It's unbelievable how many people could have had much better lives, if only someone loved them and raised them with nothing but love and understanding.
David Rodriguez this comment hit me hard...because when I met my girlfriend she grew up touched on and she didn’t care about herself. She said after I came into her life I made everything better and she’s starting to respect herself now. I’m a proud young man who saved a life ❤️
@@renanrattis5776 Are you sure? Hes not credited as a writer on the track. I bet he does have a lot to say about young women being taken advantage of though...
Tommy Davis this shows 2 outcomes of the choices: on one hand the girl could have become a prostitute, then on the other hand she could have become a productive member of society. So this video shows 2 outcomes of how you live your life
It's December, 2024. Who's still vibing to this song? As younger people, we just loved the melody. As adults now, we love everything about the song (the message, rhythm and melody). Wishing a joyful life to everyone listening to this song and I hope that we find the love we seek for and learn how to love others.
I never thought that I would CRY after watching a Lil Wayne video, but that was beautiful! He depicted real life and showed how deciding to love can change pain into positivity! Great performance by Lil Wayne and great video Shazam!
+Marlen Rodgers Yeah! He didn't freestyle shit. Detail wrote the song, Lil Wayne just got luck of the draw to sing it. Dumbass. I not once hated on him, I just stated a fact. Maybe if you passed the 3rd grade English, you'd have better reading comprehension.
Marlen Rodgers You don't need to use a semicolon or colon unless you're directing the reader's attention to something which is important. If I'm making a simple connection between two independent clauses, you use a comma. Had this not been important, you wouldn't have mentioned it at all if what I said about your reading comprehension meant nothing. You brought it up out of a psychological need to defend yourself. Which is not necessarily a bad thing, nobody wants to lose face in front of others or to have their reputation damaged regardless of whether company is present at the situation. Ergo, it obviously was important because I made an attack on your intelligence, which lead to a logos appeal by mentioning your ACT score, something anyone secure in their intelligence would never mention. And then returned the attack from a spiteful yet reserved tone which was palpable in your response. Again, simple psychological defense. Detail is a record producer, a writer, and an artist. If I recall, he has done a few songs.
The saddest thing about this entire video is that, we are actually watching someone's else life right now. This should bring awareness to many of us; especially with the choices we make in life. This is truly sad but has a powerful message.
IF I CAN ONLY MAKE HIM LISTEN,this song is indeed a lesson I try all kinds off way to ask him to bring this back to the charts YESSS even in 2021 it’s a VALUE LESSON #❤️ 🌎✊❤️🖤🇳🇱!!!!
The fact the Lil Wayne managed to create such a memorable song that greatly contrasts what he typically sings about shows that he does has tremendous talent!
My brother fell into depression and drugs when he was 18. The drugs did a big number to his brain. Triggered schizophrenia. Well he would play this song over and over and over. So when ever I hear this song it reminds me of him and when he was at his darkest moments this song made sense to him. This song will for ever be my song to him. I will for ever miss you brother.
I listened to this as a kid because it sounded cool. But coming back to it now, it got me emotional to see just how much meaning the words have, and the video adds on the the effect. This is a really good song
This song made me change my lifestyle, friends and boyfriend.. It made me see that even if I grew up in a broken family and made bad decisions.. That ain't going to define me
YOU change for the better of YOU but i hear you. Songs can mean soooo much from when you first heard them 10 years later maybe your life is good or maybe not so good but change starts with YOU
@@geloo.7686 but have to look who's rasing them. Who's teaching them. Are they around loving people. You can't say people are bad with looking at the things around them
We have to start by lifting our youth up as a country and loving them together so that they will know how to love themselves. Without love for yourself you cannot give love completely and in a way that someone else deserves and wont know what kind of love they also deserve from another. So we dont have to live through another time that our children are ever going to have to feel hatred of other's for no valid reason claiming rhetoric like race or secual orientation. We have to stop this division and hatred weve allowed ONE hateful narcissist to poison our ppl and far too many of our youth.. lets get love back in our lives an pour it into our future and get our happiness BACK!!we r running out of time .. our kids r losing their future
This song is so profound. The video tells such a real story. So many young women walking around with PTSD and unresolved trauma from molestation and abuse from people that should've protected them. Heartbreaking.
i was a victim of this and i wish people would include men as well im a girl but still my brother went though this but it never got any attention but i got lots
Where's the last 13 years gone? When it first came out we used to jam to this song just enjoying the song, all these years later we can truly appreciate the deep meaning of this song. Massive respect and love for lil Wayne and all you fans ❤❤❤
Me and my girlfriend would listen to this. she passed away and everytime i hear this song i start balling. we played it at her funeral it was beautiful. I Love you Adriana.
Wow you’ve just brought tears to my eyes…idk if has anything to do with my girl passing away 4 months ago from OD, but anyways thank you for sharing 💙🙏🏽🦋
The message behind this video couldn't be any more true. Your mother is your first example of how you should live your life. Always do your best as a mother and give your child the best head start
Some persons are at a disadvantage from birth. They have to run a race meters behind and when they do reach the finish line out of breath the crowd said they are too lucky...
