Look. This ain't just a southern thing. I'm a 59 year old northern boy who served in the Army. Honestly. Life in prison is not the detterent anymore that most would hope it is. Don't have to know her at all.....I'd do the same
My heart hurts for any woman who has had to endure this in their life. I too have suffered this pain. Sisters, we must remember, it was never our fault. We never deserved to be bruised and broken from head to toe. I care about and have love for each and everyone you.
That’s the first REAL man I’ve seen in a long while. If there was any justice in this world, he wouldn’t be in prison. And she is still waiting for him in his truck at the end❤️🤗🐝
There are real men out there. Some of us were taught from boyhood to always protect women, always treat women with respect and never never never lay a hand on a woman in anger.
@@WBS-WingRider-CO Thank all that’s Holy for you and those like you. I often wonder what’s wrong with a woman’s brothers and uncles if she keeps getting beaten up by her husband or boyfriend. Why haven’t they gone and given him some of his own medicine?
@@deborahdanhauer8525 For myself I saw my sister go through a lot of physical abuse with one of her ex-boyfriend's and I would step in and fight the coward because of him hitting and beating my sister down and everytime afterwards my sister would go right back to him?!?!🤯🤔😡😠 So I finally told my sister that I wasn't going to step in and help her because I was the bad guy for helping her and she would go right back to him every time! So I just told her that it's got to be her to finally get sick and tired of getting beat down by him and leave his cowardly ass!!!!!! And she one day finally got tired of the abuse and left him!!!!!!👍🙏
@@gabelopez1965 Good for her for finally leaving, and good of you to try to help her. Sadly, some women believe they don’t deserve any better than abuse and go back. It probably saved her life when she left. Way to many die at the hands of their abuser. You’re a good brother for trying to help her. But you’re right, in the end she has to leave and mean it.❤️
Oh yes. If he saved my life like that, I would visit every time I was allowed, keep the letters coming, keep his commissary filled, and be there when he got out. Yes, I would feel like I owed him my life. He told her to wait in the truck, and she is STILL waiting in that truck. Keeping him comfortable while he is in there on her behalf, is the LEAST she could do. He didn't just save her body that night, with him putting that rabid animal down, he gave her her whole life back.
I am a 54 white southern woman who witnessed my own mother as a child be beaten and threatened I so get it. I wished she had a saviour like this but she did not.... instead we ended up 3 states over in a new world with a new life on our own back in 1979 and had no family friends or people we knew. But we survived. ❤
I think that single line is arguably the most loaded lyric in country music history. (no pun intended) The amount of feeling from those 15 words is insane. and the word play is clever. Obviously the judge being the firearm, but where it came from. Under the seat, meaning an old truck which likely had a bench seat. and where do judges rule from. the bench. theres a lot to unpack from this line
As a southern boy,born and raised in SC...I have seen this before. I have "Corrected" a few guys like this in my life.......we take them to the woodshed. Then we take them to the pig pen. Pigs eat everything,..even shoes. Never mess with a southern boy,we will raise it to 10 in a minute,but we are the nicest people you will ever meet.....until you do something off. Then,..it's on. And we take care of business..🤪🤯💣💯
Powerful. Not many men would be willing, not every woman would sit there in the truck and let it happen. Great story telling though by Hardy. I love it.
You would be surprised by how many women that would. But your right most would try to stop him because "they love him, or he could change, bullcrap"!!!! It's the same story over and over again. ..... Listen all women. You can believe that a man will say he's changed, but once he's put his hands on you and gets away with it it's over. You need to leave then and there. No if ands or buts will save you. NO MATTER HOW MUCH HE SAYS HE SAYS HE'S CHANGED, OR HE'S HAS BENN HELPED!!!!!! It will be the same, believe me. Oh, you might feel safe for a while, but he will put them hands on you again, youll know. It's sad but true, and in the end, it's you that has the sad ending. Me, myself would be honored to serve life in prison, than see a woman go through that.
First time I heard this song on the radio, I had to pull over... I was BAWLING by the third line. ...SOOO POWERFUL... so gut-wrenching. (This would have been my Daddy, had anyone touched me. RIP. He was my hero, the true defender.) Then the actual song itself, how it is sung, the vocals, the sounds,.... this song will haunt me for a lifetime. Thanks for listening. Blessings from the PNW.
As a DV survivor this song hits home for me I wished I had someone stand up to him even the many of times people in public & friends seen his actions I never got help from any one else and I had to stand up for myself I love this song so much I can play it all day long
I love the song. I think not knowing the girl or the circumstances, the action was a bit extreme. The character didn't know if the girl was maybe a violent, stealing, lying,....whatever. But I can't help but love the song anyway.
@@ambermoon719 I'm so sorry you had to go through that. No one should. Just because you're a female or child doesn't mean the charges should be less.I hope things are much better for you now. Take Care of You
My Angel is a REAL MAN who “handled that” for me and my kids. I’m 💯 with him FOR LIFE! He saved my life, and the life of my kids, from the ‘man’ I was married to for 18 years….. I see him every week, and I’ll never turn away from him. I owe him my life, and he is the most amazing man I’ve ever known. I’m truly blessed to have this Angel (profile picture) in my life. I AM THE LUCKY ONE!
