Actually it's not. Ms McBride has stated that the story about this being about her niece is not true. How it got started is anybody's guess. And the stone in the video is a prop.
@Mark L Martina says the song is a true story; it's about her niece, who was abused by her mother (Martina's sister) after her mother and father split. Then one day, Martina's niece was killed.
@@winykittygirl Martina has never said this. It is 100% NOT about her niece. How this BS is still being perpetuated , let alone got started is beyond me.
At 24 I had 25 addresses. My mom tried her best, but it wasn't easy. Please protect those who need protection I started working out, got my masters and it never filled the void.
As a survivor, thank you. When people react to this song it brings it back to people's minds that this does happen. And that we need to help those that needs us. Everytime I hear this it brings it all back to light, but it also helps to tell my story.
This song is one of, if not the most emotionally powerful song of all time. Regardless of if it is a child, friend, or family member being abused. it needs to be erased from our world, and the scumbags who commit such atrocities should receive the same punishment as murderers and serial killers in my opinion.
@@radicalreactions1633 so it proves to you there’s no god because he gives up free will? You think a god would make us act like robots… of course he doesn’t like it and she will answer to god himself for her sins just like the rest of us…
I just found you.. THANK YOU FOR your HEART felt 😥sorry for my loss of words.. Such a Beautiful Song butt every time I hear it, I can't help but CRY.. Never apologize for being an AMAZING MAN with heart and feelings.. God Bless 🙏🙏💗Glad I found you. Stay Safe 🤗
Oh such a tearful heartbreaking video. In the end, are those all other concrete angels coming together and play as well? I didn't realize that part the first few times I seen this video. Country music, seems to be the best platform to bring on these issues.
This song hits me deep I have tears in my eyes right now. When I was younger I was a victim of child abuse. At a foster home. So this song hits me very hard. I had some deep dark brushes on my legs. A student that did ñot know me very long some how knew something was wrong. And he would not give up until I told him. And I thank God for him because I was taken out of their after that. I love this song but I cry every time.
This one always makes me cry for two reasons The first being this little girl was me at one point, I was abused in every sense of the word, my mom SOLD me because she was broke... And I feel like remaining silent in the face of this makes you just as guilty... So the teacher saw the bruises and should have said something and because she didn't the outcome is partly her doing!! Silence makes you a guilty party too, people saw me being abused and turned the other cheek... So regardless of whether it's my child or not I refuse to remain silent 👌 I've gone to jail for protecting a little girl from her mother!!
Martina sang this song in remembrance of her Niece that was beaten to death by Martina's own sister 2002. The name on the tombstone is her niece's name.
This song has always made me cry. I've never experienced abuse, and not known anyone personally that has, but it's heartbreaking. Ty for your reaction.
Fantastic reaction! Your reaction was raw and real and for it to relate to you is even more personal! Most people don’t know this, but that boy on there his name is Luke Benward. He is a actor and singer!
All the children in this video were victims of child abuse who died and went to heaven. This is the saddest song by Martina. You don't have to apologize for being emotional. I get emotional also when l listen to this song. Ok. Have a wonderful day and God bless
Don’t feel bad about getting emotional. I worked with kids at a mental healthcare facility for years and some of the absolute horror stories some of those kids went through… I can’t hear this song without bawling any more myself.
My mother abused me. When I turned 18 I joined the Army. After 8 years of service I had my own child and I swore nobody would ever hurt her, and I've kept that promise. I went to work for DHS and worked for the state for just over 6 years. It gave me a nervous breakdown. I went back to college and became a nurse. This song makes me bawl everytime. The ending, all of them are little angels 😇 in the video and they all look so happy. I'm not sure many people understand that. The little boy in the video was her little angel friend.
As a former foster parent, you are right, the system is NOT set up for the children. Kids going back to homes that are NOT ready to keep them safe. Kids getting retraumatized over and over. I hope someone with some power can get the cahnge started.
I’ve got a lot of friends who went through the foster care system and they’re some of the strongest people I’ve ever met honestly there is never ever a justifiable reason to neglect/harm a child
It was great for you to share your work experience. I worked in the school system with social workers and psychologists for 17 years. I saw cases that haunt me. You are absolutely right that it is very complicated to help these kids and many times you just don't know what to do.
