Rudy Francisco - "A Lot Like You"

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  • @angelcea61
    @angelcea61 9 ปีที่แล้ว +2436

    "I tell them that she has a walk that can make an atheist believe in God just long enough to say 'Goddamn'." So amazing ohmy

    • @harrietk1048
      @harrietk1048 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Angel Cea hands down one of my favourite lines of this poem

    • @greglachance3566
      @greglachance3566 ปีที่แล้ว

      The master

  • @ThePamelator
    @ThePamelator 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1448

    Well that's a hell of a pickup line

    • @wordplayj9880
      @wordplayj9880 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Checkout my spoken word channel and follow me on Instagram @ Jamelanin.

    • @hauntedharper
      @hauntedharper 5 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      i would pay him to say this to me just once

    • @donaldmokgale3123
      @donaldmokgale3123 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      yet not many women would be willing to stop long enough for him to finish a hello...

    • @kyleemeg2171
      @kyleemeg2171 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@donaldmokgale3123 cap. Just cause that you experience that does not mean he does too🤣

  • @nichelleniks5346
    @nichelleniks5346 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3114

    Can you imagine if he writes his own vows?!

    • @thesunrises7756
      @thesunrises7756 8 ปีที่แล้ว +170

      His vows would bring everyone to tears.

    • @MissLauder8
      @MissLauder8 8 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      I had the same thought! Most epic vows ever!

    • @mockingjayheart9410
      @mockingjayheart9410 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      H

    • @Gmoneylization
      @Gmoneylization 6 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      I think he already has

    • @bluey422ify
      @bluey422ify 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Nichelle Niks at our wedding

  • @dancarter9789
    @dancarter9789 8 ปีที่แล้ว +642

    I love the little smile that plays on his lips for less than a second when one of his lines gets a great reaction from the audience.

    • @angelapanis
      @angelapanis 8 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      I do, also! He is so sweet and lovely.

  • @carmella1o1
    @carmella1o1 11 ปีที่แล้ว +765

    if I ever find a guy that put words together like, you best believe I'm not letting him go

    • @KevinoftheHorde
      @KevinoftheHorde 11 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      Not to be rude but perhaps you should get your words together first.

    • @carmella1o1
      @carmella1o1 11 ปีที่แล้ว +107

      If you didn't want to be rude, you shouldn't have said anything

    • @rudezgurl415
      @rudezgurl415 7 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      I'm in love with a spoken word artist🎤😍📝

    • @christina2311
      @christina2311 5 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      Doesn’t matter if he puts his words together like this, if he puts his love together like this.

    • @balex7476
      @balex7476 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      carmella1o1 , maybe those was the only words he could muster, just so he could be that much closer to u... I truly can appreciate a woman guarded... Especially, with ur heart... Just remember to leave an opening in the wall ur building, for someone with he right words, and maybe just enough of a promise that he will protect ur heart in place of he wall that once stood around it... Don’t be afraid to give a good guy a chance... He might just surprise u!!! GOOD LUCK KID, AND ENJOY ALL OF LIFES PLEASURES! (even the ones that hurt like hell. Those r the ones we grow from...)

  • @Thisismyusername227
    @Thisismyusername227 10 ปีที่แล้ว +483

    "Aren't we all unfinished? Don't we all need editing?" He's pretty frickin fantastic

    • @joshualee1856
      @joshualee1856 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      He really is even all these years later.

  • @forblueskiescm
    @forblueskiescm 9 ปีที่แล้ว +264

    And boys I know can barely compliment a girl without using the words 'hot, babe or sexy' I need more. Like Rudy more