This ! I listened to this so much when my mom was married to her ex husband. He molested me for 6 years before I told anyone. My mom use to get so mad at me for singing this and crying ! She use to say “girl don’t nobody love you cause you don’t know how to act” mind you I really wasn’t a bad kid I just had a lot of adults who used me as deflection. S/o to Ashley tho. She’s the reason he left but I’m still healing and it’s hard. It’s been 10 years since it was exposed and I’m still trying to age with the years cause I feel stuck in 2012 and damaged by my whole childhood. God got me tho
Even after a decade this song still makes me cry everytime I hear it. If this song is a legend I wana be cremated in this comment section along with it. It explains two sides of the story and I ended up in the latter one. And I am proud. But I still remember what my past is. And it keeps me humble, every girl has a chance to choose a side. And God helped me choose the right side. Long live Wayne for making the realest song out there. No song can beat it. Name a better song I am waiting since 10 years...
I feel like the song has an overall message which is that everything starts with your parents. it's starts with her mom being with the wrong guy, escalates and in the end she ruins her while life one step at a time being a result of the last. then it shows how different things would be through simple changes starting with her mom. it also shows very similar scenes with very different moods to show how everything adds up.
Amara Harris he don’t have shallow songs......he’s a wise man.....being “simple” is a high form of creativity when use well.....extremely clever most of the time
Amara Harris he don’t have shallow songs......he’s a wise man.....being “simple” is a high form of creativity when use well.....extremely clever most of the time
Only song Wayne didn't even use a single swear word that's how deep this song is I just am proud of Wayne for making such a master piece !!!! Your music is my centre of strength Wayne thank u for spreading these words to us
@@raegavin5948 As child not knowing your worth, or feeling worthless, will impact you even more once your older, due to the fact that the consequences for the decisions you make as an adult are 10x more impactful than they are of a child. Simply put if you think your worthless as a child, those feelings will only intensify as an adult.
This let's us know that there is always a better version of ourselves that we should strive to achieve! This also tells us that the actions of parents greatly affects their children's future.
This song just teaches me that everyone has a story..the stripper,the robber,the drug dealer etc..people are just trying to survive..May God help us all,let's not judge others.
Deep message in this video. The ability to love only truly develops when we learn to love ourselves first. Only then can we decide with whom we share intimacy and then it is to give , not to get.
Nice to meet you 🌹,I have been observing some comments lately and I find you very interesting and also clever😏😏 , looking so charming and beautiful😍😍, I will be the happiest man on Earth if only I can become friends with you 💝 I will be glad enough if only you can appreciate my special time 😊,I use in writing such text to you please do me a favor by sending me a friend request 🙏🙏🌹🌹🌹
I always knew this song was about a woman who never had a chance to learn what real love is, but at the age of 22, I can now understand that it even extends to her not knowing how to love herself. And the singer isn't just a man enamored by her, it's a man who's speaking a pure and well-intentioned truth. He's encouraging her to overcome her insecurities, to not blame herself for her trauma. And that's beautiful. The music video tells a story of just how important it is for parents to love themselves and teach their children how to love. Always remember that you deserve the best of what life has to offer. You deserve good things. You deserve to be happy.
This song doesn't get the recognition it truly deserves. Replaying and listening to it over and over again. I understand the lyrics now.. Simply a girl who grew up too fast and generation after generation, the cycle never changes unless YOU do. We as women are stronger than we think.
After having a mental breakdown, you empathize with the girl more and more in this video. This song soothes you, reminds you. Be gentle on yourself because you deserve love too.
It’s so hard when you work so hard to achieve something but the people who are teaching aren’t really trying to teach you the right ways of doing things. They don’t like you because the patients truly love you because you’re real.
May 2020 like. This line hits hard. "When you had alot of dreams that transform to visions,the fact that you saw the world affected all your decisions but it..wasnt your fault,wasnt in your intentions..."
This video is underrated! The meaning of it speak for it self. It could of have 1billion views. But out of that billion, who actually sat there to anaylize it ? Is underrated .!
Nice to meet you 🌹,I have been observing some comments lately and I find you very interesting and also clever😏😏 , looking so charming and beautiful😍😍, I will be the happiest man on Earth if only I can become friends with you 💝 I will be glad enough if only you can appreciate my special time 😊,I use in writing such text to you please do me a favor by sending me a friend request 🙏🙏🌹🌹🌹
They still have, only fewer and not in the same way. A rapper today ex: 21 savage raps about his past, selling drugs, shooting at people and the trauma that came with it. If only you try to understand the rapper you will see thats deep too. (Except for lil pump)
This still makes me cry! I’m a former escort and this always brings me to tears. From 17-24 I was a solid ass escort, i have a job interview at a tech company on Monday, pray for me! -Edit It’s 2025 and life has had its ups and downs. Currently enduring some hardship, but seeing so many people rooting for me, praying for me and wishing me well, pushes me. One more day, I got this. 01/16/2025
11 years ago is wild 😢 the nostalgia i get just hearing this song is flabbergasting. I can't believe I didn't enjoy those moments more, but I know I can sure enjoy my current moments more because someday I don't want to say the same thing nor feel the same way of not enjoying more.