OMG, you took my breath away with tears and my hand hit my chest! I wish I had someone like that too with 4 yrs of DV and I was very young. His father crying begging me to get away from his son, he cared more about me than him but couldn't help me cuz his wife was encouraging the f**** to beat me. He went on beating others after me and has gotten away with using the insanity card and 30 years later is still beating women. CA sucks
@@crystalnimmo7682 It’s bitter-sweet, to say the least. Feeling guilty, yet relieved, is a very weird internal state. I’m so sorry you went through that. It’s not something I wish on anyone.
My husband would have done this in a heartbeat for any woman. And he told both of daughters and our son that he would quickly and swiftly deal with anything like this if they were involved too. He was an angel.
Being a young man raised in this I wish someone would have at least had a word with the guy that beat my momma and me. Maybe don't kill him but his life is worthless to me. Had the gall to reach out to me as and adult I'm 31 years old and I told that man. You don't want to see me because I will do worse to you than you ever thought about doing me me and mom. Even tried to call me son and say he missed me. I love this song but it makes me cry
This song makes me yell "yessss" and fist pump. I've known far too many women who were victims. It's been getting a lot of radio play on my local country stn. - if it makes even one violent partner think twice . . .Thanks for playing this & your comments.
Mockingbird and the Crow. It's part country and part metal. It's great! I'm a DV survivor and I'd told men in family what my ex husband did to me, he would be dead and I would have been girl in the truck. So glad Hardy brought such a dark subject to light. Thank you for your awesome reaction!
I am DV survivor also. I agree with you about this dark subject being brought to light. So many look the other way, My ex would be dead too if my family could have gotten to him at the time lucky for him that he left the state.
@@jenniferanderson5228 I am so very sorry you went through that Jennifer. 😢 I saw a reaction last night that really upset me. Don't know if reactor thought he was being cute or what, but he was trying to figure out why lady was beaten and he said even though a man shouldn't hurt a woman, the man probably beat her up because she was cheating! REALLY??? Most victims are so caught up in just trying to survive and NOT be hurt, cheating isn't anywhere NEAR their radar! I don't believe in cheating anyway, but I was too scared too even if I thought of it. My ex held his fist against my face and said, " one blow and you'd be dead" or he pointed at his guns and said, " you can run as fast as you can, but a bullet is faster." I was isolated from friends and family and everyday after work, I was drilled with questions such as what did I do, who did I see and talk to, what was said, where did I go, and so on. On weekends, when I went to grocery store, he timed me, and once I got back, WITH our son in tow entire trip, I was asked all the daily questions PLUS, why I was 5 or 10 minutes late? Usually cause I stopped for gas or because lines were long at checkout at store. I was a nervous wreck 24/7! Many asked why I didn't leave? Because he knew where all my family and friends lived so he would have found me and put THEM in danger too, plus I held the steady job with insurance. The sheriff told me that if I left, per law, it was considered ABANDONMENT and I'd lose everything but my clothes. Plus taking my son who was being emotionally abused, would be considered kidnapping. Didn't matter I was trying to protect us both. My ex had already threatened that if I tried to leave, he would get our son at school and disappear with him. He had relatives I didn't know in other states bit I didn't know which ones. So I was STUCK AND TERRIFIED. My request to others is this, before you pass judgement on others and say, "Well I'D do this or that", try to put yourself in the victims shoes first. Only then can you even POSSIBLY begin to imagine what it's like.
@@robinhatcher8021 Amen you described me and my past to a “T”. I did try to leave a couple of times but like you say he came after me. Sheriff told me the same thing about it being abandonment. What finally convince everyone was when I was in the hospital from being run off the road by him, my youngest daughter which was 4 at the time told them daddy done this and that he told her momma ( which is me) that it would only take the snap of her neck to send her straight to hell. But I agree people will say they will do this or they do that but till they get put in that situation no one knows!
@@jenniferanderson5228 Exactly! You just don't have any way of knowing. My parents were elderly and lived 2 houses down. I didn't want them hurt. And I protected them from knowledge of the rapes because Daddy would have shot him and Daddy was a crack shot. He had been a hunter his whole life, so there was no doubt he wouldn't miss. They never liked my ex and my mother was the queen of , "I told you so", and I didn't want to hear it. I just couldn't face her because she was right all along. My child never saw anything physical, but we were BOTH being emotionally and psychologically abused. Like you, I was told per the sheriff and lawyer that if I left and took our child, it was considered abandonment and kidnapping! Even though I was trying to protect us! I was paying the house note. I was the one with the stable job! It was all we had that was SURE. So how was I to leave the only thing we had? Plus, if I left, the first place my ex would go was to my parents and they could get hurt. So for all the folks who never lived this and/or been in a corner like that, and they pass judgement and say, " Why didn't you just leave?" I say this, I pray 🙏 they never experience abuse like we did, and hope they never do because they have NO IDEA. My ex made a huge mistake which allowed me to divorce him and be free. I found myself again and am a very strong person now. God bless and keep you always. 🙏
I never told anyone. My mom figured it out and told my sister. They got me out. But my dad, my brother, and my brother in law, would’ve all gone to jail, no question, if they had known.
This one is so powerful They did this song live on the country music award show a week or so ago. They even had an old pickup on stage for it. Amazing song about a touchy subject. I've just recently discovers Hardy as well. Check out 'Give heaven some hell'. Also, a great tune by him. First one I heard by him.