  • @KhushbooSinghQueenOfHearts
    @KhushbooSinghQueenOfHearts 5 ปีที่แล้ว +856

    Transcript: I was told the average girl begins to plan her wedding at the age of 7
    I was told that she picks the colors and the cake first
    About the age of 10 she knows the time and the location
    By 17 she's already chosen a gown and a Maid of Honor
    By 22, she's waiting for a man who doesn't break out in hives
    When he hears the word "commitment"
    Someone who doesn't smell like a band-aid drenched in lonely
    Someone who is more than a temporary solution to the empty side of the bed
    Someone who will hold her hand like it's the only one that he's ever seen
    To be honest, I don't know what tuxedo I'll be wearing
    I have no clue what my wedding will look like
    But I imagine that the woman who pins my last name to hers
    Will butterfly down the aisle like a 5-foot promise
    I imagine that her smile will be so big that you will see it on Google maps
    And know exactly where our wedding is being held
    See the woman that I plan to marry will have champagne in her walk
    And I will get drunk on her footsteps
    When the pastor asks me if I take this woman to be my wife
    I will say yes before he even finishes the sentence
    I'll apologize later for being impolite but I will also explain to him
    That our first kiss happened six years ago and I've been practicing my "yes"
    For the past two-thousand, one-hundred, and sixty-five days
    When people ask me about my wedding, I really never know what to say
    When they ask me about my future wife, I always tell them
    That her eyes are the only Christmas lights
    That deserve to be seen all year long
    I tell them, that she has a walk that can make an atheist believe in God
    Just long enough to say "Goddamn", I tell them
    That if my alarm clock sounded like her voice
    My snooze button would collect dust
    I tell them, that if she came in a bottle
    I would drink her until my vision is blurry
    And my friends take away my keys, I tell them
    That if she was a book, I would memorize her table of contents
    I would read her cover to cover, hoping to find typos
    Just so we could both have something to work on
    Because aren't we all unfinished, don't we all need editing
    Aren't we all waiting to be read by someone
    Praying they will tell us that we make sense?
    She don't always make sense, but I swear to God her imperfections are the things that I love about her the most
    I don't know when I will be married
    I don't know where I will be married
    But I do know this
    Whenever I'm asked to describe my future wife
    I do so as best as I can
    And every single time, she sounds a lot like you
    And every single time, she sounds a lot like you.

    • @RamenTimeGaming
      @RamenTimeGaming 5 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      how in the hell do you remember all that and say it on stage

    • @alannahayes8132
      @alannahayes8132 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Khushboo Singh thanks so, so much

    • @callmethandz5329
      @callmethandz5329 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@RamenTimeGaming Through practice.

    • @miltonmuthoka2297
      @miltonmuthoka2297 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thank you so much☺️❤️❤️❤️

    • @velvet_light390
      @velvet_light390 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It's already on the description.

  • @keyralites
    @keyralites 9 ปีที่แล้ว +475

    "Her eyes are the only Christmas lights that deserve to be seen all year long" ❤ wow grabiha

  • @csamakande
    @csamakande 8 ปีที่แล้ว +212

    my heart just defrosted...

  • @mbrady8946
    @mbrady8946 10 ปีที่แล้ว +341

    Rudy Francisco is well on his way to becoming my favorite poet.

  • @bellfromhell6015
    @bellfromhell6015 8 ปีที่แล้ว +377

    NEED ME A FREAK LIKE DIS

  • @salomonyamil
    @salomonyamil 10 ปีที่แล้ว +95

    I was present in the audience that day and it was amazing experience!

  • @Dani-cu7ip
    @Dani-cu7ip 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    “She will always make sense.” I don’t know why that line hit me so hard straight to my heart. I love Rudy!

  • @EchosOfSanity
    @EchosOfSanity 6 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    "I would read her cover to cover hoping to find typos, just so we could both have something to work on, because aren't we all unfinished" This is amazing.

  • @honestpancake7226
    @honestpancake7226 8 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    how can you not fall in love with this guy

  • @carmendorval1374
    @carmendorval1374 8 ปีที่แล้ว +54

    "by 22 she waits on a man who doesn't break out in hives when he hears the word "commitment " wow great line

  • @jaydenandjordan
    @jaydenandjordan 10 ปีที่แล้ว +120

    I hope this man finds his soul mate.

  • @breyhutch
    @breyhutch 7 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    My teacher showed our 9th grade class this poem this morning, and I was crying. I'm not kidding, tears were spilling it was just so beautiful.

  • @roxyema8029
    @roxyema8029 10 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    this is so beautiful and real. i hope everyone meets a man who will love them as much as he says he will love his girl

  • @DelaneyGraceA
    @DelaneyGraceA 11 ปีที่แล้ว +38

    Crying... Am I good enough for this?

  • @johnstark3993
    @johnstark3993 8 ปีที่แล้ว +56

    this dude is an inspiration to men. thank you!

    • @chaewons7484
      @chaewons7484 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Daniel padilla😂😂

  • @GriffinSinclair
    @GriffinSinclair 8 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    The pictures you paint with your words are unbelievable. Never heard anything like
    it, really great

  • @jasminezade
    @jasminezade 8 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    this is beyond beautiful im obsessed with this guy.