How can we be grown enough to know better than to be thinking the way we be thinking? If we were we'd be grown enough to know better than to be doing what we be doing! Just speaking!
I dont think it was underrated! People didnt really want to acknowledge lil wayne made such a masterpeice! Thats messed up! This was everything and i still love it from the carter 4
Calebmufcthompson while you probably think Nikki is the same. These rappers are later more out there these days cause they trying to compete with other new trendy rappers.
i think lil wayne will be liked more by people in general if he wrote/sang more songs like this one (how to love), drop the world, no love, and mirror. anyone else think this too
He knows that most of his songs promotes drugs, sex, money, crime, etc. And I suppose that's how he made millions. But for sure, there were a side of him that felt sympathy for the women he got with, understood their situation and spoke about in the form of a song to warn other young ladies about going down this road. I'm glad he put this song out. :)
From a kid "this is a good song" but when your much older it hits you with "Damn this is deep"
Okayyyyy...real talk!! SO DEEP AND TRUE
it did for me cause i could relate to most of all of em thats a friend a best friend truly here
On me I be in my mfin feels
So true
fr
It's unbelievable how many people could have had much better lives, if only someone loved them and raised them with nothing but love and understanding.
David Rodriguez this comment hit me hard...because when I met my girlfriend she grew up touched on and she didn’t care about herself. She said after I came into her life I made everything better and she’s starting to respect herself now. I’m a proud young man who saved a life ❤️
Now that im older im shocked how deep this vid potrays what happens in the real world
We are only one caring person away from a better us 💙 thats what i always say
This comment speaks levels to this shit 💯💯
You're sure right David! Wish I had that love when I was younger, maybe I would know how to love..... :-(
I must admit, revisiting this track in 2025, it stands out as one of Lil Wayne's most authentic songs. The raw emotion is truly compelling.
you know drizzy wrote that right ? lol but yes wayne put his heart out for this one tho
Yes totally oh so true..couldn't s of said it any better...
@@renanrattis5776 Are you sure? Hes not credited as a writer on the track.
I bet he does have a lot to say about young women being taken advantage of though...
Nahhhhhh@@renanrattis5776
As a fellow Gavin revisiting in 2025 I approve of this message 🫡
It's October 2024, who’s still vibing to this iconic song? 💙
😂we still vibing
Haven’t stopped 🤙🥃
@@jordanflamand9355 all the time
Me dawg
Yeah
I love how this video shows the choices you make effect you and your kids future
True!!!
yes and makes me wanna cry
Tommy Davis this shows 2 outcomes of the choices: on one hand the girl could have become a prostitute, then on the other hand she could have become a productive member of society. So this video shows 2 outcomes of how you live your life
Ikr
I'm just AMAZED that WEEZY has the right sound and vibe,made for a #1 hit ,fo' sho!!! Love me some WEEZY F. BABY 👍👍👍GOAT FRFR...💋💋
The older u are, the more u realize how meaningful this song and mv are
Yes...just heard this 2018...you see
Shidd I'm back from like 5yrs
Khanh Nguyen I agree
Facts haven't watched it in like 3 years and now watching it is really sad knowing the understanding
@@CAMM_Roc757 same dude...same
It's December, 2024. Who's still vibing to this song?
As younger people, we just loved the melody. As adults now, we love everything about the song (the message, rhythm and melody).
Wishing a joyful life to everyone listening to this song and I hope that we find the love we seek for and learn how to love others.
Yeah well I’m listening in January 2025
I haven't seen this video in years. I'm older now and it made me cry.
SAMMEE
Same
Me tooooo ❤️
So sorry my dia
fr
I never thought that I would CRY after watching a Lil Wayne video, but that was beautiful! He depicted real life and showed how deciding to love can change pain into positivity! Great performance by Lil Wayne and great video Shazam!
So D&M
so true lil wayne is absolutely amazing and this song is perfect. sub for sub? Isaiah
Even though he didn't write it.
+Marlen Rodgers
Yeah! He didn't freestyle shit. Detail wrote the song, Lil Wayne just got luck of the draw to sing it. Dumbass.
I not once hated on him, I just stated a fact. Maybe if you passed the 3rd grade English, you'd have better reading comprehension.