Borne and raised in the south and I can say absolutely that's what old school southern men would do, and no it would not even matter if they didn't know the woman. When men were men and did what needed to be done.
I. From southern Florida I grew up around this it is absolutely refreshing to know that most men don't address women like this 🥺 to watch your face as you watch this is as heart breaking as to us that have have had to experience this in our daily lives by the ones we HOLD DEARST😭😭😭😭🤬🤬🤬WE ARE NOT WEAK WE JUST HOLD LOVE FOR THOSE THAT CAUSE THE MOST HARM
We don't have MEN 🙏 YOU WERE THEE FIRST MAN I SEEN REACT AS YOU DID🫣 Thank you TO YOU MOMMA 🥰 SHE RAISED YOU PERFECT ❤️ I HAVE A 7 YR OLD AND HE WILL BE AAAAAAAA MAN
'I didn't try hide my pistol. I even try to run. I just sat on the porch smoking one of his cigarettes and waited for the the cops to come.' That line just hit different.
Thank you for your reaction, I have to say that anyone that helped me, even something small, became etched in my memory. It can be incredibly difficult to get out of the situation (if you even realize that you need to get out,) total hopelessness, until someone does something to open your eyes or shine a ray of hope.
I've took up for a girl because her ex was a psycho he had already put a gun in my face but only heard a click.. gun jammed.. I beat his sunglasses into his eyes, I just saw red and I quit when his legs were twitching. Not proud but I sent the message really loud and thank God he had several warrants , when he got out of hospital .. I never had cops knock on my door. But I damn sure watched my back.
Your reaction is awesome! The only reactor who had the same thought I did about the ending! I like how the video shows her walking down the hallway free and him walking down the hallway in restraints! Awesome song, awesome video and awesome reaction!!! Thanks
What I think a lot of people miss is that he went in strapped but it was never to directly unalive the guy. He went to teach him a lesson and when the guy reached for his 12 gauge Hardy had no choice not to shoot.
From a 24 year survivor of domestic violence this song means a lot short story ex put me on a dating website for a joke he said nobody would want me I started talking to a man from Montana who was paralyzed since age 16 the ex threatened to kill me and hurt the kids the mountain man drove all the way to Wisconsin for a court case with me and gave the ex one look the ex took off for California where he died alone and that man I met is now my husband and I and my children are safe and loved they still live back home their all grown and I live in the mountains of Montana
“I never thought my day of justice would come from a judge under a seat…” What a great line. I think most people don’t realize it at first, but she’s referring to the gun that’s named, “the judge”!
"HAVE MERCY ON ME LORD", he wasn't asking the judge for mercy but the Lord. **GOOSEBUMPS** I can listen to this song and get chills every single time ❤ GREAT SONG 💕
Your reactions were so adorable 🤣 I love how you got pulled into the story and anticipated what would happen next. I also love how you feel about DV. What a man 😍 This song gives me chills every time!
Love the cover of this song.. and he definitely did not wanna hear none of that mess!!! Just wait in the truck is my newest favorite song. It's a sad situation but it's so true
a Good country song does 1 of 2 things 1 tells a relatable story 2 teaches a life lesson A GREAT country song does both this is a great country song. some things are WORTH going to jail for
I feel like this is a man who was on the outs already, and thats why he was in some random town in the middle of the night, and he found a way to make his life feel like he had meaning.. He saved HER life, and likely many others.... Sure, he coulda taken her somewhere.. But no guaranteeing dude wouldnt find her, or he would just find and hurt someone else
The part where he sang “it ain’t paradise that’s true but it’s a whole hell of a lot better than the place I sent him to” those words are very very powerful!!!! I don’t know how you feel about Morgan Wallen with the controversy he went through….YES….I DON’T AGREE with what he said….but he’s got some absolutely 🔥🔥🔥🔥 songs!!!! Hardy is in the beginning of his first song with Florida Georgia Line in “Up Down” and he’s in throughout the video of “Whiskey Glasses” but I don’t know your religion preference….but if you’re a believer in god like I am….then Morgan’s song “Don’t Think Jesus” is about what he’s done and how he feels even knowing that Jesus won’t turn his back on us
In country boy vernacular "Wait in the truck" translates as "I need to handle something and I don't want you to see it being done." Sometimes real men must unleash the monster inside us, we must be meaner than evil. We don't want you to see that side of us, we don't want you to fear that side of us so we tell you to ''wait in the truck" As she is on the stand testifying she says "I don't know if he's an angel because angels don't do what he did" I would submit that he was both a guardian as well as an avenging angel. When the system, when society fails to protect those weakest among us it is left to rough men standing outside the rule of law to do what is necessary to preserve the peace, protect the innocent, and return civility. Some call this "vigilante justice" but for some the vigilante is the only hope to obtain justice. Here is what I saw in the video: A drifter, a loner, a ex'con (Based on the prison tats) finds a gal who has been beaten, he knows the signs he's seen them in the past in a woman he holds dear. He makes the decision to help her, the only help he knows is violence. He has been to prison and knows he can do the time. He makes the choice to remove her from her prison, a prison of abuse and pain, he frees her.
He knew what had happened to her because he could relate to her because he possibly lived it.. with his mom and dad. He was taking the steps to save her from a future of abuse and death. It satisfies him to do that because of all the years of watching his dad to it his mom until he killed her and no one did anything to protect her and he was too young to help her. He is grown and took the steps necessary to protect someone. Now he is relieved and satisfied the guilt he carried for his own mom.
