Tucker Bryant - Facts About Myself

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  • Опубліковано 2 вер 2015
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    Tucker Bryant, performing at NPS 2015 in Oakland, CA.
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  • @superhotninjacat
    @superhotninjacat 7 років тому +424

    "I believe there is nothing more autobiographical than a scar, so every time I see the barcode I carved into my skin I read a story of a battle I win every day"

  • @ilyjesus07
    @ilyjesus07 8 років тому +788

    'maybe heaven is not something we need to die to get to'

    • @destinyheath6583
      @destinyheath6583 7 років тому +7

      Mikka Ella I think this every time I see my son. ❤️

    • @tomrussell7372
      @tomrussell7372 7 років тому

      Destiny Heath i agree with that statement the only difference is me watching my 4 kids grow

    • @trevanwillowbuffiii9624
      @trevanwillowbuffiii9624 7 років тому

      Mikka Ella heaven is a metaphor for an unrealistic ambition to never feel pain and always rest in absolute security.

    • @yello.universe4164
      @yello.universe4164 6 років тому

      Destiny Heath Aww💕💕

  • @alliblackman5020
    @alliblackman5020 8 років тому +1893

    I just wanted to listen to a dam poem, not fall in love. uuuuuuurgh...

    • @ILoveFlowers45
      @ILoveFlowers45 8 років тому +13

      That's always been my problem 😫😫😫

    • @amiradd7007
      @amiradd7007 8 років тому +7

      😂😂 I was thinking the same thing

    • @werrewolvesrock
      @werrewolvesrock 8 років тому +3

      I feel you

    • @kailsk1090
      @kailsk1090 8 років тому +1

      +Allison B (Alli-Bee) RIGHT! ugggh

    • @MsChenel
      @MsChenel 8 років тому

      my thoughts exactly, it's the women's nature i guess?

  • @cpoterry
    @cpoterry 8 років тому +307

    "...A heart the size of a fist that didn't learn to love itself till it gave itself a beating..."
    Never in this life have I heard a work of writing so perfectly reflecting a connection to the life I've lived and the story I hope one day tell. This is divine, outstanding work!!

  • @amaliaboura8482
    @amaliaboura8482 8 років тому +655

    From the moment i saw him i thought he was attractive but as he continued talking he became more and more attractive!!! :) beautilul soul

    • @amoymyers2366
      @amoymyers2366 8 років тому +5

      you should listen to his other poems!!

    • @pauldavies3056
      @pauldavies3056 8 років тому +1

      +Amalia Boura I found his self righteous act a complete facade which got more nauseating as he continued.

    • @pauldavies3056
      @pauldavies3056 8 років тому

      +Amalia Boura I found his self righteous act a complete facade which got more nauseating as he continued.

    • @amaliaboura8482
      @amaliaboura8482 8 років тому +4

      oh well!!

  • @ashleymcguire2995
    @ashleymcguire2995 8 років тому +165

    "a righteous heart inside a male body is just a gun with the safety left on" DEEP.

  • @mrstayup36s
    @mrstayup36s 8 років тому +343

    Wow every time I watch one of these poem videos, I think to myself "why even watch another one, none are going to be as good as the last one" and every time I'm wrong. This was simply life changing

    • @totalweirdo8538
      @totalweirdo8538 7 років тому +4

      Joe Cool And yet, even when you go back to the first, the cycle continues.

  • @MissRachealRainbow
    @MissRachealRainbow 7 років тому +62

    "I'm so sick I got depression scared to catch me" was a great line. This poem was amazing

  • @amyc8908
    @amyc8908 8 років тому +233

    He must be inspired by Rudy Francisco (reminds me so much of his 'Honest Poem')

    • @dominique4432
      @dominique4432 8 років тому +24

      lol I stopped 15 seconds in looking for a comment like this

    • @tata7220
      @tata7220 8 років тому +3

      +Dominique Sweeney likewise lol

    • @idksomethingnifty111
      @idksomethingnifty111 7 років тому +11

      true, like some of the lines are exactly the same...

    • @idksomethingnifty111
      @idksomethingnifty111 7 років тому +4

      maybe they had a collaboration of some sort?
      and even if this was posted before, maybe they didn't perform according to the dates these were posted

    • @idksomethingnifty111
      @idksomethingnifty111 7 років тому +2

      Adam Shaw
      Ah, that makes sense, and i completely agree with wanting to be optimistic and giving every option a chance. I understand that i may have come off in an accusing manor, so i apologize about the misunderstanding there.