Marlen Rodgers You don't need to use a semicolon or colon unless you're directing the reader's attention to something which is important. If I'm making a simple connection between two independent clauses, you use a comma. Had this not been important, you wouldn't have mentioned it at all if what I said about your reading comprehension meant nothing. You brought it up out of a psychological need to defend yourself. Which is not necessarily a bad thing, nobody wants to lose face in front of others or to have their reputation damaged regardless of whether company is present at the situation. Ergo, it obviously was important because I made an attack on your intelligence, which lead to a logos appeal by mentioning your ACT score, something anyone secure in their intelligence would never mention. And then returned the attack from a spiteful yet reserved tone which was palpable in your response. Again, simple psychological defense.
Detail is a record producer, a writer, and an artist. If I recall, he has done a few songs.
Lil wayne actually out here teaching people to love themselves. Forever the GOAT
It's November 2024 and still couldn't get enough of this masterpiece 😢❤
At all, needs to be diamond in plays fr
The saddest thing about this entire video is that, we are actually watching someone's else life right now.
This should bring awareness to many of us; especially with the choices we make in life. This is truly sad but has a powerful message.
MochaGoddess Forever
shut up and stop being dramatic in the comments
sihle Mtanga
Shut the fuck up and stop writing worthless opinions on someone post that clearly doesn't give a fuck about your opinion.
go get him Mocha LOL
Ilove you. Lol wane
It brings tears to my eyes to see people still appreciating this song. Wayne is a legend.
Yeah man didn’t really know the meaning just liked the sound of it
❤❤❤
Always
facts bro
God bless you 💕❤️❤️❤️
This Isn’t a song, it’s a lesson.
Periodt
Like “Brenda gotta Baby!!”
your a lesson
100% truth!
IF I CAN ONLY MAKE HIM LISTEN,this song is indeed a lesson I try all kinds off way to ask him to bring this back to the charts YESSS even in 2021 it’s a VALUE LESSON #❤️ 🌎✊❤️🖤🇳🇱!!!!
This song still got me crying 15 years later.. "I want you to know,you're far from the usual".😢
He sang it from the heart. Dedicated it to his daughter............
Really!!! Wow! never knew.
which one
Rehman Ahmed he only has one daughter...
Rehman Ahmed his oldest daughter
yeah Retract About Something
His most underrated master piece.
172 million views.
@@samborgensjr6456 Shes saying that because nobody talks about this song. Kind of swept under the rug as one of his better songs.
Way way underrated.....don't get me wrong, I love all his music but this song is my favorite...
Great message song
La
The fact the Lil Wayne managed to create such a memorable song that greatly contrasts what he typically sings about shows that he does has tremendous talent!
When I grew up I never recognized this song properly. This is way stronger than it's convenient for ppl to truly acknowledge.
he needs to re release this again, could help lots of lost kids nowdays
ye he did a lot of crimes and and he smokes u can tell he smokes weed
Ashley Sibanda what??😂
paige Dunn 🤣🤣
@@unofficialdisappointment2819 what u mean what my dad said he did crimes use your Brain LOL
@@unofficialdisappointment2819 maybe he smokes cigarettes instead of weed and he drinks beer
I dont want much, i just want the person reading this to be healty, happy and loved.wishing you a good day!!
thanks dawg i needed dis
You too brother
Thanks dawg.
Awww you to love All of you God Bless you Guys ❤️😘😘❤️
And it would be much better if your day was just as wonderful
This is a very real story for a lot of women in this world. We need to treat them all with more respect.
They also need to respect themselves.
+Justin S yeah I agree
well the part where she got hiv was kind off of her fault
Women need to treat themselves with respect first..coz nobody will treat you badly if u respect and dignify yourself..speakin from experience
+Miles Harris kiss ass
My brother fell into depression and drugs when he was 18. The drugs did a big number to his brain. Triggered schizophrenia. Well he would play this song over and over and over. So when ever I hear this song it reminds me of him and when he was at his darkest moments this song made sense to him. This song will for ever be my song to him. I will for ever miss you brother.
I listened to this as a kid because it sounded cool. But coming back to it now, it got me emotional to see just how much meaning the words have, and the video adds on the the effect. This is a really good song
😂😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
I grew up with this song and I always cry for it
Same
Saaaaaame. I loved this song as a kid because it sounds beautiful. Now I get the meaning
I cannot take you serious with that bleach bottle profile picture
This song made me change my lifestyle, friends and boyfriend.. It made me see that even if I grew up in a broken family and made bad decisions.. That ain't going to define me
@Freddy Guerra 👍
YOU change for the better of YOU but i hear you. Songs can mean soooo much from when you first heard them 10 years later maybe your life is good or maybe not so good but change starts with YOU
Good for you!!
😭
I'm sooo fucking happy for you! Wish I could of been that strong!
A cold reality. This is why we must protect and properly teach the youth, whether they're yours or no. POWERFUL
That's what church is for
youths of this day are very bad...
@@geloo.7686 but have to look who's rasing them. Who's teaching them. Are they around loving people. You can't say people are bad with looking at the things around them
Lil wayne, a legend that never changed his style. Respect.