Great song i can relate to it with my family that's been abused in many ways. So my people slowly and secretly have then funneled to make a appearance some I gotta keep real close by till the end. Cause we go out with a BANG.....
My mama and dad faught like bulldogs. At 15 I married an abusive man. Thought that was just the way it was. 34 years later he took his own life. I had too sale the rest of a 5 generation farm that my folks left me. It completely tore up mine and my sons life. He completely destroyed it. I went to truck driving school and 10 weeks later I was behind the wheels of a semi. Free with a dead heart. 4 years homeless living out of the truck. Then met another trucker. We married and went to teaming together. I spelt a drink and bower up like a beat down dog. He freaked out. I was crying saying I was sorry. I just knew I was gonna be hit. We been married 13 years now and the only hand he lays on me is to love me and treat me like a lady. I still get amazed. He melted that block of ice that my heart was froze into. So yes they are real men out there that says “stay in the truck, I’ll fuel, it’s to cold for you to be out in “
Greg your reaction is spot on! Very few men would sacrifice their own life like he did, especially for a stranger. I have witnessed physical abuse and intervened myself, though it was only a brawl until the cops took him away. Keep up the great reactions. Peace ✌️
A similar song is Tulsa,Waylon Jennings 1971. The singer would gave got the guy, but, the girl begged him not to, cause, she " still loves you, for some reason! " In this case, the message is more like, " Theres a bus leaving town at sundown. Be on it, or be under it. Your choice."
“I never thought my day of justice would come from a judge under a seat” refers to the Taurus ‘judge’ pistol he pulled from under the seat before going in. Bars. Country style.
In Texas, “wait in the truck” means “I’ve got things to do that you don’t need no part of, I got it.”❤
Means the same thing in parts of Australia as well
means the same in Canada
Look. This ain't just a southern thing. I'm a 59 year old northern boy who served in the Army. Honestly. Life in prison is not the detterent anymore that most would hope it is. Don't have to know her at all.....I'd do the same
Being a southern woman. I know what wait in the truck means. Took a good minute to wanna listen to this song. So glad I did. Awesome song. ❤
As a northern man "Michigan" the wait in the truck is country wide I promise
I'm so sorry this happened to you may you find some happiness in your life.
Absolutely.glad to be a country southern womàn. I have a whole bunch of big brothers that will keep me safe.
Yeah, when you’re in the south and a man says “wait in the truck” you get out and make sure he doesn’t do anything….permanent.
Wait in the truck. Don't look back. You know nothing. Just hold on to what ya got.
For those of us who have been through this HELL,this song hits home 🙏
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Yes it does, so glad I have a best friend like this.
100%
My heart hurts for any woman who has had to endure this in their life. I too have suffered this pain. Sisters, we must remember, it was never our fault. We never deserved to be bruised and broken from head to toe. I care about and have love for each and everyone you.
It sure does... Some scars never Ever fade💔
That’s the first REAL man I’ve seen in a long while. If there was any justice in this world, he wouldn’t be in prison. And she is still waiting for him in his truck at the end❤️🤗🐝
There are real men out there. Some of us were taught from boyhood to always protect women, always treat women with respect and never never never lay a hand on a woman in anger.
@@WBS-WingRider-CO Thank all that’s Holy for you and those like you. I often wonder what’s wrong with a woman’s brothers and uncles if she keeps getting beaten up by her husband or boyfriend. Why haven’t they gone and given him some of his own medicine?
@@deborahdanhauer8525 For myself I saw my sister go through a lot of physical abuse with one of her ex-boyfriend's and I would step in and fight the coward because of him hitting and beating my sister down and everytime afterwards my sister would go right back to him?!?!🤯🤔😡😠 So I finally told my sister that I wasn't going to step in and help her because I was the bad guy for helping her and she would go right back to him every time! So I just told her that it's got to be her to finally get sick and tired of getting beat down by him and leave his cowardly ass!!!!!! And she one day finally got tired of the abuse and left him!!!!!!👍🙏
@@gabelopez1965 Good for her for finally leaving, and good of you to try to help her. Sadly, some women believe they don’t deserve any better than abuse and go back. It probably saved her life when she left. Way to many die at the hands of their abuser. You’re a good brother for trying to help her. But you’re right, in the end she has to leave and mean it.❤️
@@gabelopez1965 I have seen this pattern several times with family and friends.
Oh yes. If he saved my life like that, I would visit every time I was allowed, keep the letters coming, keep his commissary filled, and be there when he got out. Yes, I would feel like I owed him my life. He told her to wait in the truck, and she is STILL waiting in that truck. Keeping him comfortable while he is in there on her behalf, is the LEAST she could do. He didn't just save her body that night, with him putting that rabid animal down, he gave her her whole life back.
My friend, I'm a 57 year old white country man. I know I'm not your target audience. Your reaction was incredible. You now have a lifetime subscriber!
I am a 54 white southern woman who witnessed my own mother as a child be beaten and threatened I so get it. I wished she had a saviour like this but she did not.... instead we ended up 3 states over in a new world with a new life on our own back in 1979 and had no family friends or people we knew. But we survived. ❤
SAME ( @ Jeff’s)
Love your reaction!