  • @aoifebyrne3845
    @aoifebyrne3845 8 років тому +69

    "I didn't find self love until I gave myself a beating" wowwww

  • @riddhir.s.1493
    @riddhir.s.1493 6 років тому +188

    some facts about myself I'm 21 years old
    I'm right-handed I hate my middle name
    I don't eat goats cheese I still don't
    have a driver's license and for as long
    as I can remember I've been really into
    good ramen and bad puns I believe there
    are only two kinds of people in the
    world those who admit they've ever peed
    in the shower and Liars
    I'm not religious my faith in God died
    when my godmother did but a few months
    ago I saw my nephew's face for the first
    time and now I can't help but think that
    maybe heaven is not something we need to
    die to get to I go to an elite college
    which means I know the most profitable
    way to ship food from factory to
    supermarket but I don't know the middle
    names of any of the women who cook my
    lunch every day I'm the son of a man who
    never misses a home-cooked meal or skips
    his dishwashing duties the son of a
    woman told me that my name is an
    earthquake and waiting she said holds it
    in your mouth like the most dangerous
    secret this world is yet to know I'm
    only five foot eight on a really good
    day but being built like a short story
    is a lesson in finding other ways to be
    the tallest tale in the room I don't
    know what it means to be a man and for a
    while I thought the weight room could
    tell me but I four stories of men with
    shotgun barrels for arms who use their
    bodies as weapons
    I've seen them shoot their mouths off
    and leave bullet holes and women's
    spirits my sisters say that they raised
    me to be a good guy but have a set of
    knuckles swollen with the memory of
    teeth and blood and I'm still learning
    to unlearn my own violence reminded
    every day that a righteous heart inside
    a male body is just a gun with a safety
    left on and I know boys we're still
    searching for the manhood inside bottles
    bank accounts and between nameless hips
    boys who remote-control their partners
    because they're not strong enough to let
    things go
    I know that men carry an addiction to
    property in our blood now when I was a
    kid I shopped lifted things I didn't
    need or want just to feel like there was
    something in this world that I could own
    I don't know most beautiful thing about
    love is that it cannot be owned some
    days I'm still the 13 year old stomach
    origami folds on itself every
    time Laura Stevenson walks past his
    lunch table and I don't watch much TV
    these days but I'm still a Nickelodeon
    kid at heart so if you asked me who
    loves orange soda I will tell you I've
    broken more of my own bones and promises
    in my life and I'm still not sure but
    it's been more painful to heal I have a
    heart the same size of the fist I didn't
    find self-love until I gave myself a
    beating but I was the tree that fell in
    a forest when no one else was looking
    and dared to make a sound
    I'm the meal that this thing called
    depression has spent seven years trying
    to devour from the inside out I'm living
    proof that that motherfucker bit off
    more than he could chew
    I believe there's nothing more
    autobiographical than a scar so every
    time see there remains the barcodes I've
    carved into my skin I read a story of a
    battle I win every day I used to wake up
    breathless when anxiety was deadly but
    now I'm so sick I've got the prescience
    scared to catch me I'm both black and
    boy which means that I'm the knife that
    threatens to slit the neck of silence
    and make everything bleed song I am song
    I know that nothing can die that cannot
    be resurrected by music and that the
    dance floor is the safest place to be
    during the apocalypse I know all of this
    I'm still figuring out how to hold on to
    this helium balloon called happiness
    they've got charisma down to a science
    but most days I still have less
    confidence than English weather but I'm
    learning everyday what it means to be
    human
    without being whole every night the sky
    opens its mouth and swallows the Sun in
    a single gulp just to make room for the
    moon it what a wonderful way to live
    life to be so full of so much light but
    always hungry for more
    you

  • @Twixx
    @Twixx 8 років тому +50

    i'm 5'6 so that "Being built like a short story is a lesson in finding other ways to be the tallest tale in the room" hit home!!

  • @paulinazelikowicz9122
    @paulinazelikowicz9122 8 років тому +79

    I didn't know what part to quote because every line was FUCKING PERFECT.

