +4

      👍🏾💯

    • @sexibyw
      @sexibyw 3 роки тому +9

      @Marsha Its a hard decision, one i never thought i would be faced with. However its the right thing to do!

    • @puffnstuff9007
      @puffnstuff9007 3 роки тому +5

      U were strong to do that

    • @carolynswan1171
      @carolynswan1171 2 роки тому

      💯💯💯

  • @jprichardson9630
    @jprichardson9630 3 роки тому +163

    Brother Bill Cosby tried to tell us..no one wanted to hear him back then 😶. Praying for this family! Truly heart breaking 💗🙏🏾

    • @King-ns7it
      @King-ns7it 3 роки тому +19

      Facts and BW especially crucified him. The hate of a strong BM by our own vvomen is shameful

    • @redplanetphotography2567
      @redplanetphotography2567 3 роки тому +12

      @@King-ns7it facts some will even side with the oppressors against black men.

    • @nicholes8771
      @nicholes8771 3 роки тому +4

      True

    • @ijm400
      @ijm400 3 роки тому +15

      So true! Talkin bout “don’t air dirty laundry.” If you don’t want nobody airing your dirty laundry....then WASH IT!!!

    • @ATLKing404
      @ATLKing404 3 роки тому

      respectability politics ain't savin nobody. 70s and 80s were more dangerous. And that was YALL'S generation

  • @leticiaderamus7923
    @leticiaderamus7923 3 роки тому +24

    I respect how you show your grandson responsibilities. Relationship have failed due to some people don’t want nobody saying anything to these kids. Then they grow up terrorizing people.

  • @AlHolmesTMI
    @AlHolmesTMI 3 роки тому +13

    Thank God someone with influence has finally said something. We have got to reach our younger generation to break this cycle. They are hurting...I’m ready to go to work....

  • @reddawn770
    @reddawn770 3 роки тому +158

    Young people don't raise themselves. Poor parenting is the issue.

    • @rlacey4494
      @rlacey4494 3 роки тому +7

      Yes Indeed

    • @basedgod1281
      @basedgod1281 3 роки тому +5

      AMEN & AMEN

    • @karenpelham6559
      @karenpelham6559 3 роки тому +19

      Some of these young people ARE raising themselves.

    • @Nic2Blk
      @Nic2Blk 3 роки тому +18

      He addressed that too. Some of these kids are watching their own parents avoid accountability.

    • @mc6569sm
      @mc6569sm 3 роки тому +9

      Parents are not raising them and are afraid of them.

  • @cortneyrcalloway6868
    @cortneyrcalloway6868 3 роки тому +101

    This is so true. I'm 34yrs old and afraid of going out to see my family because they live in these neighborhoods. Our own people have become so dangerous and reckless. 😢

    • @lover2ed134
      @lover2ed134 3 роки тому +3

      This wouldn't be happening if we just simply stopped having our kids in these neighborhoods. Why is that so hard for us to do I just don't get it 😔

    • @lover2ed134
      @lover2ed134 3 роки тому +3

      @Disguised Dv8ant that's why us black men need to stop getting them pregnant but too bad most of us are raised by those same women so we won't agree on that solution at all.

    • @outcast566
      @outcast566 3 роки тому +2

      @Disguised Dv8ant We as Black men need to stop blaming the women and vice versa. We are supposed to be the head of the households and the leaders of our community. It's us the men that are killing eachother because many of us don't have fathers in our lives.

  • @melveny
    @melveny 3 роки тому +11

    My neighbor's young son had like 8 "friends" over today while he was at work. I heard what sounded like arguing. I go ask them if everything is okay. They blow me off. Not 15minutes later I hear banging against the side of my house. They were fighting with some clowns from around the corner in MY yard. My landscaping was all trampled. Not one word of apology. Can't even trust the "good" kids nowadays 😤

    • @process2purpose
      @process2purpose 3 роки тому

      Wow! At least you cared enough to go Che. Hopefully, your neighbor took care of business in his household.

  • @moorespiritandtruth247
    @moorespiritandtruth247 3 роки тому +11

    Train up a child in the way they shall go. Training a child the right way starts as soon as the baby is able to hold its own bottle.

  • @tinagray2285
    @tinagray2285 3 роки тому +204

    I just told my 20-something daughters the word MODESTY is no longer part of the English language. Humility isn't either. I pray for the next generation... I feel as though we (Gen X) are failing our kids... trying to be friends not parents! 😔🙏 Sad... my kids lost their dad & only brother to gun violence. It's real for my family too... PREACH!

    • @aliciacatney4229
      @aliciacatney4229 3 роки тому +7

      I totally agree with you, this new culture of parents is causing the next generation to have NO STRUCTURE, DISCIPLINE, OR ACCOUNTABLILTIY at home. I have two twenty-year old daughters and a 13yr old daughter I had to call the police on to show her that dialing 9-1-1 to report me because I took her cellphone doesn't work. It was actually the officer (White and Black officers) that told her when your mother is disciplining you that is not a reason to call 911. If it happens again they would arrest her for making a false police report. I haven't had a problem since. My first two never gave me this amount of trouble.