I wish all reactors set up their video request like you do. I'd rather request once and pay and be guaranteed a video request then pay every month and never get anything back for a monthly payment
My best friend's nephew was murdered by his father, Noah Godleski, look it up if you wish but they played this song at his memorial service and it definitely hits home 😔
You are right about the system. I reported a former neighbor twice and another neighbor reported them three times. Nothing changed. The child is still in a home that is a nightmare. A home so bad that when someone called about them abusing their dogs, the dogs were removed, and the home called almost unlivable. We no longer live near them, but I dread the day I hear the news that something has happened.
the power of music is in its ability to make you feel emotion. Love, angst, joy, sorrow, anger music can bring all of this to the surface. Never apologize for feeling something from the music that's probably what music is supposed to do to you.
This song hurts everyone, my favorite part is knowing that the little boy was an angle who helped her after she passed. I always cry at that part, she looks so happy when he runs with her towards the other kids.
The really sad part is it’s a true song! Martina’s sister killed her 7 year old daughter! PEOPLE if you EVER fill like you are out of control, there are PLENTY of people that want to adopt !!! Great reaction🎉
There was a family that lived next door to us when I was a kid. This was back in the 1960s and 70s. The father was an abusive, hard drinking, illiterate, brick layer. His wife would be his main target, and his oldest son got the next ration. The three youngest girls also got their share. That all ended when he dropped dead of a heart attack when I was away at Boot Camp in 1976. At that time, just as it seems to be now, you didn't say anything about that stuff. You had to "get along with the neighbors", so you didn't want to rock the boat. And, you never knew what that guy might do if he found out you had turned him in....even though that's what he needed. I have to live with that for the rest of my life.
My first time seeing this video and reaction. This kills me, I was a teacher for 10 years, and I did report to our counselors a time when I feared this very thing, seeing marks on a student. Now in defense of those that have to make that call, things are going to happen, much past that sighting in the classroom. In my case it turned out not to be abuse, but my heart rings for those that have to not only make that call, but yet see it.
Thank God my grandma gave my mom only 2 choices when she found out what my bio father was doing. Leave him or she would do everything she could to take custody of me.
I use to drive a school bus and i had a brother and sister that rode my bus. They both were great kids and all of a sudden the boy started acting up on the bus. Cussing everyone and wanting to fight others on the bus. I had to talk with him a few times. And they had to come out and talk to me about him. Then one morning his mom met me at his stop to ask why was i writing him up at school. I told her cause i cany deal with him and the way he was acting. Mom then tells me daddy was home now, he had been in prison for the last 10 years. The following year their grandmother got custody of them and the boy went back to being that good kid he use to be.
Martina says the song is a true story; it's about her niece, who was abused by her mother (Martina's sister) after her mother and father split. Then one day, Martina's niece was killed. The song was written and dedicated to the memory of her niece. Her sisters name is Gina Leiker
I’m 99% sure my high school girlfriend was abused by her father. I don’t know for sure, but if 15 year old me thought it and 37 year old me can think back at it and get the same conclusion… probably. If I could travel back in time I’d take a bat to his head, but then I didn’t know what to say or do. Don’t mess with kids.
I used to always think this was about little Judith Barsi, a little girl who appeared in dozens of commercials and tv shows for a few years in the 80's, best known for voicing main characters in "Land Before Time" and "All Dogs Go to Heaven." Behind the scenes she suffered horribly and was let down by CPS and many others who knew about what was going on. Ultimately, her dad killed her and her mother (after threatening to do so for years, yes many people knew about the threats.) He shot himself a day or so later, before anyone found out what he did, after setting their bodies and the house on fire. She was 10. Her gravestone actually says "our Concrete Angel.: but I found out her and her mom's graves were unmarked for over a decade, and the gravestones were put up by fans much much later, after this song came out
so help me if I ever see this in person. I've had the honor and privelege to help put these monsters down... 16 so far caught 3 more fell off the edge of the world
I haven't seen child abuse but I lived beside someone that were bad parents. The kids would cry and I'd just hear the dad yell oh your fine. He would just sit on his playstation instead of caring for the kids. One day as I was babysitting a caseworker came in and saw how I was with the children and she said you take better care of the children then their own parents. I had taken the babysitter trainers course at the American Red Cross
In Germany, the teacher could talk about luck if only she were fired. But the probability that she would have to go to prison herself is extremely high. In Germany, the law calls it 'aiding and abetting homicide by omission'.