Hey now...I'm 49. 😂
I love the line "I never thought my day of justice would come from a judge under a seat" .. The pistol he used is called "THE JUDGE"..
Me too
I think that single line is arguably the most loaded lyric in country music history. (no pun intended) The amount of feeling from those 15 words is insane. and the word play is clever. Obviously the judge being the firearm, but where it came from. Under the seat, meaning an old truck which likely had a bench seat. and where do judges rule from. the bench. theres a lot to unpack from this line
No it isn't. That's a Smith and Wesson Model 66, not a Taurus Judge.
@@tman5293Yea the cylinder isn't long enough for a Judge. S&W yea.
that laine..."sat on the porch smoking one of HIS cigarettes waiting for the cops to come" to me thats just hard as hell.
As a southern boy,born and raised in SC...I have seen this before. I have "Corrected" a few guys like this in my life.......we take them to the woodshed. Then we take them to the pig pen. Pigs eat everything,..even shoes. Never mess with a southern boy,we will raise it to 10 in a minute,but we are the nicest people you will ever meet.....until you do something off. Then,..it's on. And we take care of business..🤪🤯💣💯
AS AN OLD SOUTHERN WOMAN I AGREE AND IM IN MID GEORGIA SO DONT FORGET THEM SWAMP PUPPIES SUGAH 😁
I can go from 0 to death row if I need to with no regrets !
We have the res where I'm at. Yellowstone didn't lie when they said things disappear on the res haha
Powerful. Not many men would be willing, not every woman would sit there in the truck and let it happen. Great story telling though by Hardy. I love it.
You would be surprised by how many women that would.
But your right most would try to stop him because "they love him, or he could change, bullcrap"!!!! It's the same story over and over again.
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Listen all women. You can believe that a man will say he's changed, but once he's put his hands on you and gets away with it it's over. You need to leave then and there. No if ands or buts will save you. NO MATTER HOW MUCH HE SAYS HE SAYS HE'S CHANGED, OR HE'S HAS BENN HELPED!!!!!! It will be the same, believe me. Oh, you might feel safe for a while, but he will put them hands on you again, youll know. It's sad but true, and in the end, it's you that has the sad ending.
Me, myself would be honored to serve life in prison, than see a woman go through that.
First time I heard this song on the radio, I had to pull over... I was BAWLING by the third line. ...SOOO POWERFUL... so gut-wrenching. (This would have been my Daddy, had anyone touched me. RIP. He was my hero, the true defender.) Then the actual song itself, how it is sung, the vocals, the sounds,.... this song will haunt me for a lifetime. Thanks for listening. Blessings from the PNW.
As a DV survivor this song hits home for me I wished I had someone stand up to him even the many of times people in public & friends seen his actions I never got help from any one else and I had to stand up for myself I love this song so much I can play it all day long
I loved your reaction. You noticed so many things that other reactors did not, like that she was still waiting for him in the truck at the end.
Very powerful song and video. She is obeying his request by STILL waiting in the truck. Thanks for the reaction and take care.
Yesss I couldn't have said it better myself!
Obey? Grrrrrr. Never.
@@sonjacrowell9896 say what?
More like honoring his request
I think this is what many people would call "toxic" masculinity... The rest of us call him a savior.
Toxic masculinity is what the man in the double wide did.
Avenging Angel
I would call him a saviour!
I love the song. I think not knowing the girl or the circumstances, the action was a bit extreme. The character didn't know if the girl was maybe a violent, stealing, lying,....whatever. But I can't help but love the song anyway.
I think most of us would consider the abuser to show toxic masculinity…
I prayed for a man like him ☮️
Me also 💗
@Kim & Jezebel - 🥺💔🙏💯
@@ambermoon719 I'm so sorry you had to go through that. No one should. Just because you're a female or child doesn't mean the charges should be less.I hope things are much better for you now. Take Care of You
@@LayDeeTee1 Thank you. I hope you're in a safe and happy life. Take care
My Angel is a REAL MAN who “handled that” for me and my kids. I’m 💯 with him FOR LIFE! He saved my life, and the life of my kids, from the ‘man’ I was married to for 18 years….. I see him every week, and I’ll never turn away from him. I owe him my life, and he is the most amazing man I’ve ever known. I’m truly blessed to have this Angel (profile picture) in my life. I AM THE LUCKY ONE!
OMG, you took my breath away with tears and my hand hit my chest! I wish I had someone like that too with 4 yrs of DV and I was very young. His father crying begging me to get away from his son, he cared more about me than him but couldn't help me cuz his wife was encouraging the f**** to beat me. He went on beating others after me and has gotten away with using the insanity card and 30 years later is still beating women. CA sucks
@@crystalnimmo7682 It’s bitter-sweet, to say the least. Feeling guilty, yet relieved, is a very weird internal state. I’m so sorry you went through that. It’s not something I wish on anyone.
My husband would have done this in a heartbeat for any woman. And he told both of daughters and our son that he would quickly and swiftly deal with anything like this if they were involved too.
He was an angel.
That's a man's job. My wife and daughters know I am going to prison if anyone puts a hand on them.
Love the song. I am a survivor of domestic violence. I wish that someone had done the same for me.
I had to be that person for both me and my mom. He never touched either of us again.