  • @raenaraebel2801
    @raenaraebel2801 8 років тому +500

    Am I the only one who's really curious of his middle name?

  • @andrewsokulski8922
    @andrewsokulski8922 7 років тому +49

    "Be full of so much light, yet still be hungry for more." Great job bro~

  • @rochellelilieth3206
    @rochellelilieth3206 8 років тому +108

    god, I love this guy, and it goes far beyond physical attractiveness - it's something with the way he speaks

  • @lilzy89
    @lilzy89 8 років тому +15

    "What a wonderful way to live life, to be so full of so much light but always hungry for more".

  • @maddyblake1052
    @maddyblake1052 8 років тому +36

    have you ever had a friendship crush on someone? like you want a hard core platonic friendship with someone? I have a friendship crush on this man.

  • @xpuffinn9747
    @xpuffinn9747 8 років тому +262

    Hot guys + Good Poems. Today was a great day.

    • @harmonydevaney9630
      @harmonydevaney9630 7 років тому

      same

    • @dejarayvon1604
      @dejarayvon1604 6 років тому +5

      Hot guys who write are always the worse ones. They’re emotionally unavailable and they’ll break your heart.

    • @vote4padro521
      @vote4padro521 5 років тому

      I agree😊

    • @cordat2767
      @cordat2767 4 роки тому

      xPuffinn 😂😂😂😂

  • @tonyatemple4657
    @tonyatemple4657 8 років тому +18

    You've given me some hope in overcoming depression, from now on I'm just going to think about being the sky...so full of light but still hungry for more. thank you for this

  • @scarlettrey123
    @scarlettrey123 7 років тому +19

    I came back because it was a year ago this poem was uploaded and I'm still not disappointed

  • @ekeomaezeh381
    @ekeomaezeh381 8 років тому +14

    "Now I am so sick, I make depression scared to catch me." *snaps*

  • @YungJay0
    @YungJay0 10 місяців тому +1

    I just unliked this video 5yrs later just to like it again. Still brings me to tears ❤

  • @gsanjana7
    @gsanjana7 7 років тому +7

    I loved the fact that he didn't make it too dramatic! Superb! I paid attention to what he said instead of his body language.

  • @sarahelizabeth675
    @sarahelizabeth675 8 років тому +125

    Where can I sign up to marry this man

    • @mthefangirl4956
      @mthefangirl4956 6 років тому

      Sarah Elizabeth where can I sign up to even just be in his vicinity

  • @harmonydevaney9630
    @harmonydevaney9630 7 років тому +16

    I have no words but perfect.

  • @kait958
    @kait958 8 років тому +9

    he is my favorite. I can't get enough of him. beautiful.

  • @Itsjustafloralwreathe
    @Itsjustafloralwreathe 8 років тому +4

    I loved when he twisted the old," If a tree falls in the forest and no one is around to hear it does it make a sound?" Saying❤️

  • @ausman6238
    @ausman6238 6 років тому +2

    How could anyone with a soul dislike this poem?

  • @meshlinks4146
    @meshlinks4146 8 років тому +39

    He totally listens to Rudy Francisco

    • @TStizzle19
      @TStizzle19 8 років тому +12

      But don't we all?

  • @LearnTwiwithEfiaBAE
    @LearnTwiwithEfiaBAE 5 років тому +3

    "what a wonderful way to live life to be so full of so much light but always hungry for more you"

  • @franzi482
    @franzi482 7 років тому +40

    This is so peaceful

  • @whitneyfitzgerald4212
    @whitneyfitzgerald4212 8 років тому +14

    *Groans* SO good. I want to hear everything you've written.

  • @smartcanbepretty
    @smartcanbepretty 8 років тому +17

    That was absolutely beautiful and emotional and perfect

  • @asseater0077
    @asseater0077 8 років тому +22

    I don't know what I'm more in love with him or the poem

  • @moushmakosa9111
    @moushmakosa9111 8 років тому +7

    I like him, I like this poem. Wow he reminds me of Rudy Fransisco

  • @vanahlovesu
    @vanahlovesu 8 років тому +4

    my heart races everytime i hear his voice

  • @amyle1408
    @amyle1408 8 років тому +2

    His poems never fall short. Ever. Amazing. Again, I hear a little Rudy Francisco in this.