I get you, worked with kids myself. Problem is, excuses or non action, help a little girl get to heaven way too early with her imaginary friend. We all are responsible :( When will we as a community rise above? 😢 Phew, tough reaction... I thank you for sharing. God bless!
It took me 2 yrs to watch this hole video because that little girl was me. I grew up knowing my mother telling me she hated me and never wanted me, she would lock me in a cold black cellar, hit me a board with nails in it, make me eat a hand full of baby aspirin, full the tube and dunk my head, she would tell me I was ugly and would never be married or have children. I would pray in the morning and ask God to please help me stay out of her way, then pray at night to thank him for helping me through another day. Now I'm a 61 yr old woman with my husband who we started dating at the age of 15, we had 4 beautiful successful children and 4 amazing grandchildren. I truly believe God brought all that into my life to help other young people who are going through the same or similar situations as I did and now has blessed me with my beautiful family that I told myself I would do the complete opposite of the way I was raised and God gave me the wisdom to be able to do exactly that. If God said if I could make your childhood better but you can't have the life I've blessed you with I would go through it all again.
I was a paramedic for 20 years, trust me I get it.
The line where she says "she wishes she was never born" and sitting alone during recess at school hit hard...
This music video has a lot more meaning once you realize that this song is about her niece and that the gravestone in the video was hers.
Actually it's not. Ms McBride has stated that the story about this being about her niece is not true. How it got started is anybody's guess. And the stone in the video is a prop.
@@markl2322 Where did you see this? Everything I have found on this song says it was dedicated to Martina's niece who died as a result of child abuse.
@sweetsadie287 Prove me wrong.
@Mark L Martina says the song is a true story; it's about her niece, who was abused by her mother (Martina's sister) after her mother and father split. Then one day, Martina's niece was killed.
@@winykittygirl Martina has never said this. It is 100% NOT about her niece. How this BS is still being perpetuated , let alone got started is beyond me.
What gets me the most is the teacher is a MANDATED reporter if she even thought there was abuse she is OBLIGATED to report it.
Teacher should be charged and lose her teaching license!
The little boy was her angel
While you're in the groove, maybe listen to Martina's "Independence Day."
Must watch the official video of INDEPENDENCE DAY
Agree.. Independance day is powerful, sad and a must listen..
And Gods will
At 24 I had 25 addresses. My mom tried her best, but it wasn't easy. Please protect those who need protection
I started working out, got my masters and it never filled the void.
I believe the little boy is an angel...
The little boy in the video is the little girls angel, that's why he disappeared into that light.
Don't apologize...very sweet reaction. I cry every time I watch this.
As a survivor, thank you. When people react to this song it brings it back to people's minds that this does happen. And that we need to help those that needs us. Everytime I hear this it brings it all back to light, but it also helps to tell my story.
I'm also a child abused survivor and thing only God knows about.
I cry every time I hear this song
Yes, for the Grace of God I survived. So did you and many others!
This song is one of, if not the most emotionally powerful song of all time. Regardless of if it is a child, friend, or family member being abused. it needs to be erased from our world, and the scumbags who commit such atrocities should receive the same punishment as murderers and serial killers in my opinion.
The little boy was her guardian angle the whole time. He took her to the place where she will always be loved forever.
If she was loved "in that other place" the abuse never would've happened to begin with. It only proves that there is no God.
@@radicalreactions1633 so it proves to you there’s no god because he gives up free will? You think a god would make us act like robots… of course he doesn’t like it and she will answer to god himself for her sins just like the rest of us…
@@terarosen7909some people will never understand.
As soon as he complemented her eye I literally screamed I know they’re gorgeous lol
The end always gets me. He couldn't help her because he was there to help her in a different way.