    • @tinagray2285
      @tinagray2285 3 роки тому +3

      @@aliciacatney4229 All I can say is WOW! Be vigilant and stay strong! That way... if need be u can say I'VE DONE MY JOB PEACE OUT! ✌

    • @chriswalker7895
      @chriswalker7895 3 роки тому +3

      I am very sorry for the tragedies your family has suffered. I certainly would never want to provoke however I am genuinely curious about how you felt when black lives matter came out and publicly announced that their concern was not black on black violence? Could you still take them seriously as an organisation truly concerned with black lives? I will never forget watching Don lemon indignantly say black lives matter's job was not to worry about black on black crime. That truly hurt my heart.

    • @padussia
      @padussia 3 роки тому +8

      @@chriswalker7895 I feel that black lives need to matter to black people too!

    • @victoriouswomanofgod5683
      @victoriouswomanofgod5683 3 роки тому +4

      I love myself some Ricky Smiley. Some may disagree, But this man is for real. I am a late 50's generation. And his principles remind me of how my parents,and grandmother raised us. Some of us did what was right, and some of us did not. But whether right,or wrong we knew better. The word tells us every generation will be wiser, but weaker. We have to be a mother, and a farther first. We love our children, but a child must learn respect. We can not let them treat us like we are the child,and they are the adult, it only leads to problems. I have two children a son, and a daughter, early 40's They can't and will not ever disrespect me, it's so sad but God's word must be fulfilled. Rickey keep telling the truth.

  • @TheBigpoppa54
    @TheBigpoppa54 3 роки тому +38

    "When you don't TRAIN yo kids, yo kids will TRAIN you"...........Nuff said.

    • @lavishgirl
      @lavishgirl 3 роки тому +4

      When you don’t train your kids the streets will train them!

    • @msdecemberloveangel8236
      @msdecemberloveangel8236 3 роки тому +1

      U betta say that again sister

    • @jerlishacummings7808
      @jerlishacummings7808 3 роки тому

      Amen!

    • @shinecam1
      @shinecam1 3 роки тому

      I say when parents are ignant, their children follow suit and then we get this generation.

  • @mdatx2012
    @mdatx2012 3 роки тому +34

    Damn Rickey. I couldn't even disagree with this. You were on point.

  • @evastallings6521
    @evastallings6521 3 роки тому +19

    I have a almost 13 year old... Thank you Ricky I don't step on the man raising my to be a man, I appreciate him so much.

  • @gwendolynbender713
    @gwendolynbender713 3 роки тому +201

    I’m a grandmother of two young men , one is a business major and nonprofit organizations with his masters degree , the other one is a freshman at Howard university majoring in medicine . I stay on may face and knees for them. Stay prayerful the world is not the same.🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽

    • @Love-Is-Kind
      @Love-Is-Kind 3 роки тому +13

      Yes, Ma’am. Prayers and true repentance before GOD ALMIGHTY is what it is going to really take for this evil to be defeated. Thank you, Ma’am.
      May ABBA always hear and answer your every whisper and send HIS fastest strongest angels to you before you can cry out the name of Jesus Christ before HIM. In Jesus’ name. Amen & Amen.
      ✝️📖🕊🛐🙌🏽💜

    • @kenjones845
      @kenjones845 3 роки тому +2

      It's in your genes. That's where they get it from. Look at the other high achievers in your family history.

    • @mfayYah
      @mfayYah 3 роки тому +7

      I can relate. I keep my 2 adult sons/spouses, grands & ggrands lifted up in prayer. Indeed we are living in a stranger world! 🙏🏾💜🐞

    • @traciharris8576
      @traciharris8576 3 роки тому +3

      Congratulations to both young men.🎉🎊 Continued prayers, success and blessings 🙌💕🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

    • @karenwinston3147
      @karenwinston3147 3 роки тому +3

      Keep on staying on your face and knees for them. If more people would be praying for their children the world would be a better place. God is a miracle working God and a Covenant keeping God He can stop every evil and demonic attack of the enemy upon our lives and that of our children we decree and declare the covenant of protection daily.

  • @timmytooez4250
    @timmytooez4250 3 роки тому +126

    Man this spoke truth. As a 21 year old I was left out of slot of stuff in high school because my parents didn’t allow me to do certain things. I always had to say yes sir and address older people as Mr or Ms. they called me lame and old fashioned but I’m thankful for that stuff .

    • @MrsSANDRALMOSLEYIII
      @MrsSANDRALMOSLEYIII Рік тому

      Amen, OLDER NOW WE SEE THE TRUE LOVE IN GETTING RAISED.
      IN AGE GROUP? MOST WENT INTO STIP LIVES, WHORES BECAUSE OF $$$$$
      Pretty Boys Were Turned OUT" GET It?
      The COOL KIDS
      LOCKED UP.
      SCHOOL DITCHERS
      YOUTH CAMPS "JAIL"
      BABY MAMA'S
      BABY DADDIES
      GOD BLESS US!!!!
      WHAT IS WRONG WITH US ????
      IGNORANCE, JEALOUSY, ENVY, HATE !!!!