Wolfe I'm sorry that happened to you. You are very strong for helping your mom
Being a young man raised in this I wish someone would have at least had a word with the guy that beat my momma and me. Maybe don't kill him but his life is worthless to me. Had the gall to reach out to me as and adult I'm 31 years old and I told that man. You don't want to see me because I will do worse to you than you ever thought about doing me me and mom. Even tried to call me son and say he missed me. I love this song but it makes me cry
This song makes me yell "yessss" and fist pump. I've known far too many women who were victims. It's been getting a lot of radio play on my local country stn. - if it makes even one violent partner think twice . . .Thanks for playing this & your comments.
Mockingbird and the Crow. It's part country and part metal. It's great! I'm a DV survivor and I'd told men in family what my ex husband did to me, he would be dead and I would have been girl in the truck. So glad Hardy brought such a dark subject to light. Thank you for your awesome reaction!
I am DV survivor also. I agree with you about this dark subject being brought to light. So many look the other way, My ex would be dead too if my family could have gotten to him at the time lucky for him that he left the state.
@@jenniferanderson5228 I am so very sorry you went through that Jennifer. 😢 I saw a reaction last night that really upset me. Don't know if reactor thought he was being cute or what, but he was trying to figure out why lady was beaten and he said even though a man shouldn't hurt a woman, the man probably beat her up because she was cheating! REALLY??? Most victims are so caught up in just trying to survive and NOT be hurt, cheating isn't anywhere NEAR their radar! I don't believe in cheating anyway, but I was too scared too even if I thought of it. My ex held his fist against my face and said, " one blow and you'd be dead" or he pointed at his guns and said, " you can run as fast as you can, but a bullet is faster." I was isolated from friends and family and everyday after work, I was drilled with questions such as what did I do, who did I see and talk to, what was said, where did I go, and so on. On weekends, when I went to grocery store, he timed me, and once I got back, WITH our son in tow entire trip, I was asked all the daily questions PLUS, why I was 5 or 10 minutes late? Usually cause I stopped for gas or because lines were long at checkout at store. I was a nervous wreck 24/7! Many asked why I didn't leave? Because he knew where all my family and friends lived so he would have found me and put THEM in danger too, plus I held the steady job with insurance. The sheriff told me that if I left, per law, it was considered ABANDONMENT and I'd lose everything but my clothes. Plus taking my son who was being emotionally abused, would be considered kidnapping. Didn't matter I was trying to protect us both. My ex had already threatened that if I tried to leave, he would get our son at school and disappear with him. He had relatives I didn't know in other states bit I didn't know which ones. So I was STUCK AND TERRIFIED. My request to others is this, before you pass judgement on others and say, "Well I'D do this or that", try to put yourself in the victims shoes first. Only then can you even POSSIBLY begin to imagine what it's like.
@@robinhatcher8021 Amen you described me and my past to a “T”. I did try to leave a couple of times but like you say he came after me. Sheriff told me the same thing about it being abandonment. What finally convince everyone was when I was in the hospital from being run off the road by him, my youngest daughter which was 4 at the time told them daddy done this and that he told her momma ( which is me) that it would only take the snap of her neck to send her straight to hell. But I agree people will say they will do this or they do that but till they get put in that situation no one knows!
@@jenniferanderson5228 Exactly! You just don't have any way of knowing. My parents were elderly and lived 2 houses down. I didn't want them hurt. And I protected them from knowledge of the rapes because Daddy would have shot him and Daddy was a crack shot. He had been a hunter his whole life, so there was no doubt he wouldn't miss. They never liked my ex and my mother was the queen of , "I told you so", and I didn't want to hear it. I just couldn't face her because she was right all along. My child never saw anything physical, but we were BOTH being emotionally and psychologically abused. Like you, I was told per the sheriff and lawyer that if I left and took our child, it was considered abandonment and kidnapping! Even though I was trying to protect us! I was paying the house note. I was the one with the stable job! It was all we had that was SURE. So how was I to leave the only thing we had? Plus, if I left, the first place my ex would go was to my parents and they could get hurt. So for all the folks who never lived this and/or been in a corner like that, and they pass judgement and say, " Why didn't you just leave?" I say this, I pray 🙏 they never experience abuse like we did, and hope they never do because they have NO IDEA. My ex made a huge mistake which allowed me to divorce him and be free. I found myself again and am a very strong person now. God bless and keep you always. 🙏
I never told anyone. My mom figured it out and told my sister. They got me out. But my dad, my brother, and my brother in law, would’ve all gone to jail, no question, if they had known.
This one is so powerful They did this song live on the country music award show a week or so ago. They even had an old pickup on stage for it. Amazing song about a touchy subject. I've just recently discovers Hardy as well. Check out 'Give heaven some hell'. Also, a great tune by him. First one I heard by him.
Give Heaven Some Hell is my favorite Hardy song. Plus the video is also great.
I was gonna say the same thing. "Give Heaven some hell" is a awesome song
He was a life saver wish I had some one like that
Great reaction! You even realized she had the truck! Loved it!!!!
Country is beautiful and tragic. Three cords and the Truth.
Borne and raised in the south and I can say absolutely that's what old school southern men would do, and no it would not even matter if they didn't know the woman. When men were men and did what needed to be done.
I understand the "judge under the seat" had a double meaning: It is the also the brand of gun used.