This is one song that's normal to cry on. I have heard it hundreds of times and cry every time
As a child abuse survivor who now has a child and is breaking the cycle, thanks for reacting to this in a raw real way.
Im a year late. But im also a teacher at a high risk high school. Ive heard stories you would never believe. Its heartwrenching.
i loved your reaction. respect to you sir x
We playing break the Reactor?
John Michael Montgomery "The Little Girl"
Martina McBride does not shy away from sensitive subjects.
If so, the combination of "I'm Already There" by Lonestar and "Wish You Were Here" by Mark Wills should do it.
The boy wasn't the neighbor he was her guardian angel. That's why he looks up when she's getting beat. Almost like "Really God?"
Thank you for showing people that it's OK to have emotions!
This was about her nice. True story
I just found you.. THANK YOU FOR your HEART felt 😥sorry for my loss of words.. Such a Beautiful Song butt every time I hear it, I can't help but CRY.. Never apologize for being an AMAZING MAN with heart and feelings.. God Bless 🙏🙏💗Glad I found you. Stay Safe 🤗
The song is about Martina Mcbride's niece who was beaten to death. Martina's sister killed Angela Carter at age 7
Oh such a tearful heartbreaking video. In the end, are those all other concrete angels coming together and play as well? I didn't realize that part the first few times I seen this video. Country music, seems to be the best platform to bring on these issues.
Great reaction to such a heartbreaking song. Another tough one is Alyssa Lies by Jason Michael Carroll. The tears will be a fallin
This song hits me deep I have tears in my eyes right now. When I was younger I was a victim of child abuse. At a foster home. So this song hits me very hard. I had some deep dark brushes on my legs. A student that did ñot know me very long some how knew something was wrong. And he would not give up until I told him. And I thank God for him because I was taken out of their after that. I love this song but I cry every time.
Me to
the little boy was an angel
This one always makes me cry for two reasons The first being this little girl was me at one point, I was abused in every sense of the word, my mom SOLD me because she was broke... And I feel like remaining silent in the face of this makes you just as guilty... So the teacher saw the bruises and should have said something and because she didn't the outcome is partly her doing!! Silence makes you a guilty party too, people saw me being abused and turned the other cheek... So regardless of whether it's my child or not I refuse to remain silent 👌 I've gone to jail for protecting a little girl from her mother!!
The boy was her angel he knew this was going to happen and in a way getting her ready for it.
He's an Angel.
not neighbors, he is her guardien angel
Martina sang this song in remembrance of her Niece that was beaten to death by Martina's own sister 2002. The name on the tombstone is her niece's name.
This song has always made me cry. I've never experienced abuse, and not known anyone personally that has, but it's heartbreaking. Ty for your reaction.
I loved that he was an angel.
The boy is a angel
Independence Day is one of her most incredible songs.
Fantastic reaction! Your reaction was raw and real and for it to relate to you is even more personal! Most people don’t know this, but that boy on there his name is Luke Benward. He is a actor and singer!
This song was about her niece, she died at the hands of her mother
The title of this song tells you how this will go.
All the children in this video were victims of child abuse who died and went to heaven.
This is the saddest song by Martina.
You don't have to apologize for being emotional. I get emotional also when l listen to this song.
Ok. Have a wonderful day and God bless
First time here !! GREAT REACTION !! 👍
Don’t feel bad about getting emotional. I worked with kids at a mental healthcare facility for years and some of the absolute horror stories some of those kids went through… I can’t hear this song without bawling any more myself.
My mother abused me. When I turned 18 I joined the Army. After 8 years of service I had my own child and I swore nobody would ever hurt her, and I've kept that promise. I went to work for DHS and worked for the state for just over 6 years. It gave me a nervous breakdown. I went back to college and became a nurse. This song makes me bawl everytime. The ending, all of them are little angels 😇 in the video and they all look so happy. I'm not sure many people understand that. The little boy in the video was her little angel friend.
As a former foster parent, you are right, the system is NOT set up for the children. Kids going back to homes that are NOT ready to keep them safe. Kids getting retraumatized over and over. I hope someone with some power can get the cahnge started.