  • @sharinabelli
    @sharinabelli 3 роки тому +21

    The Word say in Proverbs 22:6 Train up a child in the way he should go and when he’s older he’ll not depart from it. Ricky you so right because now days the parents are being trained and it’s so so sad 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾

  • @blackcatlady2172
    @blackcatlady2172 3 роки тому +53

    Ladies and gentleman, the devil has been and still is working some serious overtime in our community.

    • @lenayoung1497
      @lenayoung1497 3 роки тому +1

      But we are allowing him to do it!

    • @muahdusa
      @muahdusa 3 роки тому +2

      This has nothing to do with an imaginary devil.

    • @votesudanusa
      @votesudanusa 2 роки тому

      @@muahdusa Exactly

  • @singlemothersmakeadifferen2585
    @singlemothersmakeadifferen2585 3 роки тому +186

    Ricky to many parents want to be friends with their children so they will like them! I was a single mother, and I was told by so many that I was too hard on my sons because I did unannounced book bag checks, made them cook, wash dishes, and all bed were made before they left for school. Being criticized because I cared to embarrassed my 3 sons wherever they messed up and chastised them. I was told they are learning violence by my actions. Fast forward now, three remarkable young men with awesome wives and children. Praying for your Family and Yarbrough family.

    • @4PORSH944
      @4PORSH944 3 роки тому +14

      Kudos!! Hand clap and Big Hugs!
      You raised your kids right. You raised them to be Independent & Responsible
      To not make excuses and to be held accountable for his actions. From another mother of a 28 y.o. daughter and a 21 y.o. son. I was strict too. Neither of my kids have kids. My daughter is a college graduate. She just got a high clearance job with Dept of Justice. Parenting is a job within itself, however the result is so worth it. You did right.

    • @robinharrington8073
      @robinharrington8073 3 роки тому +8

      A job well done, my sister!!!!

    • @lavishgirl
      @lavishgirl 3 роки тому +6

      I absolutely love this

    • @puffnstuff9007
      @puffnstuff9007 3 роки тому +11

      My grandmothe and mother did the same to me. It made me a better man. Salute and respect to u

    • @singlemothersmakeadifferen2585
      @singlemothersmakeadifferen2585 3 роки тому +6

      We have also had to deal with gun violence. My husband, their father was murdered in Little Rock, Arkansas in 1995 and the killer has yet to be captured!

  • @moniamandla
    @moniamandla 3 роки тому +106

    Thank you Rickey. We were victims of a home invasion and my son was shot defending us. Thankfully he survived but you are absolutely correct! You said exactly what I’ve been saying! It’s too much. I’m glad you unapologetically said what needed to be said.

    • @hopesdaughter5947
      @hopesdaughter5947 3 роки тому +6

      I'm sorry that happened to you all, but glad to know you are all still here. God bless your son. Take care. ❤️

    • @DH-zy4dj
      @DH-zy4dj 3 роки тому +2

      Thank you so much Ricky more men need to take a stand now! Thank you so much.

    • @moniamandla
      @moniamandla 3 роки тому +5

      @@hopesdaughter5947 Thank you so much. That means a lot. He’s still recovering, but he’s here and that’s what matters. ❤️

    • @hopesdaughter5947
      @hopesdaughter5947 3 роки тому +3

      @@moniamandla as a Mom of four, 3 sons and 1daughter, amen to that. 🙏🏽 Thanks for replying back.

    • @Wshalom71
      @Wshalom71 3 роки тому +2

      Thank God 🙏 you all survived. God bless you all, and may our Lord continue to provide a hedge of protection around you all.

  • @moniquedependable3782
    @moniquedependable3782 3 роки тому +12

    This is a heartbreaking truth even in Houston. I’m not mad at cha I talk to my grandchildren just that same way

  • @ladydjmh2310
    @ladydjmh2310 3 роки тому +11

    Mr. Smiley, I hear everything you are saying and I totally agree... Myself, my husband who is a minister and our 8 year old daughter went to a funeral that my husband was officiating this past week for a young man and one of us started a fight and hit another person with a gun...Need I say more...

  • @kickup223
    @kickup223 3 роки тому +117

    My experience as a stepfather; I had to fight the whole house trying to discipline or correct her kids, every time they got suspended from school It was the students fault or the teacher don't like them never taken Accountability...

    • @process2purpose
      @process2purpose 3 роки тому +14

      From one step-parent to another... if I had known. Smh

    • @Wshalom71
      @Wshalom71 3 роки тому +5

      You are so right!!!!

    • @connieharris5178
      @connieharris5178 3 роки тому +22

      This is why most men don't want to raise someone else's kids.

    • @martindrummond9584
      @martindrummond9584 3 роки тому +6

      I can echo that brother,...but I lft her and her son before I went to prison....I dnt do that step kid shit no mo...period

    • @theresajordan3467
      @theresajordan3467 3 роки тому +1

      Been der!!....I love my husband 💕but in the long run those things which I tried 2 bring in our household with his kids resulted 2 ...out of his 5 kids..."only 2 graduated..and the others ended up with over 15 felons!