Damn put tears in my eyes almost a decade later timeless music
Took the words out of my mouth
Same
Rett Jordan got u to 700 likes :)
Jesus loves you 🐒🐅🦌🦓🐩🦬🐆🐂🐃🫏🐈🐕🦮🐈⬛🐎🐄🐪🐐🦛🦏🐑🐏🦒🦙🐖🐇🐀🦔🐧
The choices our parents make today, will affect us tomorrow, let's teach our kids how to love, so they won't settled for less.
underrated comment. amen sis 🙏🏽
🙏🙏🙏
We have to start by lifting our youth up as a country and loving them together so that they will know how to love themselves. Without love for yourself you cannot give love completely and in a way that someone else deserves and wont know what kind of love they also deserve from another. So we dont have to live through another time that our children are ever going to have to feel hatred of other's for no valid reason claiming rhetoric like race or secual orientation. We have to stop this division and hatred weve allowed ONE hateful narcissist to poison our ppl and far too many of our youth.. lets get love back in our lives an pour it into our future and get our happiness BACK!!we r running out of time .. our kids r losing their future
love this comment
That's what the song is literally saying like your smart
This song is so profound. The video tells such a real story. So many young women walking around with PTSD and unresolved trauma from molestation and abuse from people that should've protected them. Heartbreaking.
That’s why this song means a lot ♥️
i was a victim of this and i wish people would include men as well im a girl but still my brother went though this but it never got any attention but i got lots
So many children. Excluding boys is dehumanizing
Don't act like they don't hurt anyone too🤡
@@flugshtock4777 and dont act like it only happens to women becus it doesnt
Where's the last 13 years gone? When it first came out we used to jam to this song just enjoying the song, all these years later we can truly appreciate the deep meaning of this song. Massive respect and love for lil Wayne and all you fans ❤❤❤
Lil Wayne really pored his heart on this song it still touches the nerve 😭❤️
He does it time and time again
*poured*
Hlengiwe Mzulwini yeah
100% this song gives you tingles and goosebumps... damn Wayne.. #truestories
😭
One of the best songs of Lil Wayne. This song is going to resurface and people are going to listen to it again after a decade from its release.
Facts 💯
Yes! This is my favorite song by him and the video is so beautiful.🥺
Real shit
Found this song via Facebook. Not much of a hip hop/ rap fan, but this song has a legit meaning behind it.
True, i still listen to it even now as if it's the first time.
7 years later and this video still gives me chills.
whats yo snap
grace deetz +ki1jkiiikkoo
Same
@@BrandonWilliams-zk2ml 15 years later, and this video still gives me chills 🥲
Me and my girlfriend would listen to this. she passed away and everytime i hear this song i start balling. we played it at her funeral it was beautiful. I Love you Adriana.
I’m so sorry for your loss, I hope you’re doing well, May she rest in piece🙏
God bless you and you all's family bro.
Wow you’ve just brought tears to my eyes…idk if has anything to do with my girl passing away 4 months ago from OD, but anyways thank you for sharing 💙🙏🏽🦋
Meus sentimentos irmão
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Did this video make anyone tear up? This one of my fav Wayne songs, and it's just touching and the video is good
np just gave me chills
yap
+Sayde B its so touching I cried a little
me to
I cried so much
The message behind this video couldn't be any more true. Your mother is your first example of how you should live your life. Always do your best as a mother and give your child the best head start
Kya Mai ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Kya Mai fufjch
Some persons are at a disadvantage from birth.
They have to run a race meters behind and when they do reach the finish line out of breath the crowd said they are too lucky...
OR father...some mothers die right at the start during birth, and some amazing fathers take over and raise amazing kids
@@MarkyMarkTeamAmerica yes that is true
This ! I listened to this so much when my mom was married to her ex husband. He molested me for 6 years before I told anyone. My mom use to get so mad at me for singing this and crying ! She use to say “girl don’t nobody love you cause you don’t know how to act” mind you I really wasn’t a bad kid I just had a lot of adults who used me as deflection. S/o to Ashley tho. She’s the reason he left but I’m still healing and it’s hard. It’s been 10 years since it was exposed and I’m still trying to age with the years cause I feel stuck in 2012 and damaged by my whole childhood. God got me tho
You’ll always be strong don’t forget that
As kids we just liked the way it sounded but now we can understand it. 🙏
For reals today is the first time I ever seen this video.. And its still as strong as whem it first came out
Felt this
Ong
So true
I’m crying 😩😩
It's crazy how we are listening to these songs again as different people.
This is the one
Real shit 🙏🏽
No shit new life new people same wayne
Is my special one that knows it...Still love an think about you a lot cara Kay kielman
This one hits deep right here man
The ending tho, it showing how a parents choice can affect a child
True. It starts there.
Legit crying
That’s with anything.
i dont get anything about the vid
@@camm5777 youre too young.. You will one day my dear.
heard this back in july of 2011 and was so broken hearted. Realized i deserve better and ended up with love of my lofe
Even after a decade this song still makes me cry everytime I hear it. If this song is a legend I wana be cremated in this comment section along with it. It explains two sides of the story and I ended up in the latter one. And I am proud. But I still remember what my past is. And it keeps me humble, every girl has a chance to choose a side. And God helped me choose the right side. Long live Wayne for making the realest song out there. No song can beat it. Name a better song I am waiting since 10 years...