I. From southern Florida I grew up around this it is absolutely refreshing to know that most men don't address women like this 🥺 to watch your face as you watch this is as heart breaking as to us that have have had to experience this in our daily lives by the ones we HOLD DEARST😭😭😭😭🤬🤬🤬WE ARE NOT WEAK WE JUST HOLD LOVE FOR THOSE THAT CAUSE THE MOST HARM
We don't have MEN 🙏 YOU WERE THEE FIRST MAN I SEEN REACT AS YOU DID🫣 Thank you TO YOU MOMMA 🥰 SHE RAISED YOU PERFECT ❤️ I HAVE A 7 YR OLD AND HE WILL BE AAAAAAAA MAN
So love your reaction! ❤ this was a heartbreaking story... and beautiful ❤ thank you!
Real man... I agree:)
'I didn't try hide my pistol. I even try to run. I just sat on the porch smoking one of his cigarettes and waited for the the cops to come.' That line just hit different.
Thank you for your reaction, I have to say that anyone that helped me, even something small, became etched in my memory. It can be incredibly difficult to get out of the situation (if you even realize that you need to get out,) total hopelessness, until someone does something to open your eyes or shine a ray of hope.
Love your reaction. And you are right. That is a real man. And you are a real man to Acknowledge that 🙏
I've took up for a girl because her ex was a psycho he had already put a gun in my face but only heard a click.. gun jammed.. I beat his sunglasses into his eyes, I just saw red and I quit when his legs were twitching. Not proud but I sent the message really loud and thank God he had several warrants , when he got out of hospital .. I never had cops knock on my door. But I damn sure watched my back.
Your reaction is awesome! The only reactor who had the same thought I did about the ending! I like how the video shows her walking down the hallway free and him walking down the hallway in restraints! Awesome song, awesome video and awesome reaction!!! Thanks
What I think a lot of people miss is that he went in strapped but it was never to directly unalive the guy. He went to teach him a lesson and when the guy reached for his 12 gauge Hardy had no choice not to shoot.
React to HARDY - SOLD OUT
Loved your reaction to wait in the truck brother Greg but that's what a real man does in a situation like that 👍
This is my favorite Hardy song but my second favorite is "A Rock" followed by "Give Heaven Some Hell"
Hunny your the FIRST commenter who GOT IT that she's waiting for him..."in the truck" so glad I watched you! 👍
From a 24 year survivor of domestic violence this song means a lot short story ex put me on a dating website for a joke he said nobody would want me I started talking to a man from Montana who was paralyzed since age 16 the ex threatened to kill me and hurt the kids the mountain man drove all the way to Wisconsin for a court case with me and gave the ex one look the ex took off for California where he died alone and that man I met is now my husband and I and my children are safe and loved they still live back home their all grown and I live in the mountains of Montana
“I never thought my day of justice would come from a judge under a seat…”
What a great line. I think most people don’t realize it at first, but she’s referring to the gun that’s named, “the judge”!
"HAVE MERCY ON ME LORD", he wasn't asking the judge for mercy but the Lord.
**GOOSEBUMPS** I can listen to this song and get chills every single time ❤ GREAT SONG 💕
You mentioned a real man, well friend, it takes a real man to feel the soul of this song.
"RESPECT"
Your reactions were so adorable 🤣 I love how you got pulled into the story and anticipated what would happen next. I also love how you feel about DV. What a man 😍 This song gives me chills every time!
Love the cover of this song.. and he definitely did not wanna hear none of that mess!!! Just wait in the truck is my newest favorite song. It's a sad situation but it's so true
a Good country song does 1 of 2 things
1 tells a relatable story
2 teaches a life lesson
A GREAT country song does both
this is a great country song.
some things are WORTH going to jail for
I feel like this is a man who was on the outs already, and thats why he was in some random town in the middle of the night, and he found a way to make his life feel like he had meaning.. He saved HER life, and likely many others.... Sure, he coulda taken her somewhere.. But no guaranteeing dude wouldnt find her, or he would just find and hurt someone else
Thank God for Men and Weman we belong together one for one
Taurus (judge) revolver, one of the best bars in the song 🔥
Song just gives chills! Incredible voices and passion! Taking music to a whole nother level
Not all heroes wear capes. Sometimes they wear glasses and flannel shirts.
This song just pulls you in !!!
Not gonna lie I have watched probably 50 reactions to this song and yours is by far the best.
Love this song, these are the kind of men I grew up around.
Hardy said not on my watch you won’t n we need more men like him ❤
Greg you give this old man a lot of joy
I’m not a big country music fan, but like Brad Paisleys music, this is a love of lyrical content and storytelling. This is awesome.
The part where he sang “it ain’t paradise that’s true but it’s a whole hell of a lot better than the place I sent him to” those words are very very powerful!!!! I don’t know how you feel about Morgan Wallen with the controversy he went through….YES….I DON’T AGREE with what he said….but he’s got some absolutely 🔥🔥🔥🔥 songs!!!! Hardy is in the beginning of his first song with Florida Georgia Line in “Up Down” and he’s in throughout the video of “Whiskey Glasses” but I don’t know your religion preference….but if you’re a believer in god like I am….then Morgan’s song “Don’t Think Jesus” is about what he’s done and how he feels even knowing that Jesus won’t turn his back on us
What happened with Morgan Wallen?
Yes he had it coming. Need more like him. Yes he's a angel.
A Man will stand up for what he believes in, and a fool will fall for anything.
Without men, there's no balance in our world.
Love Hardy, hes a great storyteller.