  • @sharynward4323
    @sharynward4323 3 роки тому +225

    Ricky my daughter is 26 and I am 65 years young and I put her out of my house today for her slick mouth and raising her voice to me! I do not tolerate disrespect of any kind because I don't disrespect others! Don't start none, won't be none. I am with you 100% Praying for peace and love everyday in this troubled world of ours. God's Protection to us all. 💝❤💝

    • @VeryKeri
      @VeryKeri 3 роки тому +9

      That’s right. 👏

    • @pambeforethestorm9784
      @pambeforethestorm9784 3 роки тому +10

      💯💯❤👑👑 And you are Exactly right

    • @King-ns7it
      @King-ns7it 3 роки тому +13

      First problem shouldn't have been in your house at 26. That's part of the problem he is talking about

    • @TaySaidSo
      @TaySaidSo 3 роки тому +1

      Thats it !

    • @sharynward4323
      @sharynward4323 3 роки тому +22

      @@King-ns7it she was visiting for the weekend. Her visit got cut short.

  • @wynt22
    @wynt22 3 роки тому +12

    I shared this with my colleagues at school, some of them are still trying to defend these criminals, but YOU'RE ON POINT! KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK!

  • @lavondahoward561
    @lavondahoward561 3 роки тому +13

    Ricky I'm very grateful, relieved, and thankful for the MEN in today's world like you. Thank God for you saying this!!!!!!

  • @AndreaSylve
    @AndreaSylve 3 роки тому +251

    This nonsense has to stop. We need to hold our own accountable.

    • @BMax0055
      @BMax0055 3 роки тому

      Thank you

    • @kathybroughton8769
      @kathybroughton8769 3 роки тому +1

      I have nothing to say is praise God
      And pray. Pray for me and I will pray for you.

    • @calvinbrown8344
      @calvinbrown8344 3 роки тому

      Amen need to hold them accountable. This stuff how to stop uncalled for.

    • @lynnette1969
      @lynnette1969 3 роки тому

      Exactly!

  • @selenah5621
    @selenah5621 3 роки тому +116

    As a teacher I am afraid to go back after the pandemic. Even though, I like the job but dealing with parents is a huge problem

    • @joeyjackson9199
      @joeyjackson9199 3 роки тому +12

      FACTS. When they took paddlings out of school they fucked up. Teachers no longer have control of their classroom. You can't say anything. Iss is nothing but a fucking joke. Iss is just a holding cell until they turn 18 and go to real jail.

    • @selenah5621
      @selenah5621 3 роки тому +5

      Yessssss

    • @denisechilds2391
      @denisechilds2391 3 роки тому +21

      I understand, I'm a nurse and I see this type of behavior every day. This generation is horrible. It's Sad

    • @joeyjackson9199
      @joeyjackson9199 3 роки тому +9

      @@denisechilds2391 Thank you so much for all that you do for the community. Keep striving!

    • @denisechilds2391
      @denisechilds2391 3 роки тому +8

      @@joeyjackson9199 Thank you, the young people refuse to listen, the underground covid-19 parties are real, and when the 18 to 27 year olds come in with Covid 19 there in denial.
      Not all of them make it out alive, 30/40 percent.... perhaps and then they have debilitating symptoms that will follow them until they die,
      All because they refused to listen.
      So that being said, if you know of any young people, please please try to get them to listen. Also they drink weigh too much alcohol to be so young.
      ✝️🙏✝️ Peace and blessings 😊

  • @bennuflight
    @bennuflight 3 роки тому +10

    I wish a MF WOUUULD come to me with some cliché jargon, like “I know your daughter is in a better place. Or now you have another angel in heaven” after such a tragic loss. And there are soooo many ppl who would question parents for saying “I have NOTHING left” after their child has been slaughtered by THUGS. But those folks don’t understand that our children are our GREATEST investment annnnnd our legacy. 😢 Thank you Brutha Smiley for articulating our feelings. . . even while you are hurting. #BlessUp

  • @char1357
    @char1357 3 роки тому +9

    As a mother of 3 sons, I appreciate what you are saying.

  • @racquelanwah9613
    @racquelanwah9613 3 роки тому +87

    Omg my Grandma lived in West Birmingham. Was a teacher at Parker High . She used to say, “ if you lie, you’ll steal, if you’ll steal you’ll kill”... crazy how west B’ham is now.... ❤️🙏

    • @godfavr1
      @godfavr1 3 роки тому +6

      My grandma used to say the same thang.

    • @ferrelllatasha8364
      @ferrelllatasha8364 3 роки тому +3

      My Grandma always said the same thing.... all the time .... and I tell my kid’s that all the time....

    • @frederickhoward5598
      @frederickhoward5598 3 роки тому

      Heard of it years back,just didn't believe...