  • @demilovato1612
    @demilovato1612 9 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    I was crying halfway through it. I don't know why but this man is amazing. Just amazing.

  • @Nejidabest
    @Nejidabest 10 ปีที่แล้ว +125

    heard this after "Scars/to the next boyfriend" .... WOW ....

  • @horsecrazy2266
    @horsecrazy2266 9 ปีที่แล้ว +280

    Hooooooly shit, is he real? I think he's every girl's dream

  • @kritiandsiddharthaswedding
    @kritiandsiddharthaswedding 7 ปีที่แล้ว +158

    I wrote this a while ago. Since everyone here is obviously interested in poetry, maybe you can tell me what you think.
    Winter awakes to see the world dying,
    Flowers withering and leaves falling in rains of gold,
    And thus to honour the dead,
    She turns the world white.

    • @shaghayeghmnf6467
      @shaghayeghmnf6467 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Parth Lakhani that's so pretty :)

    • @lucyevans9530
      @lucyevans9530 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I loveeeee that 😍

    • @daddywiggle4586
      @daddywiggle4586 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It’s so pretty!!

    • @lucyevans9530
      @lucyevans9530 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Dont know whether you'll see this but I read this about a year ago and whenever we get snow I think of this

    • @abhijithka6134
      @abhijithka6134 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Wow that's pretty good!

  • @bluliz3375
    @bluliz3375 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    my girlfriend sent me this, and I’m just amazed. I’m so happy to have finally found someone I’m so in love with and she appreciates every part of me. To have found someone with the appreciation for grouping words in the upmost elegant way that slips off the tongue like the sweetest honey. I hope to god she never lets go of this knotted rope that keeps our finger intertwined, the rope created with each other’s love and words and silence. The most comfortable rope to have touched your skin, this rope that keeps you warm and welcomed. This rope that you never, ever want to let go of.

  • @shamisochido1427
    @shamisochido1427 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Every single Rudy Francisco piece I've read or listened to speaks to me in such a way that I can't help but smile.

  • @ksmiles124
    @ksmiles124 10 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I cried my eyes out, so beautiful.

  • @mandymyname1
    @mandymyname1 8 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    I love spoken word but listening to you makes me cry every time(and i don't even realise it until after the video has ended)
    Thank you
    You are beautiful
    Thank you for being this lovely:)

  • @Casperski1312
    @Casperski1312 11 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    There are tears in my eyes, bravo.

  • @equationat0r263
    @equationat0r263 10 ปีที่แล้ว +62

    I wonder if this one was written before or after "scars/ to the new boyfriend".. Hopefully after

  • @TheUltraExpert
    @TheUltraExpert 10 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This is one of my favorite poems ever

  • @davida2497
    @davida2497 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    my heart and soul is so full... wow, just wow, everytime i listen to Rudy Francisco's words, its like my soul has found its food. i just recently found him thru a friend of mine and i am so happy to have found him.

  • @Hajithepoet
    @Hajithepoet 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    🥺 hits the same every time

  • @adrielp.8083
    @adrielp.8083 8 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    This honestly made me cry.

  • @edwinamarie
    @edwinamarie 9 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Laughing and crying, he's such an amazing poet.

  • @Mikasaa349
    @Mikasaa349 10 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    What is it like to feel love

  • @IEatMenForBreakfastFukFace
    @IEatMenForBreakfastFukFace 10 ปีที่แล้ว +931

    "The woman I plan to marry will have champange in her walk and I will get drunk on her footsteps."

    • @TGK101
      @TGK101 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Slam poetry poilu 2009 3rd place

  • @hayleamo1998
    @hayleamo1998 10 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I started crying!! this is the most sweetest and the most beautiful thing ive ever heard!!!

  • @codybeaver8372
    @codybeaver8372 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Guys like him really help the rest of us that have feelings, but don’t know how to put them into words. Salute to that man for helping many of us out

  • @itsrham
    @itsrham 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I just can't even leave this page. I love this so, so much.

  • @denisearvelo5446
    @denisearvelo5446 11 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I just melted..

  • @wowso4
    @wowso4 9 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Amazing, his truly gifted.

  • @establishedher
    @establishedher 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Randomly thought of this tonight🖤 watched it years ago… and just thought of it again.

  • @Mooreeezy
    @Mooreeezy 6 ปีที่แล้ว +475

    he looks like Tyler the Creator if he found Jesus

    • @domb944
      @domb944 4 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      How dare you be accurate!