Man, dude, this reaction was powerful!! Thanks! Hardy put it out there man!!
Sold out , jack , truck bed, you will be very surprise
Thanks for the perspective on this. We are all human and we can all relate to this story.
God bless
Gotta say….. you’re the 1st & only African American man who took this seriously, thx for your respect towards the “way” she looked when he stopped 💝
In country boy vernacular "Wait in the truck" translates as "I need to handle something and I don't want you to see it being done."
Sometimes real men must unleash the monster inside us, we must be meaner than evil. We don't want you to see that side of us, we don't want you to fear that side of us so we tell you to ''wait in the truck"
As she is on the stand testifying she says "I don't know if he's an angel because angels don't do what he did" I would submit that he was both a guardian as well as an avenging angel.
When the system, when society fails to protect those weakest among us it is left to rough men standing outside the rule of law to do what is necessary to preserve the peace, protect the innocent, and return civility. Some call this "vigilante justice" but for some the vigilante is the only hope to obtain justice.
Here is what I saw in the video: A drifter, a loner, a ex'con (Based on the prison tats) finds a gal who has been beaten, he knows the signs he's seen them in the past in a woman he holds dear. He makes the decision to help her, the only help he knows is violence. He has been to prison and knows he can do the time. He makes the choice to remove her from her prison, a prison of abuse and pain, he frees her.
Down here in the south Real men take care of women. When he says wait in the truck you wait in the truck
He knew what had happened to her because he could relate to her because he possibly lived it.. with his mom and dad. He was taking the steps to save her from a future of abuse and death. It satisfies him to do that because of all the years of watching his dad to it his mom until he killed her and no one did anything to protect her and he was too young to help her. He is grown and took the steps necessary to protect someone. Now he is relieved and satisfied the guilt he carried for his own mom.
That's my theory.
Love this song loved ur reaction to this as well keep up the good work 🔥💯🖤🖤🖤🖤
The judge under a seat is the most badass line in the so g
Did you notice at the end she was driving his truck.
Yes 🙌 great video
Men…… he just saved her. That’s humanity that’s love and I’m balling
This is called Southern Justice
she comes back because he saved her life, she knows it and loves him for it.
Wow..what a song ...i love how your so passionate you feel to the songs you listen to... great job
Great song i can relate to it with my family that's been abused in many ways. So my people slowly and secretly have then funneled to make a appearance some I gotta keep real close by till the end. Cause we go out with a BANG.....
My mama and dad faught like bulldogs. At 15 I married an abusive man. Thought that was just the way it was. 34 years later he took his own life. I had too sale the rest of a 5 generation farm that my folks left me. It completely tore up mine and my sons life. He completely destroyed it. I went to truck driving school and 10 weeks later I was behind the wheels of a semi. Free with a dead heart. 4 years homeless living out of the truck. Then met another trucker. We married and went to teaming together. I spelt a drink and bower up like a beat down dog. He freaked out. I was crying saying I was sorry. I just knew I was gonna be hit. We been married 13 years now and the only hand he lays on me is to love me and treat me like a lady. I still get amazed. He melted that block of ice that my heart was froze into. So yes they are real men out there that says “stay in the truck, I’ll fuel, it’s to cold for you to be out in “
I feel this in my soul ❤😢it was my childhood.
New sub, I loved your reaction ♥ I just discovered Hardy like a week ago and I love him!! Lainey Wilson is amazing as well.
Hardy has written many songs that have peaked on the charts for others. Glad he’s doing his own thing. His song writing is epic.
Greg your reaction is spot on! Very few men would sacrifice their own life like he did, especially for a stranger. I have witnessed physical abuse and intervened myself, though it was only a brawl until the cops took him away. Keep up the great reactions. Peace ✌️
hardy and Cadillac 3 are my 2 current favorites 💌
The judge under the seat…..🔥❤️☮️👵🏼
A similar song is Tulsa,Waylon Jennings 1971.
The singer would gave got the guy, but, the girl begged him not to, cause, she " still loves you, for some reason! "
In this case, the message is more like, " Theres a bus leaving town at sundown.
Be on it, or be under it. Your choice."
Thank you for this. Yo did an amazing job with it. I have added this to my folder of Exceptional Reaction Videos.
You should check out "Sold Out" and "Jack" by Hardy also. Man is an incredible songwriter.
Thank You, Great Reaction & Understanding ❤
Hardy can tell a story!!!
'Wait in the truck' is southern slang for 'some very violent shit is about to go down, stay here and stay out of it'
Great reaction, thank you.
I wish I had this kind of angel years ago. But years of fear and now God gave me to a man who has loved me 30 years
As a survivor of DV, I wish someone would have told me to “wait in the truck “ all those years ago. Great, but painful (for me) song 💜
So she running his Whip? That is outstanding!!
Hardy has masterful skills in writing for real.
So good, thanks for the reaction.
God bless men who protect women...and women who tell the men thank you
“I never thought my day of justice would come from a judge under a seat” refers to the Taurus ‘judge’ pistol he pulled from under the seat before going in. Bars. Country style.
Did you notice..she was still waiting in the truck. Powerful
❤❤ been there and survived it. Thank you for reacting to this song ❤
Please react to more Hardy he has a new album coming out in January, that is a country/ rock album!
As a woman who was abused for 3 years before he went to jail, thank you God for men like that.