  • @miarawks
    @miarawks 3 роки тому +42

    A generation of demonic souls! Stay prayed up! Jesus cover us🙏🏾🙌🏾

  • @nicoleday2305
    @nicoleday2305 3 роки тому +10

    Everything you said on this video is everything I have said - minus the profanity 🤭- I raised my sons with manners and respect . If they stepped out of line, I got ALL IN their behinds! They did laundry, washed dishes, cleaned their rooms, cut grass, you name it and they held doors for girls/women - 2 have college students degrees and well paying jobs and one, well, let's say that he is finding his own way but its hard for him because the men in his life were trying to teach him another way and it flat out did not work! That son is paying the price. He is not in jail or anything, he is just having a hard time be cause he carries so much anger inside because he trusted the wrong people.
    We will continue to pray for our children - God Hrlp Us ALL. Keep doing what you are doing Rickey, it is Reaping a Blessed harvest for those who take heed to your words

  • @e.r.coleman5545
    @e.r.coleman5545 3 роки тому +24

    Rickey, thank you for speaking truth. All parents need to see this! 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽

  • @rochellesharper7522
    @rochellesharper7522 3 роки тому +28

    Young people having children, and no one raising them. The mother is at the club and child in the streets.

    • @MzDeez
      @MzDeez 3 роки тому +4

      ...and "big mama" at the club too OR casino while Ray Ray nem running thangs at the house!!!

    • @redplanetphotography2567
      @redplanetphotography2567 3 роки тому +3

      Chasing D instead of being a parent.

    • @NECOLEsadiah
      @NECOLEsadiah 3 роки тому +3

      @@MzDeez
      Yessssssss, momma I just RAN AROUNNNNND MY HOUSE.....SAY ITTTTT!!!💃🏽💃🏽💃🏽💃🏽💃🏽💃🏽💃🏽

  • @MsYG-gm4ll
    @MsYG-gm4ll 3 роки тому +35

    I can't even front......Rickey telling the entire damn truth today! I'm not trying to make anyone mad but hell, I don't go to 'predominantly Black' anything anymore. Crowded parks, cookouts, house parties, the soul food restaurants......NADA! Simply because folks just don't know how to act anymore. You can't even party with your own people in peace. I just chill at home. Damn shame. Preach Rickey!😫😫😫😫😫😫

    • @lasalle2407
      @lasalle2407 3 роки тому +3

      I feel the same way I am glad some one else said it

    • @donnacain5663
      @donnacain5663 3 роки тому +1

      Ms, YG I'm the same way it's sad when we can't be around our own God bless

    • @breakemoff9648
      @breakemoff9648 3 роки тому +1

      Yea thats sad. Black people scared of their own kind. Wow. Very sad.

  • @donaldsmith7010
    @donaldsmith7010 3 роки тому +13

    Thank you sir, for addressing this people pandemic we have suffered with for so many years, I’m a pastor here in Chicago,I’ve been saying the same thing for years. Many of these passive mothers are a big part of this problem that begins in adolescence please keep up the strong tone on what’s really wrong, broken parents. God bless you.

  • @feliciapurvis4949
    @feliciapurvis4949 3 роки тому +9

    I missed out on meeting you when you came to Meridian a few years ago but you did meet my sister Darice a.k.a. Booty. You spoke motivation into her, much appreciated! Keep staying 100 with us. We all who know needs this reminder on gun violence & keeping family close. The one who don't need the education. The one doing it & watching needs the condemnation. Thank you for being you encouraging us in this hateful world.

  • @dwaynejackson6875
    @dwaynejackson6875 3 роки тому +35

    As a black parent i raised my son to not follow the crowd but be your own man.as a black teenage my son was online loo for a job.he was very persistent in finding work.know as a 19 year old man he is working he just got his own health insurance .and told me i can remove him from my job insurance.im proud of the young black man he has become.no saggy pants etc.because all the years while raising him he saw his dad go to work and provided for the family.

  • @mosethegreat7415
    @mosethegreat7415 3 роки тому +38

    Cancel me too these thugs need to be held accountable

  • @fishgrease1629
    @fishgrease1629 3 роки тому +11

    it's about time a celebrity speak the truth. my girls know they daddy came from the mud and I'm not even having it. we live eye for eye in my house strait up.

  • @stephanietx1573
    @stephanietx1573 3 роки тому +6

    Thank you Mr. Smiley! We need action in our communities. Groups like M.A.S.K. in Chicago who are on the streets trying to make a difference but don't get the attention that they should. Please keep speaking up because we need prominent voices speaking truth.

  • @LADYGANDY
    @LADYGANDY 3 роки тому +55

    This message needs to be heard in every black teenage households! I just sent it to my 17yr old son. Going to college in GA in the fall. We are from Alabama. I’m so nervous about by baby leaving for college and run into one these half raised thugs! 🤦🏽‍♀️🤦🏽‍♀️🥲

  • @mandisabruce5866
    @mandisabruce5866 3 роки тому +30

    First, you will never be cancelled. Second, you have told no lies. When we are in a restaurant...have margaritas and laughing...my husband is always on alert. When black folks start showing up....he tells me "time to go". It is sad and we are tired. I live downtown St Louis and can not go out and enjoy the area because of violence. Someone is shot down here almost every weekend during the summer. We have to find a solution. We have to work together to solve this problem in OUR communities. In some situations the Police is contributing to this behavior. Where do we start?

    • @dbgoldbach9947
      @dbgoldbach9947 3 роки тому

      Yep! That’s what I say too “TIME TO GO!”