I’ve got a lot of friends who went through the foster care system and they’re some of the strongest people I’ve ever met honestly there is never ever a justifiable reason to neglect/harm a child
It was great for you to share your work experience. I worked in the school system with social workers and psychologists for 17 years. I saw cases that haunt me. You are absolutely right that it is very complicated to help these kids and many times you just don't know what to do.
Independence day by martina. That's amazing too
This song breaks me everytime. I work with kids and its important to protect them
Fly free little angel..
I wish all reactors set up their video request like you do. I'd rather request once and pay and be guaranteed a video request then pay every month and never get anything back for a monthly payment
Its wild cuz I thought it was a good way to do it, but I have gotten some complaints
I don't think there's a single time I've watched this video and not least had tears well up. My first time watching it I cried like a baby.
Yeah
My best friend's nephew was murdered by his father, Noah Godleski, look it up if you wish but they played this song at his memorial service and it definitely hits home 😔
Looked him up and that's awful. His smile was so pure and beautiful makes me sick. How could they treat a human being they created that way..
@@monakins5205 Thank you for your kind words💜
You are right about the system. I reported a former neighbor twice and another neighbor reported them three times. Nothing changed. The child is still in a home that is a nightmare. A home so bad that when someone called about them abusing their dogs, the dogs were removed, and the home called almost unlivable. We no longer live near them, but I dread the day I hear the news that something has happened.
This song was made the girl was her nicees
the power of music is in its ability to make you feel emotion. Love, angst, joy, sorrow, anger music can bring all of this to the surface. Never apologize for feeling something from the music that's probably what music is supposed to do to you.
My thoughts on that are when I cease to feel, rhen let me also cease to breathe.
Hi..I'm also a Para 23 years. I so understand you.
This song hurts everyone, my favorite part is knowing that the little boy was an angle who helped her after she passed. I always cry at that part, she looks so happy when he runs with her towards the other kids.
The really sad part is it’s a true song! Martina’s sister killed her 7 year old daughter! PEOPLE if you EVER fill like you are out of control, there are PLENTY of people that want to adopt !!! Great reaction🎉
Little boy angel so we got sent to the girl
There was a family that lived next door to us when I was a kid. This was back in the 1960s and 70s. The father was an abusive, hard drinking, illiterate, brick layer. His wife would be his main target, and his oldest son got the next ration. The three youngest girls also got their share. That all ended when he dropped dead of a heart attack when I was away at Boot Camp in 1976.
At that time, just as it seems to be now, you didn't say anything about that stuff. You had to "get along with the neighbors", so you didn't want to rock the boat. And, you never knew what that guy might do if he found out you had turned him in....even though that's what he needed.
I have to live with that for the rest of my life.
Martina McBride has not made one penny off of this song every dime the song makes goes to the abuse hotline
it's so sad this music is just beautiful
😥❤️
My first time seeing this video and reaction. This kills me, I was a teacher for 10 years, and I did report to our counselors a time when I feared this very thing, seeing marks on a student. Now in defense of those that have to make that call, things are going to happen, much past that sighting in the classroom. In my case it turned out not to be abuse, but my heart rings for those that have to not only make that call, but yet see it.
This song was written about Martina's niece.
Didnt think it would hit you like that bud, Glad you have a heart lol
Alyssa Lies by Jason Michael Carrol is another similar song. Strong message but will hit you in the feels. Be prepared if you react to this one
And don't listen to Alyssa Lies and Concrete Angel back-to-back if you don't want to break down for sure.
Thanks for being real. Was awesome.
Thank God my grandma gave my mom only 2 choices when she found out what my bio father was doing. Leave him or she would do everything she could to take custody of me.
I believe Martina was singing about her niece and the gravestone is her niece’s stone.
Written for her neice
I see it everyday since I work for department of child safety in Arizona it is hard.
I use to drive a school bus and i had a brother and sister that rode my bus. They both were great kids and all of a sudden the boy started acting up on the bus. Cussing everyone and wanting to fight others on the bus. I had to talk with him a few times. And they had to come out and talk to me about him. Then one morning his mom met me at his stop to ask why was i writing him up at school. I told her cause i cany deal with him and the way he was acting. Mom then tells me daddy was home now, he had been in prison for the last 10 years. The following year their grandmother got custody of them and the boy went back to being that good kid he use to be.