    • @skinnyminnieog
      @skinnyminnieog 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@domb944 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @hannahd4984
      @hannahd4984 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Haha

    • @AkwaIbomDoll
      @AkwaIbomDoll 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      😭😭😭😭😭

    • @leah___________.__
      @leah___________.__ 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Oh wow this one had me rollllin

  • @mar00ned1ts
    @mar00ned1ts 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I've fallen in love with this man's poetry

  • @heartbrokendra
    @heartbrokendra 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This is the sweetest thing i've heard in a long time

  • @hopecaroline4756
    @hopecaroline4756 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I would re-watch it 1000 times and not get tired

  • @athenawolf4467
    @athenawolf4467 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This is so beautiful, I found myself bursting into tears throughout this poem. I want to find someone like this

  • @arwenmh
    @arwenmh 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    He makes me cry all the time. Without fail.

  • @andreavillacorta744
    @andreavillacorta744 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The way he plays with words...my goodness 👏🏼🥰

  • @Liveurlyfe4u
    @Liveurlyfe4u 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This is true word magic. A poetic genius. It's great to hear true art. Amazing!

  • @alexamerrill5352
    @alexamerrill5352 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    That ending, Rudy you have such a way with words. Steal my heart

  • @tiffanyanderson7399
    @tiffanyanderson7399 9 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    "When they ask me about my future wife I will always tell them that her eyes are the only Christmas lights that deserve to be seen all year long" ❤

  • @Star292038
    @Star292038 10 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Probably my most favorite poem I've heard this year.

  • @dommalexx
    @dommalexx 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I got goosebumps from this. Amazing

  • @pilarfreeman8780
    @pilarfreeman8780 7 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    he set the standard for how I want my future husband to look at me

  • @KennyGthegirl
    @KennyGthegirl 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    This is easily my favorite poem of all time. Beautiful I get goosebumps every time.

  • @NkoyoKoko
    @NkoyoKoko ปีที่แล้ว

    Heartfelt💚 I felt this Mr Burns💚💚

  • @ikezedev
    @ikezedev 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    "And every single time she sounds a lot like you".... This is so true for me. Sent her the link to this video, hope she likes it.

  • @kellibellibeauty2371
    @kellibellibeauty2371 10 ปีที่แล้ว

    I read the poem 1st a month ago and thought it was beautiful. When i heard him recite this poem I thought the poem and Rudy are just AMAZING. In 2 weeks I have read almost everything I can find of his.. including quotes. WOW

  • @Jordyn132611
    @Jordyn132611 10 ปีที่แล้ว

    I remember when I read it, and listening to it was 12 times better. Amazing.

  • @supneetmann5080
    @supneetmann5080 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Re-watching this one for the 1000000000th tiiiiime

  • @thegirlwiththecattattoos409
    @thegirlwiththecattattoos409 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Every single girl deserves to find a love like this

  • @Ana.0223
    @Ana.0223 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    this made me tear up! such a lovely poem.

  • @Yipyipp
    @Yipyipp 8 ปีที่แล้ว

    he is my new favorite. this is wonderful

  • @shanelogan8885
    @shanelogan8885 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Damn. Isn’t it crazy how much there is to relate to this

  • @blissrose01
    @blissrose01 10 ปีที่แล้ว

    I've been watching poetry all night but this one really got me! beautiful.

  • @zainakungwa2229
    @zainakungwa2229 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    One word WOW! Its so beautiful love your work Rudy and I love the fact that you speak truth

  • @EmbraceMyBeauty
    @EmbraceMyBeauty 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I love this poem so much ♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️

  • @ElisaBenaggoune
    @ElisaBenaggoune 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I write slam poetry, but I would struggle so much with remembering it for the performance plus IM IN LOVE WITH THIS POEM

    • @MrBrizzle1
      @MrBrizzle1 9 ปีที่แล้ว

      It's just a matter of repetition. I've done it twice now & the more you work on it the easier you will remember it!

  • @KhushbooSinghQueenOfHearts
    @KhushbooSinghQueenOfHearts 8 ปีที่แล้ว

    How can someone be this perfect? How?

  • @ninasakurakaufmann6983
    @ninasakurakaufmann6983 8 ปีที่แล้ว

    This is definitly one of my favourite poems! I love it so much!!

  • @khushbu_luhar
    @khushbu_luhar 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hearing this after an year and the same GODDAMN feels!!!!