    • @breakemoff9648
      @breakemoff9648 3 роки тому

      Wow that's so sad. Black people are terrified of other black people

    • @vanessabanks2146
      @vanessabanks2146 2 роки тому +3

      @@breakemoff9648 It's sad but true. Yes black people are scared of other black people. I'm quarantine in my house on South side of Chicago not because of the pandemic but becsuse of the everyday violence. I literally stay in my house unless I need to go out for necessity only. I've been unemployed since May which cuts down on me going out everyday for work. Terrified to ride on any Chicago expressways due to the frequent shootings taking place. No one shouldn't have to live in fear to the point you have to become a prisoner in their home.

  • @thaddeusjones7378
    @thaddeusjones7378 3 роки тому +2

    Keep it real brother. As an officer 👮🏽‍♂️ I saw it all in my 20 years. Where is the outrage when THUGS commit these violent crimes against their own race. I have seen teachers threaten by mothers because their son was disciplined for being disrespectful and undisciplined. I understand when you say “US” You are speaking FACTS.

  • @fresh87best94
    @fresh87best94 3 роки тому +8

    When I moved to DC my cousin gave me a gun. I gave it back, if I gotta live in a spot were I need a gun. Its time to move.

  • @padussia
    @padussia 3 роки тому +127

    I been moved away from the hood. And I stay the FUCK away from crowds!

    • @flashsanders1331
      @flashsanders1331 3 роки тому +4

      We have to take over ownership of the hood.

    • @sankofaa3000
      @sankofaa3000 3 роки тому +6

      Running away won’t solve it. At some point black folks flogging to have to fight this battle it will follow you wherever you go

    • @mamat1213
      @mamat1213 3 роки тому +2

      SAME here... I'm a mom of 2 and it got to be too much I don't even want to live near them

    • @letusgrow2gether801
      @letusgrow2gether801 3 роки тому +6

      It’s not just in the ‘hoods’! When projects are being torn down to secure‘prime real estate’ for upscale condos’ and such, guess where ‘pookey & ray ray’ get relocated to? ‘Section 8’ mostly places the family in a rental home in your neighborhood in the ‘burbs’. I have a modest, 1970’s home with a bullet hole in one of the windows in my garage; and a crease from the bullet in one of the brackets on the garage door panel. It appeared sometime this past year. We had a new family move into the neighborhood who used to host these crowded outdoor parties with loud music UNTIL there was a shooting on our street from an upset, uninvited person. Only THEN, with neighborhood support and numerous calls to the police, did the crowded parties STOP. COMMUNITIES DEFINITELY HAVE TO TAKE A STAND & SAY SOMETHING!

    • @supadigga
      @supadigga 3 роки тому +1

      Smart moves!

  • @jamesvaughn9347
    @jamesvaughn9347 3 роки тому +46

    Thank you Ricky for that much-needed, overdue public announcement! EVERY FKN WORD WAS THE TRUTH!!!

  • @puffnstuff9007
    @puffnstuff9007 3 роки тому +39

    My youngest child mother told my child don't come around me because I'm to strict on her. What type of sh.t is that? These kids need discipline and structure in their life,803

    • @lencicollier6492
      @lencicollier6492 3 роки тому +2

      Puff N Stuff: You wrote...
      "...my youngest child's mother..."
      Does that mean you have other kids with more than one woman that is NOT your wife?...
      If so... with ALL due respect... You are part of the problem...
      It is possible to have sex... without having babies... "You" have control over the outcome too... just saying...
      We're adults... if one isn't going to being responsible... then the other adult NEEDS to be....

    • @shinecam1
      @shinecam1 3 роки тому +1

      Oooow, I just had to distance myself from some family because of the lack of respect they're allowing a kid have. Not in my house! Don't even come over here and they don't speak.

    • @ryanmontrelltuten
      @ryanmontrelltuten 3 роки тому +1

      @LENCI COLLIER due all respect u part of the problem. Throw a man under the bus and not knowing situation

  • @socialmediaboutiquepodcast2035
    @socialmediaboutiquepodcast2035 3 роки тому +10

    Prayers 🙏🏾 to the family, you & everyone affected by this tragedy 😣

  • @darrylellis6667
    @darrylellis6667 3 роки тому +92

    You haven't said one thing wrong. We are our own worst enemies.

  • @heroe79rj
    @heroe79rj 3 роки тому +24

    I'm alone in my family, cant tell young women not to be a thot and the young men to be men without being criticized.

  • @edselpeterson7555
    @edselpeterson7555 3 роки тому +9

    i love when you let your hair down and say what you feel....Respect brotha.....

  • @msakmo1
    @msakmo1 3 роки тому +5

    Mr. Smiley Thank You! Please give us a Part 2 of this. This is the type of teaching and discussion that needs to go forth daily ; with open ears and an open-minded understanding to match.

  • @MsMama-xc4vw
    @MsMama-xc4vw 3 роки тому +145

    Rickey, you told absolutely nothing but the truth....I feel the exact same way. DO NOT TAKE ONE SINGLE WORD YOU SAID BACK, AND DO NOT APOLOGIZE. BLESS YOU BROTHER👏🏽👏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽

  • @reneetrotter4214
    @reneetrotter4214 3 роки тому +51

    Don't forget the cussing conversations via speaker phone you experience by others as you're grocery shopping with your children.