❤️
He didn’t die
MJ - Man in Mirror
@@kivgnyzdatlifestyle4000 if it takes Michael Jackson to even think of a song.. I think Wayne is in good company
I have depression ;(
I feel like the song has an overall message which is that everything starts with your parents. it's starts with her mom being with the wrong guy, escalates and in the end she ruins her while life one step at a time being a result of the last. then it shows how different things would be through simple changes starting with her mom. it also shows very similar scenes with very different moods to show how everything adds up.
Your so right! It starts at home, once her mom got married to a good man, that was a father figure for her. Her life was a completely different story.
basically how it usually turns growing up without a father versus with one
+TheHypoCrip same with a mother.
One of the realest songs that lil Wayne created.
Lila L have you heard "mirror"?
Lila L factz
👌👌💯
Lila L yes, I absolutely love this song.. always have. It gives me cold chills everytime. 👉💖💜💙
Tie My Hands ?
Lil Wayne is soooooooo underrated. His raps is so pure
Disagree about the underrated. Anyone who has a lick of sense knows that Lil Wayne is an OG. He is brilliant and always has been. Always will be.
This song has been blanked outta my mind for years until now
Tune
The video is deep asf. Tuff.
Same
Khalil Aziz me to bro I’m about to cry because it reminds me of the old days
Not me! I remember this song every year!
even after 6 years still amazing .....
Oliver Redbeard It is.
Oliver Redbeard cool
+Maya E this song touch my heart
Rollercoaster
Oliver Redbeard i know alright
nobody can't ever tell me Lil' Wayne isn't deep. He has a lot of 'shallow' songs but this is deep and can be interpreted in so many ways.
True
Mirror ft Bruno Mars is deep as well👌
Amara Harris he don’t have shallow songs......he’s a wise man.....being “simple” is a high form of creativity when use well.....extremely clever most of the time
Amara Harris he don’t have shallow songs......he’s a wise man.....being “simple” is a high form of creativity when use well.....extremely clever most of the time
True the song is speaking to you from within .
I would hug anyone who is sad and has lost love in their life. I am also lucky. I have never known sadness to destroy me. Thank you, God.❤🙏🏾
6 years ago. Felt like it was just 6 months ago when i heard and loved this. Time flies as a ray of light . . .
Actually it's a little bit more 4 dimensional than that but we still don't truly know
aidreen time is an equation
Now 13
Only song Wayne didn't even use a single swear word that's how deep this song is I just am proud of Wayne for making such a master piece !!!! Your music is my centre of strength Wayne thank u for spreading these words to us
Wayne didn't curse in his old shit from the 90s either
Lil wayne got hundreds of curse free songs
yea right like he wrote this...
@@ElCapi1906 he co wrote it, with his other artist " detail ". Wayne saaid it was about his daughter
@@Beezy_420 "co wrote it"
“Ya never credit yourself, so when you got older. It seems like it came back ten times over.” That’s still deep..
iunnor im slow lol, could you explain me what that means?
iunnor please explain. I don’t get it.
@@raegavin5948 As child not knowing your worth, or feeling worthless, will impact you even more once your older, due to the fact that the consequences for the decisions you make as an adult are 10x more impactful than they are of a child. Simply put if you think your worthless as a child, those feelings will only intensify as an adult.
GP Free this makes more sense
@@biglan16 it really can, yeah it really can
Dad's mean everything, so stay here
The only rapper who deserves ‘Lil’ in his name , Lil Wayne 👌❤️
Lil pump is boguess
He don't know how to rap
are u trying to imply that Mozart doesn't deserve a lil in his name....
what about ELVİSSS
doesn't he deserve the lil
This let's us know that there is always a better version of ourselves that we should strive to achieve! This also tells us that the actions of parents greatly affects their children's future.
Couldn't have said it any better.😇😊☺👍💗
this song hits deep when your older
Thats waht I was thinking too...
💯💯💯💯 but some people do not understand thiz song
On my couch cryin to lmao
No doubt ❤
Facts
This song just teaches me that everyone has a story..the stripper,the robber,the drug dealer etc..people are just trying to survive..May God help us all,let's not judge others.
Wayne Should’ve Won A Grammy For This Song 💯🙏🏾
Yea
yeah
KENDRICK LAMAR has been inspired by Lil Wayne . Drake has been inspired by Kanye West.
Well y'all shouldn't worry cause K.Dot gonna win grammys .
Makin Movesmc ikr
I agree
Deep message in this video. The ability to love only truly develops when we learn to love ourselves first. Only then can we decide with whom we share intimacy and then it is to give , not to get.