  • @katiej359
    @katiej359 10 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    wow rudy francisco blows my mind

  • @giamarielomboy3585
    @giamarielomboy3585 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    i'm inlove with the poem thanks rudy!!!!!

  • @kaykat8852
    @kaykat8852 8 ปีที่แล้ว

    this brings me to tears

  • @nathaliemercedes3941
    @nathaliemercedes3941 7 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    He emotionally Drained me in a good way!

  • @samuelmawire1893
    @samuelmawire1893 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    This guy takes poetry to another level

  • @shannonshelton7059
    @shannonshelton7059 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    I love this poem... I love his spoken word soooo much!

  • @alyaguilar2179
    @alyaguilar2179 9 ปีที่แล้ว

    Favorite spoken poetry ever!

  • @belencastejon3441
    @belencastejon3441 8 ปีที่แล้ว +74

    Ana brought me here bc she saved me, like him 🌻

    • @faed2551
      @faed2551 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      same omf

    • @gracecruz1392
      @gracecruz1392 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      🌻

    • @lemonnat4390
      @lemonnat4390 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      OMF she brought me here too she made me fall in love with his poems thx Ana 💧☁💖

    • @breekayla4282
      @breekayla4282 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Me too omg

    • @prettymind.1405
      @prettymind.1405 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Same

  • @kingjd6952
    @kingjd6952 10 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    this guy diserves a wife and family

  • @CaatsGoMoooo
    @CaatsGoMoooo 10 ปีที่แล้ว

    I don't know why but this made me tear up. Amazing 💕

  • @elenam7476
    @elenam7476 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    I'm sobbing wtf😢😢, this is beautiful,💙💙💙

  • @missteenguapo
    @missteenguapo 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    This was phenomenal! BRAVO

  • @Delacv08
    @Delacv08 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    absolutely beautiful

  • @shxbhangi
    @shxbhangi 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    The entire poem was amazing but some lines line ' champagne in her walk ' just blew my mind

  • @ashleycrenshaw1370
    @ashleycrenshaw1370 10 ปีที่แล้ว

    Oh this gave me so much life

  • @XxCOOKEExxMONSTARxX
    @XxCOOKEExxMONSTARxX 11 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    i always love his poems :) they make me smileeee lol

  • @TutaiTuts
    @TutaiTuts 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    His wedding vows better be aired coz😭😭♥️♥️♥️♥️ wow.

  • @shammahnzaana214
    @shammahnzaana214 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I blushed when he said “Alot like you" as though he was telling me 😭😭😭

  • @thaliafisher1238
    @thaliafisher1238 8 ปีที่แล้ว

    gives me chills .

  • @JRob594
    @JRob594 8 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    Check out my poem called Special Girl: When I first saw you girl you blew my mind standing there looking finer than a glass of wine I was checking you out from your head to your feet I instantly knew you was the girl that I seek. You had the brightest smile no one can compare I even love your perfume and the way you wear your hair. Some people might say I'm a little insane but everytime I'm around you, all common sense leaves my brain. You a special girl I knew that right from the start with beautiful eyes and very gentle heart. You had me at hello, but of course I had to try harder but I don't mind I know we can go farther. Beyond the moon and the stars and the skies above, you a special girl that I shall shower with love. I know you don't think that I'm your type of guy but all I'm asking is for you to trust me I wouldn't tell you no lie. So go ahead take a chance allow yourself to be free and I promise special girl you'll enjoy being with me.

    • @yudahel9821
      @yudahel9821 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      dj oldskool
      my poem now, I'll be reciting this at open mic Thursday, good looking out.

    • @gloriamakori6682
      @gloriamakori6682 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yudah El funny as hell

  • @ambernelson5427
    @ambernelson5427 7 ปีที่แล้ว +82

    I memorized this poem so I could purpose to my future girlfriend

    • @daddywiggle4586
      @daddywiggle4586 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Amber Nelson Awww that’s sweet

    • @sonjageneva988
      @sonjageneva988 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      why don’t you write your own

    • @noraamel2124
      @noraamel2124 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Awww that's so sweet. Good luck!

  • @stephaniebhagwandin9519
    @stephaniebhagwandin9519 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Ahhhh I love this so much!! ❤❤❤

  • @Whotookthelastslice
    @Whotookthelastslice 10 ปีที่แล้ว

    Wish there were more guys like you.