    • @vickieprice2280
      @vickieprice2280 3 роки тому +2

      Amen

    • @vickieprice2280
      @vickieprice2280 3 роки тому +2

      Coming to work with blonde hair looking like hooked i manger had to put her foot down about this phone Palance complaining she got the email she said what she will not embassies her she told the clowns try her she put they ass out the door

  • @lovely9492
    @lovely9492 3 роки тому +7

    GOD BLESS the 68 INDIVIDUALS WHO THUMBS DOWN THIS 💯 percent ACCURATE VIDEO. YOU ALL R THE REASON for this TYPE of VIDEO! Period!

  • @Sodelightful4537
    @Sodelightful4537 3 роки тому +6

    I love the way you're raising your grandson.

  • @annettehumphrey4979
    @annettehumphrey4979 3 роки тому +46

    I purchase a house in Atlanta Georgia. I had my dream home built from the ground up and it turn into a nightmare. I had 7 break ins. Actually one time I came in an the intruder was in the house. I ran drop purse and laptop ran to next door neighbors up the street from my house. I moved and now I'm afraid to stay in a house by myself. And I had a alarm. These young people don't care

    • @ritagreenleaf3669
      @ritagreenleaf3669 3 роки тому +3

      I was afraid of guns and rottweilers but now if they come to my house they better hope the dogs get them first.

    • @supadigga
      @supadigga 3 роки тому +4

      Buy guns and learn how to use them! Protect yourself and your family! Invest in a good alarm system and good surveillance cameras! Don’t be a victim to these cowards! Trust me they DO NOT want to run into FIERY resistance! They look for easy soft targets and MOST of them can’t handle a gun good enough to shoot any target thats not right in front of them and some can’t hit that!

  • @MAMII-ks2qg
    @MAMII-ks2qg 3 роки тому +22

    Thanks Mr. Smiley for using your voice and influence to speak up. Most black people in this country feel just like you do. I've been feeling these same frustrations for over ten years now. Our communities have been deplorable death traps for decades now and no one wants to address it.

  • @feliciaadams3134
    @feliciaadams3134 3 роки тому +6

    Rickey Tell It!!!!! We are Truly living in the last days what is surprising to us is not Surprising to GOD!!!!

  • @earnestinecannon684
    @earnestinecannon684 3 роки тому +5

    Can't sleep Rickey because yesterday evening one of my ex coworkers young son got killed and another wounded I've been praying for her😪😪she had only to children and now one is gotta right here in Arkansas smh so my prayers go up to all gun shot victims and there family and please keep my family lifted up in prayer

  • @10-e-cphi26
    @10-e-cphi26 3 роки тому +101

    Rickey every family in the USA should watch this video. You are telling the true.

    • @K42023
      @K42023 3 роки тому +1

      Why? This is somehow new to you? Get your life together bro!

    • @sexibyw
      @sexibyw 3 роки тому

      👍

  • @nancisam8305
    @nancisam8305 3 роки тому +28

    It's very true because most of these young men have no respect because some parents think they kids always right.

  • @Sodelightful4537
    @Sodelightful4537 3 роки тому +2

    Hi Rickey. I totally agree about the gun violence is out of control. I live in St. Louis, so I definitely know about that. I'm so scared for my 2 sons and my entire family. My oldest nephew was murdered at a bus stop in 2013. He was months away from his 25th birthday. The case is still cold smh. Nobody wants to come forth out of fear!!!

  • @yardieRN
    @yardieRN 3 роки тому +7

    This generation has a scene of entitlement.
    I was told I was too hard on my children because I KEPT them in church. They ALL had their struggles but they came out alright.
    My sons are youth pastors and my daughter is an active member.
    I blame those reality show’s RHOA, Married to Medicine and other shows like that cause our young ladies not to know their self worth

  • @dayb4valentines213
    @dayb4valentines213 3 роки тому +69

    I missed the times where adults could tell kids right from wrong and they would actually listen with manners on the end... yes sir let’s get back to a respectful place...sending healing love to all 💕💕

    • @lmichelle80sbaby
      @lmichelle80sbaby 3 роки тому +1

      My kids tell me all the time to stop talking to people about fixing themselves... I cant help it. Its done in love so ima keep helping and I guess my grandma's prayers are working

    • @joeyjackson9199
      @joeyjackson9199 3 роки тому

      The parents would have to get on board with that

    • @stancole9181
      @stancole9181 3 роки тому

      The kids grow up and resent that discipline, generations later, this is what we got

  • @wendyconway124
    @wendyconway124 3 роки тому +64

    I have raised 4 boys to men and I taught them how to respect themselves and others, how to wash clothes, take out the trash and to support their children, so I wholehardedly agree with you.

  • @lemostjoyousrenegade
    @lemostjoyousrenegade 3 роки тому +4

    I LOVE you, Rickey! You’re SUCH a beautiful human being. So kind and loving. A REAL alpha male who is a protector of humanity. ✨♥️✨✊🏽✨
    You have my utmost RESPECT. ❗️

  • @ms.yogig.7121
    @ms.yogig.7121 3 роки тому +5

    I admire your strength Ricky. I’m sure how you find the courage to still laugh and inspire us with all you’ve endured. I’m not mad at all, somebody needed to say it. Best to make your own fun at home.