  • @faithkariuki4015
    @faithkariuki4015 8 років тому +11

    "Maybe heaven is not something we need to die to get to."
    *shudders*

  • @larrythelatypus
    @larrythelatypus 8 років тому +4

    "..in between nameless hips.."
    I loved this part of the poem

  • @leesya9802
    @leesya9802 8 років тому +2

    I could fall for someone like this

  • @CGPCreativity
    @CGPCreativity 4 роки тому

    I come back to this every year so and get stuck on replay.... man , the feels.

  • @KimKla
    @KimKla 5 років тому +1

    I love this so much I can't put it to words...

  • @vchongg
    @vchongg 8 років тому +2

    Absolutely speechless. His choice of words and delivery was immaculate 💕

  • @simonlxve8063
    @simonlxve8063 8 років тому

    i love how simple his words are but how poetic they make one feel

  • @MeggyPeggy9779
    @MeggyPeggy9779 7 років тому +1

    wow I am blown away this poem and his presentation of it is so beautiful!

  • @livbrooks4194
    @livbrooks4194 8 років тому +1

    Such intellect and power. Much love ❤️

  • @sparksflywityhu
    @sparksflywityhu 8 років тому

    My heart was touched, he was raised with honesty, and with a good mindset even though he fell off along away. Everyone has. His humor with how he write reminds me how real poems are.

  • @JezdamayelCaster
    @JezdamayelCaster 8 років тому

    The end got me. This was all wonderful but the end made me cry. So very wonderful!

  • @eripagan7636
    @eripagan7636 8 років тому +2

    breath taking! gave me chills beginning to end

  • @sarapaolella9694
    @sarapaolella9694 7 років тому +2

    It was beautiful. Every single word was so perfect and his voice is so soothing, I really loved this poem

  • @jonathanbullock5788
    @jonathanbullock5788 Рік тому

    I’ve never had the words this beautiful soul speaks, I do have the swollen and scarred body and all the tears! Thank you for this!

  • @EmleeLikesTurtles
    @EmleeLikesTurtles 6 років тому

    Still listen to this regularly 2 years on. Powerful.

  • @anaisabeI
    @anaisabeI 8 років тому +1

    he somehow managed to put into words everything I feel, amazing!

  • @joelleelaine1284
    @joelleelaine1284 5 років тому

    it wasn't halfway through this poem I really felt a connection to your words. It was the last couple lines that left me in tears. Beautiful, thank you

  • @TreyDubya
    @TreyDubya 8 років тому +1

    Finished the video and let out a "WOW!" Way to go, Tucker.

  • @pouriruru6629
    @pouriruru6629 8 років тому +1

    So. Many. Emotions. Gaaaaahhh!!! I'm crying

  • @bridgethayes1711
    @bridgethayes1711 8 років тому +1

    I've heard so many poems in my life but this, is by far the best. It touches you where you thought you could always protect. The place you thought nobody new you kept hidden, but we all have that place and you didn't just scrape the surfus. You dug to the very bottom. Congratulations. I hope this piece resonates with people in a similar way it did with me

  • @christinakim1620
    @christinakim1620 8 років тому

    So beautiful! I was moved to tears!

  • @CaloobianMongoose
    @CaloobianMongoose 7 років тому

    Absolutely phenomenal. Thank you, Tucker.

  • @BMOBeth
    @BMOBeth 8 років тому

    Wow, he blew me away.

  • @JakkieArruda00
    @JakkieArruda00 7 років тому +5

    this gave me chills damn

  • @funnyjuiceeffects
    @funnyjuiceeffects 8 років тому +2

    looooove this and his delivery

  • @Jacky18beauty
    @Jacky18beauty 8 років тому +1

    amazing, poetry is the power of words, words that make sense and make you think deeply, words that describe emotions, emotions that can't be seen only felt and what's more delightful than trying to imaging a feeling. Creativeness, poetry, art!

  • @amymae5744
    @amymae5744 4 роки тому

    I have been looking for this poem for two weeks now... I heard it once before and thought of just how beautiful the line about “maybe heaven is not a place we need to die to get to” was... my niece is now four months old and by that same date I was five months relapse free. I know there’s nothing like a mother’s love for a child but there is a unique bond between aunts/uncles and their nieces/nephews. I personally haven’t experienced anything better. And so now I’m trying to BE better- for her. 💕

  • @sydneywashington3624
    @sydneywashington3624 8 років тому +1

    I fell in love with the poem and the man behind it too

  • @wowemily7110
    @wowemily7110 8 років тому +1

    I love this poem! watched it so many times!

