Rafael Casal - "A.D.D." @rafaelcasal

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  • @Kissmarksdaspot
    @Kissmarksdaspot 10 ปีที่แล้ว +120

    "& if they ever tell you you can't focus, good, pay them no attention"
    He Murdered it..

    • @OhNightfall
      @OhNightfall 9 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I know he fucking killed it

  • @Sad-mcmuffin
    @Sad-mcmuffin 8 ปีที่แล้ว +66

    just casually sobbing at my computer bc somebody finally understands and is positive about it no big deal im fiiiiiine

    • @zarinafitzgerald7879
      @zarinafitzgerald7879 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      i’m mad late but i’m literally about to start crying😭

  • @jamesmcelvania531
    @jamesmcelvania531 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Here I am rewatching this for the thousandth time in my life. It's a crime that this doesn't have millions of views.

  • @paigedudek2263
    @paigedudek2263 10 ปีที่แล้ว +52

    I found this gem because I straight googled "poetry about ADD" thinking I was the only writer who wrote about a disorder as underlooked as ADD. Ill tell you what, your nephew may be much smaller than I am but we share something so rare already and that's the crazy beautiful mind of attention deficit and I feel for him so hard. I spent the last week of my finals week writing rhymes about my own frustrations with ADD and society and I really needed to hear this video. This was so incredibly lifting; you are mad talented and I cant tell you enough how meaningful this message is. You spoke my soul, thanks man you rock.

  • @bmezzy92
    @bmezzy92 12 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I was diagnosed with ADD in elementary school, and since then my mother has done everything in her power to "correct" the way I think and learn because all that matters to her is that I'm getting A's. I've been called lazy and unmotivated every time I didn't meet her standards. This poem describes so beautifully what I have always felt. I'm not normal and I've finally learned to be proud of that, so don't ever tell me I need training wheels and a fucking pill every day to be smart enough.

  • @hana3276
    @hana3276 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    I watch this every day just to feel validated by this beautiful and talented man

  • @71GMCBaby
    @71GMCBaby 12 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    You are the voice i wish i had. I've never heard someone speak the truth like that. I was diagnosed with ADD when i was in grade 3, the amount of different drugs i had to take to "control my condition" has turned my body into a chemical pit, i cant digest many foods, i cant have children of my own and developed depression after quitting them without my doctors consent. Sean will grow up to be a man worth mentioning, with an uncle like you to guide him.

  • @jdtmehz
    @jdtmehz 15 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Oshunya1, my older brother was diagnosed before he was in first grade. He was put on Ritalin as well, and the exact word my mother used to describe his radically changed behavior was "zombie". I remembered how disinterested he became in our playing, and I hated the doctors that prescribed him Ritalin for making my brother empty. Thank you, Rafael.

  • @NCKelley425
    @NCKelley425 14 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    This gave me goosebumps!!!!! My son was recently diagnosed with ADHD and this video means a lot to me. Thank you so much!

  • @MaryKathrynJackson
    @MaryKathrynJackson 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I loved this in 2008 and I love it today. Such a powerful piece! Thank you, Uncle!

  • @Sblackhorse2009
    @Sblackhorse2009 14 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Speechless with damp eyes, We all understand. Instead of medicating children we need to step back with a pad and pen. We need to learn from them. Thanks Rafael. And thanks Shawn for being the little man that you are.

  • @megabotofficial8519
    @megabotofficial8519 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I have seen this video hundreds of times over the last 12 years and every time I still get goose bumps! Such a good piece!

  • @Belihoney
    @Belihoney 11 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    Oh my gosh this made me cry. during school by my teachers, my classmates, my family, I was always told my brain wanders too much and I never paid attention because I was always to in a daydream, even when people talk to me I have the scene playing out in great detail in my head. Whenever people asked me why I was never in problems but manage to sort out bigger ones, I would always reply because I just think and they would say "YOU??". I don't like to point out the flaws of society since I have lots of flaws myself and I am an individual that makes up society but it's so sad how intelligence is based on how clever they are through remembering stuff mostly and not by creativity to resolve problems because if you sort problems in a way people don't understand, they just resort it to luck.

    • @stephenmyers5574
      @stephenmyers5574 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I would love you to listen to two talks by Ken Robinson, talking at ted talks. find it on you tube.

    • @skipp8961
      @skipp8961 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      8

  • @mollykoenig5307
    @mollykoenig5307 11 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    I'm smiling and crying at the same time, man.
    Thank you.

  • @mbarcelona
    @mbarcelona 14 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Your ability to educate through entertainment is incredible. It is so inspiring to listen to this, to know that there are great minds in my generation. I love this poem!

  • @iceprincess1257
    @iceprincess1257 14 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    tell kids they're inferior and have them buy back their efficiency.
    god, i love this guy. so much talent!

  • @KarisJohns
    @KarisJohns 16 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    i hope you keep this up forever, because one day when he's old enough to understand it, my little brother needs to hear it.

  • @TheTinytwirl
    @TheTinytwirl 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Finding myself back here after 10 years. Thanks RAF :)

  • @mfl728
    @mfl728 13 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Heard this for the first time live in Ft. Lauderdale. THIS IS AWESOME, absolutely love it.

  • @SpokenWordDMC
    @SpokenWordDMC 13 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Again, talent coupled with sincerity is unstoppable. Great piece of work.

  • @djoy4ly
    @djoy4ly 15 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Bravo! You are speaking truth to power. Rather, your truth is power. Thank you for breaking it down so eloquently. Mothers, stop the madness of medicating the genius of our sons. Honor their passion and refuse the recommendations of those who would anethesize the future we birth. Our children come here to teach us. Rather than slow them down to our revolution, seek to vibrate higher to their higher consciousness. Follow your inner voice. If you feel bad about it, it's not right. All is well.