  • @charlindawilkins984
    @charlindawilkins984 3 роки тому +101

    I am in agreement with all you said Rickey... Leave nothing out. As a parent of a child of gun violence... I agree with you... We need to start a movement ASAP

    • @dettmaddox7727
      @dettmaddox7727 3 роки тому +4

      So sorry you've had to experience this. Follow @nooppgang on instagram, THIS is exactly what my brand A BLACK MAN IS NOT MY OPP is all about, promoting BLACK MALE CONFLICT RESOLUTION amid so much senseless beef and violence in the community. These boys are lost and this brand aims to at least reach these young boys with this message before the streets get their minds. Be blessed queen.

    • @charlindawilkins984
      @charlindawilkins984 3 роки тому

      @@dettmaddox7727 ... thx for this information
      Please say a prayer that my daughter regains complete movement in her right hand. She can’t work and has a small son

    • @dettmaddox7727
      @dettmaddox7727 3 роки тому +2

      DONE.🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿

    • @darrellh2837
      @darrellh2837 3 роки тому +2

      That's going to be very difficult because it's no money in black on black crime. If your ready to face the opposition from your own people who turn the blind eye to it then I'm with you. Unless it's a police shooting it falls on deaf ears unless it hits close to home. We seen this coming for years but know one cared. All we listened to was pandering preachers and politicians. Rickey Smiley welcome to the red pill comunity.

  • @Royalteelive
    @Royalteelive 3 роки тому +60

    ⚘Condolences to the families that have lost their loved ones due to senselessness. No words 💔

  • @phinesse391
    @phinesse391 3 роки тому +4

    Rickey although we grew up in different states, we were brought up with the same values. Family values have gone to the wayside. It is so unfortunate.

  • @charlenegraham3795
    @charlenegraham3795 3 роки тому +3

    You are really speaking the Truth. So sorry for your loss. Keep speaking the Truth!!💯👍🏾

  • @dharr3447
    @dharr3447 3 роки тому +75

    Rickey got a reason to CUSS, you don't like it - BOUNCE to another channel!

  • @mnapedreaux7347
    @mnapedreaux7347 3 роки тому +84

    This specific video is the most honest video on UA-cam.

    • @jenonthemic
      @jenonthemic 3 роки тому +3

      👏💯🙌

    • @sabrinachenault5544
      @sabrinachenault5544 3 роки тому +2

      Absolutely

    • @QueenHonor
      @QueenHonor 3 роки тому +2

      You must havent heard of tommy Sotomayor bc he been said this

    • @tay215philly
      @tay215philly 3 роки тому

      Tommy has been saying the same exact thing for years.

  • @lc-bb6bd
    @lc-bb6bd 3 роки тому +4

    This is so sad. So sorry for the loss of this young lady.

  • @milesalexander7397
    @milesalexander7397 3 роки тому +73

    It's to get worse this summer. You've got way to many folks who been on the verve of crazy for the last 18 months. I tell folks to follow what Rickey said.
    LIMIT WHO YOU AROUND THIS SUMMER!!

  • @rr3901
    @rr3901 3 роки тому +82

    Thank you Rickey for not being afraid to speak the truth. We need more truth tellers in the community.

  • @nalls6826
    @nalls6826 3 роки тому +3

    I am sooo happy you stated this because the World will have you feeling like you crazy when you disaplennin your children. Allowing them time limits on wifi, making them say yes ma'am and sir, making the clean up, help with there grandma. I appreciate your truth, keep it up!!! The Truth shall set you FREE!!!

  • @ttmoore9801
    @ttmoore9801 3 роки тому +2

    He’s 2000 percent write!!! ✊🏾💪🏽R.I.P. baby girl😢🙏🏽

  • @teaseagreen5218
    @teaseagreen5218 3 роки тому +140

    Ricky I am scared and I raised my son well, I constantly pray over his life as well as my own. Thank you for your service and love

    • @lyndasjackson
      @lyndasjackson 3 роки тому +7

      I'm the same way. Lord, God cover us, Your children in this world with all of the out of control and disrespectful people. 😭🙏🏾

    • @mistyuniverse
      @mistyuniverse 3 роки тому

      Idk why you telling him shoot Rickey didn’t even raise his son to be a good father

    • @pambeforethestorm9784
      @pambeforethestorm9784 3 роки тому +4

      I am Exactly the same way..raised 3 sons well and I do more praying than talking to anyone anymore. This is crazy out here 💯🙏🏾🙏🏾❤

    • @honeybrowne7381
      @honeybrowne7381 3 роки тому +2

      Teasea, I am right with you!!!. It's amazing that it seems the number one stress these days, particularly among blacks..is waking up and just surviving to live.

    • @teaseagreen5218
      @teaseagreen5218 3 роки тому +3

      Honey Here I am I was just driving down the highway and tears started flowing down my face I had to just praise God in spite of the stress and pressure good black mothers, sisters,aunts and workers carry but like Ricky said we cry alone but God has us in his hands