  • @xkenmasswitchx
    @xkenmasswitchx 8 років тому +1

    you are a beautiful human. and I long to hear more from you 💖

  • @jennagoin3874
    @jennagoin3874 7 років тому +1

    he is beautiful and a beautiful person and soul and amazing

  • @Intel615
    @Intel615 4 роки тому +1

    He has an amazing voice.

  • @torimuzyk4102
    @torimuzyk4102 8 років тому

    Incredible. Thank you for your bravery.

  • @zachjanus7977
    @zachjanus7977 8 років тому +1

    I needed to hear this. Thankyou.

  • @theriseofarockstar
    @theriseofarockstar 8 років тому

    My favourite in such a long time.

  • @AERoyse
    @AERoyse 8 років тому

    I love everything about this poem / video / his performance.

  • @olive7829
    @olive7829 8 років тому

    Literally one of my favourites

  • @marilynson9088
    @marilynson9088 7 років тому

    Its 2017.... I literally watched this video first and watched every other poem he has created because of this piece.

  • @lailatarek6881
    @lailatarek6881 8 років тому

    This is so beautiful I shivered a little.

  • @ellief4277
    @ellief4277 6 років тому

    Mentioning about the little things such as how you don't know the middle names of the women who cook your lunch... That's the small thinking that is so much bigger than one can ever portray in poetry or words so that others, on different thought levels, will ever comprehend them. Beautiful...

  • @thepowerfist23
    @thepowerfist23 8 років тому

    This hit me so deep, another beautiful poem that I can relate to. Simply amazing

  • @nonanaqueenXD
    @nonanaqueenXD 8 років тому

    Okay but that was beautiful and so is he.

  • @Nassit-Gnuoy
    @Nassit-Gnuoy 8 років тому

    He's always got great poems.

  • @pantreshaloon
    @pantreshaloon 6 років тому

    "What a wonderful way to live life, to be so full and so much light but always hungry for more."

  • @Kainenmoore2014
    @Kainenmoore2014 7 років тому +1

    I relate to him so much

  • @crazycricketchick1
    @crazycricketchick1 8 років тому +1

    This was absolutely amazing.

  • @nts_tv
    @nts_tv 8 років тому

    absolutely amazing, definitely checking out his other poems, truly beautiful

  • @lupita916
    @lupita916 8 років тому +1

    Amazing. I needed to hear this today.

  • @aaronique33
    @aaronique33 8 років тому

    I've listened to this at least 100 times...

  • @julianasebben7060
    @julianasebben7060 8 років тому +2

    THAT WAS BEAUTIFUL

  • @moonjung1009
    @moonjung1009 8 років тому

    So powerful. You are amazing, so inspiring

  • @HorseRidinBbe11
    @HorseRidinBbe11 6 років тому +1

    being built like a short story is a lesson in being the tallest tale in the room
    wow. love it

  • @riverhearts
    @riverhearts 8 років тому +2

    this is one of those poems where I have to lie down after listening because of how intense the feelings I felt were

  • @dishajoshi5142
    @dishajoshi5142 7 років тому +1

    This is amazingggg.

  • @clairecatchesflights
    @clairecatchesflights 8 років тому +1

    This was so amazing I'm replaying it right now haha

  • @jt2277
    @jt2277 6 років тому

    I love the writing so much! This poem is so beautiful

  • @juwaria4262
    @juwaria4262 6 років тому

    "The most beautiful thing about love is that it can not be owned" 💓

  • @akeylamonea4639
    @akeylamonea4639 8 років тому

    That was utterly phenomenal.

  • @kyramckenzie7556
    @kyramckenzie7556 5 років тому +1

    The most beautiful thing about love is that it cannot be owned

  • @celiazerafa6624
    @celiazerafa6624 8 років тому

    Crying; that was beautiful

  • @TyMcKinnie
    @TyMcKinnie 8 років тому +1

    This was amazing! Really connected to it.

  • @ashe9584
    @ashe9584 6 років тому

    This is powerful and I'm not even done.

    • @ashe9584
      @ashe9584 6 років тому

      That was powerful.