Martina says the song is a true story; it's about her niece, who was abused by her mother (Martina's sister) after her mother and father split. Then one day, Martina's niece was killed.
The song was written and dedicated to the memory of her niece. Her sisters name is Gina Leiker
This is a rumor and not true
I’m 99% sure my high school girlfriend was abused by her father. I don’t know for sure, but if 15 year old me thought it and 37 year old me can think back at it and get the same conclusion… probably.
If I could travel back in time I’d take a bat to his head, but then I didn’t know what to say or do. Don’t mess with kids.
I used to always think this was about little Judith Barsi, a little girl who appeared in dozens of commercials and tv shows for a few years in the 80's, best known for voicing main characters in "Land Before Time" and "All Dogs Go to Heaven."
Behind the scenes she suffered horribly and was let down by CPS and many others who knew about what was going on. Ultimately, her dad killed her and her mother (after threatening to do so for years, yes many people knew about the threats.) He shot himself a day or so later, before anyone found out what he did, after setting their bodies and the house on fire.
She was 10.
Her gravestone actually says "our Concrete Angel.: but I found out her and her mom's graves were unmarked for over a decade, and the gravestones were put up by fans much much later, after this song came out
so help me if I ever see this in person. I've had the honor and privelege to help put these monsters down... 16 so far caught 3 more fell off the edge of the world
I cry every time I hear this!!!!
I haven't seen child abuse but I lived beside someone that were bad parents. The kids would cry and I'd just hear the dad yell oh your fine. He would just sit on his playstation instead of caring for the kids. One day as I was babysitting a caseworker came in and saw how I was with the children and she said you take better care of the children then their own parents. I had taken the babysitter trainers course at the American Red Cross
Brooks & Dunn- Believe
I've always called it tragically true....
In Germany, the teacher could talk about luck if only she were fired. But the probability that she would have to go to prison herself is extremely high. In Germany, the law calls it 'aiding and abetting homicide by omission'.
I get you, worked with kids myself. Problem is, excuses or non action, help a little girl get to heaven way too early with her imaginary friend. We all are responsible :(
When will we as a community rise above? 😢
Phew, tough reaction... I thank you for sharing. God bless!
Well said.😥
My older brother Lenny and I were born, survived and escaped our parents.
I worked for CPS for 25 years and it is so heartbreaking. I have seen it and experienced too much in my lifetime.
This is based off true story on of Martina's niece
The boy was an angel, and also all the children they ran to, probably all passed because of abuse.
Please watch Alyssa Lies by John Michael Carroll. It is a beautiful song. With a lot of meaning.
Makes your soul hurt
You really have to also watch the little boy and the preacher man. I forget who sings it. Jesse something I think.
This song and Alyssa lies, both hit hard
In my province (Canada) it is against the law for a Teacher NOT to report suspected abuse. We can be charged for Child Endangerment'
SUGGESTION: ‘Forever Changed’ by Vince Gill
It took me 2 yrs to watch this hole video because that little girl was me. I grew up knowing my mother telling me she hated me and never wanted me, she would lock me in a cold black cellar, hit me a board with nails in it, make me eat a hand full of baby aspirin, full the tube and dunk my head, she would tell me I was ugly and would never be married or have children. I would pray in the morning and ask God to please help me stay out of her way, then pray at night to thank him for helping me through another day. Now I'm a 61 yr old woman with my husband who we started dating at the age of 15, we had 4 beautiful successful children and 4 amazing grandchildren. I truly believe God brought all that into my life to help other young people who are going through the same or similar situations as I did and now has blessed me with my beautiful family that I told myself I would do the complete opposite of the way I was raised and God gave me the wisdom to be able to do exactly that. If God said if I could make your childhood better but you can't have the life I've blessed you with I would go through it all again.
God damn bro, had more crying 10 seconds in
If you haven't done so yet you should react to John Michael Montgomery The little girl
React to Alyssa lies it’s a country song