FACTS 💯💯
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I always knew this song was about a woman who never had a chance to learn what real love is, but at the age of 22, I can now understand that it even extends to her not knowing how to love herself. And the singer isn't just a man enamored by her, it's a man who's speaking a pure and well-intentioned truth. He's encouraging her to overcome her insecurities, to not blame herself for her trauma. And that's beautiful.
The music video tells a story of just how important it is for parents to love themselves and teach their children how to love.
Always remember that you deserve the best of what life has to offer. You deserve good things. You deserve to be happy.
So beautifully put
@@sealieal4s thank you :)
Thanks for this. This is the comment I was looking for
@@user-gk4ig9ho4f I'm happy to provide :) take care and remember to love yourself
The best comment
Moral of the story: Everything we learn from home effect our future
Yep totally agree
Amen.
If u let it
Truth!!!!
Deep.
This song doesn't get the recognition it truly deserves. Replaying and listening to it over and over again. I understand the lyrics now.. Simply a girl who grew up too fast and generation after generation, the cycle never changes unless YOU do. We as women are stronger than we think.
what about me?
@@weloveyouant9445 What?
@@thelmamoses3398 You heard me 😂
So true!!!!! You said it well!
@@weloveyouant9445 savage
Let’s see how many people watching this in 2025😩
I'm watching
last day of January
January 31, holding it down. Who with me and this message? B careful it's still "crooks" out there.
Never left
😭😭😭😭
Still hits the heart like it did the first time
This is the most wholesome rap song on Earth you can’t convince otherwise.
This isn’t a rap song
This is the most wholesome rap song on Earth you can't convince otherwise.
After having a mental breakdown, you empathize with the girl more and more in this video. This song soothes you, reminds you. Be gentle on yourself because you deserve love too.
❤
Lil Wayne actually cares about women. Unlike most rappers
Sames.
honestly not for me
Your comment made me feel shivers of something I don't understand
This song is a masterpiece. Wayne’s vulnerability and intentionality in crafting these lyrics will forever be an inspiration to me❤
He'll yeah what it means to u is the only meaning that matters
I never figured out how to love my son taught me, I love you son I would say your name but this the internet.❤ 😂🎉 💕
@@PrayerOfMannesah internet.. !! just ack it was..ty for the info♥️
Timeless masterpiece
@@PrayerOfMannesahbeautiful
I have tears in my eyes. An Indonesian mother from Jawa Island. We need more of these songs
I feel like Wayne doesn't get the credit he deserves
I feel like Wayne get MUCH MORE credit than he deserves...especially in the fact he can't really rap
@@druggmanur an idiot
Dell Clouds he don’t
Only rapper to make 100 million of just rap
Tomas V. 😂😂😂go to Wayne lyrics n read for ur self
Easily one of Wayne's best songs he ever dropped.
oldheads can hate all they want but this is the shit
@@enragedbear what's old because I'm 32 and we loved this shit when it came out.
FACTS
No cap
Because he's speaking facts
Song hits different when you been through some shit....
Yeah man felt that
#truth
For fuckin sure
@@themachanel8128 hella ya love u
Hell yes love 💘
It’s so hard when you work so hard to achieve something but the people who are teaching aren’t really trying to teach you the right ways of doing things. They don’t like you because the patients truly love you because you’re real.
This video still gets me I always cry when I watch it
same. I haven't watched it in a while and I'm bawling my eyes out. 😢😢😢 first rap song that made me cry hard
Lauren Rauh nn. mhv'
Lauren Rauh. fr shit.
Lauren Rauh 💯
I was crying because some of my friends have had this happen to them it's an amazing song thank you lil Wayne for making this song.
yeah i was balling my eyes out
+Desera Grimm
did U fxxk him ?...heheh
+jacks Ben
... you know i will....and please dont tell any one mann....pssstt.... hehehe
I know this song is beautiful it has an inspiring story behind it 💖💖
+adian streich its sad
May 2020 like.
This line hits hard.
"When you had alot of dreams that transform to visions,the fact that you saw the world affected all your decisions but it..wasnt your fault,wasnt in your intentions..."
those lines grabbed me just as I read this. TYTYTY take care
This part played as I read this haha
💯
yep
Hits HARD
You should be there the grammy
This song with this music video is so under appreciated. The meaning behind the music video truly speaks volumes.
Seless Sustaita under appreciated??? Is 135 million views not good enough for you?
This video is underrated! The meaning of it speak for it self. It could of have 1billion views. But out of that billion, who actually sat there to anaylize it ? Is underrated .!
oh my goodness I literally cried this song the mv is so saddddd
LeendaDProductions so true
Lisa Rominger u
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Truth
LiL Wayne has GOD & 🎸 😂
Oh God. Rap Actually Had Stories To Them At This Time. One Of My All Time Favorites
Yvng Dre' story telling back then was one of the most important part of rap thats what made eminem kendrick tupac and more famous
Alot of wayne songs turn into great messages and videos
I miss it
Gucci gang has a story to it 😡
They still have, only fewer and not in the same way. A rapper today ex: 21 savage raps about his past, selling drugs, shooting at people and the trauma that came with it. If only you try to understand the rapper you will see thats deep too. (Except for lil pump)
I’m still here ❤
This still makes me cry! I’m a former escort and this always brings me to tears. From 17-24 I was a solid ass escort, i have a job interview at a tech company on Monday, pray for me!
-Edit
It’s 2025 and life has had its ups and downs. Currently enduring some hardship, but seeing so many people rooting for me, praying for me and wishing me well, pushes me. One more day, I got this.
01/16/2025
Hope you got da job !
Good luck
Good luck!
Hope your interview was successful and you have a bright future ahead.
Updates?
That ending made me cry. Never seen the music video until now, wow.
Eneliko Smith prob wanna get ur testosterone checked. XD
Tom Van a
+Tom Van 😂😂😂😂
11 years ago is wild 😢 the nostalgia i get just hearing this song is flabbergasting. I can't believe I didn't enjoy those moments more, but I know I can sure enjoy my current moments more because someday I don't want to say the same thing nor feel the same way of not enjoying more.
Have you ever just watched something and smiled so big and didn't notice until the video was over?
Milana's Temple what can I say you're always smiling.i mean look at your profile pic
I did it again
I think this is one of the most emotional and insightful songs Wayne has ever sang...Still valid and will never get old in my opinion
For sure!
@@triwantee2870 hi
So far it's among the songs that he didn't sound usual as in with his personality
@@kiyimbasamson it's certainly different but that's a positive thing for my part. This just shows how versatile Wayne is!
FACTS!!!
The fact that it wasn't recommended and you searched for it shows how Timeless it is 🥺.
How can we be grown enough to know better than to be thinking the way we be thinking? If we were we'd be grown enough to know better than to be doing what we be doing! Just speaking!
Lil Wayne is singing about some serious shit here the is just like what happens in the real world ...I had tears running down my face bro
og !!! me too bruh
Watch the video while listening to it
Me too
Salute to you brutha!!
I miss Lil Wayne
Any 2021 guys that had this song come across their mind out of no where
Me love this song ever since I heard it the first time years ago
It still hits till this day 🔥🔥
Yup haha feeling a lil bit medicated😂💨
Glad to know I’m not the only one
@@christophermiranda4876 😂😑💨
Never thought a Lil Wayne video could make me want to cry until now
Hundred 😇
I cried
If you Here In 2024 - 2025 smash that 👍🏾
One of the most underrated and most overlooked song and music video . This goes so deep man , still here in 2019💪🏾❤️❤️
True...an amazing song!!!
The Zakia Show will never get old to me
Very True, and me times a milli!! Okayyyyy, this when Wayne was Wayne....not like the way he's been as of lately,still my boy tho...
I dont think it was underrated! People didnt really want to acknowledge lil wayne made such a masterpeice! Thats messed up! This was everything and i still love it from the carter 4
2020 Baby, and this song still hits hard
Ong
From Mexico 💯💪🏼🇲🇽
Jo Rae No fr 💯❗️
This is honestly one of the most beautiful songs I’ve ever heard, and it was by Lil Wayne of all people...
For clarity, I have nothing against him, it’s just not the type of song you’d ever expect Lil Wayne to make 🤷♂️
He's no stranger to making you think tho
Calebmufcthompson while you probably think Nikki is the same. These rappers are later more out there these days cause they trying to compete with other new trendy rappers.
Lil Wayne is intelligent
Yes this is reality song
I feel like I’m listening to this sing for the very first time. The wisdom is surreal. ❤
i think lil wayne will be liked more by people in general if he wrote/sang more songs like this one (how to love), drop the world, no love, and mirror. anyone else think this too
Totally agree
I don't think he wrote this.. he freestyles most he's songs so yeah its probably a feel style..
drake wrote this
are you stupid lil wayne wrote this du
Joel Turner are you fucking stupid. Drake WROTE THIS
Who enjoyed this when it first came out and was shocked to see lil wayne's soft side
he stole the song
judedouard chenet from who ?
go check like father like son and you will know it's not his first try
Mehrcy yesss, I just love this song
Mehrcy I liked it 1st time I heard it and really love it after I found out he wrote it for his dtr.. got 1 of my own songs gets to you...
Wayne's greatest song, period. I'm 25, a real 90's baby. Grew up on ALL his shit, and this is the first time he showed who HE REALLY IS.
AGREED 👍
27 here same boat g
He knows that most of his songs promotes drugs, sex, money, crime, etc. And I suppose that's how he made millions.
But for sure, there were a side of him that felt sympathy for the women he got with, understood their situation and spoke about in the form of a song to warn other young ladies about going down this road. I'm glad he put this song out. :)
Wayne's greatest song, period. I'm 25, a real 90's baby. Grew up on ALL his shit, and this is the first time he showed who HE REALLY IS.
This is not his best song idot
It's November 2024, who's listening?
Me daily