  • @iiMavrik
    @iiMavrik 13 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I have watched this everyday for a month now...and it still gives me shills and a tear breaks my eye every time it ends...truly the most powerful piece I have ever heard...

  • @LittleBigOrb64
    @LittleBigOrb64 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I am moved. I have A.D.D myself, and this poem just touched my heart, i love it. You did a great job, and I feel for your nephew. I can really relate to this

  • @JerZGirl71
    @JerZGirl71 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    As a special education teacher, who is not an avid fan of medicating children, I LOVE this! Sooooo many of our kids who have been unjustly labeled just need to hear this, just like sooooo many teachers (who do the labeling and ignore the whole being of the child) need to see this.

  • @taymerlot
    @taymerlot 16 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I can't get enough of your words.
    I've been waiting to hear someone who gets it for so long. You're amazing.

  • @dianapham3751
    @dianapham3751 10 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    This is absolutely incredible, and I agree with many of the points, but I don't like condemming medication, as I have ADHD-PI, and had never experience mental clarity (as far as I can remember) before taking that first dose of adderall. I helps me pay attention, keep myself and others safe, (used to forget to turn off burners and left sharp objects lying around) and allows me to give my undivided attention to whatever task at hand was.

    • @thebigbanan
      @thebigbanan 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I really wanna try adhd meds (my psychiatrist diagnosed me a while ago) but my dad cancelled our insurance and my mom can't afford it and my dad refuses to pay so I haven't been able to try them out but I'm really excited to try them bc I want them to work. (And I just realized this comment was pointless 😂)

    • @jsd4574
      @jsd4574 7 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      I'm acutely aware that I'm responding to a 3 year old comment, but in the event that you see this and still care (No irony intended) he isn't, as I see it, condemning medication, but rather the over-prescription of medication. Making sure that people get the meds they need is a good thing, but the point he was making (again, just my interpretation), is that giving 'difficult kinds' a prescription of Adderall or Ritalin has become something of an "easy option", a default even. If it's impractical to live your life without your meds, then far be it from me to try and take them from you, but in the case of kids whose problems could be solved with a few hours of CBT a week and a good educational SEN program, a lot of them might have happier lives if they didn't feel reliant on pills.
      Again, make no mistake, medical technology is amazing, and the existence of these drugs is an incredible thing, but sometimes, just sometimes, people are better

    • @marley_chapman
      @marley_chapman 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      JSD123 Very well put

  • @danishliving22
    @danishliving22 13 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I have ADD, and its been a struggle to get through school. I have one semester left at UCberkeley, and this song has gotten me through countless nights where I just didn't feel smart enough to make it-when I thought I couldn't think well enough to finish college. I'm going to see you perform on Friday, and I'm looking forward to met the man who so perfectly put my feelings into lyrical form. You amaze me :)

  • @AlexisMichelle94
    @AlexisMichelle94 14 ปีที่แล้ว

    Oh my God is all I could say throughout the entire video, and at the end it hit me so hard I literally jumped out my seat in disbelief saying oh my God! How did he ever manage to put this into words. He said everything that needed to be said about kids and adults with ADD or ADHD. point blank period.

  • @Warren2TheG
    @Warren2TheG 14 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I get chills at least three times every time i listen to this.

  • @jondoe2220
    @jondoe2220 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    yo im a mature 23 yr old man from detroit and i "had" a.d.d. as a kid before i could think for myself and im pouring tears rn it feels like he was in my brain as a kid dont know how i got here but thank you i feel like a weights been lifted knowing others think the same way i thought 12 years ago

  • @NYchick23
    @NYchick23 15 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    everytime i watch this im in amazement, i never even thought about it in this way. he makes so much sense and his play on words just leaves your jaw dropping every time! pure talent.

  • @tigerfish4628
    @tigerfish4628 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    I've been looking for this video for years!!!!!!! Just made my day that I found it... this is the video that made spoken word my passion!

  • @ThatArtsGirl
    @ThatArtsGirl 14 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Absolutely breathtaking. I love this. His words are so amazing and more importantly, so True.

  • @mitchelltroumbly4367
    @mitchelltroumbly4367 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    DAMN. Pardon the french--I just cannot hold myself back. I listened to this 4 times in a row and cried everytime. My friend, my good man, you hit every line and every point square and true. I am equally inspired by the amount of love and compassion you have for your nephew. Thank you for putting this into the world. Permanent alteration of the consciousness of so many kids has gotta be a form crime against humanity, and probably against civilized society. Let's imagine a more hospitable world. Thank you again.

  • @443LaLa
    @443LaLa 15 ปีที่แล้ว

    Keep speaking your truth! You can never go wrong. You are AMAZING!!!

  • @Koribaby1
    @Koribaby1 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    It's been a decade and I'm STILL quoting this poem to myself. "THEY ARE AFRAID OF YOU!"

  • @Teddybearmafia
    @Teddybearmafia 15 ปีที่แล้ว

    I love this poem. It made me cry because I can identify with that, for my nephew and myself. Thank you.

  • @jessyxboo
    @jessyxboo 14 ปีที่แล้ว

    this is by far my favorite video. we are unable to use our imaginations because we are constantly being told to think logically. powerful message.

  • @iSpunkrandom
    @iSpunkrandom 14 ปีที่แล้ว

    .."If they ever tell u you can't focus, good, pay them no attention"...speechless..

  • @MrBenHype
    @MrBenHype 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    I've have A.D.H.D and from a young age I was told I was probably going to have special needs in Reading and Writing 16 years later I'm in my second year at University studying Graphic Design. Never let anyone tell you being different is bad, just because you find it hard to focus on one thing doesn't mean you can't excel at another. Life has taught me one thing, Fuck anyone that tries to hold you back and restrict your future by saying you can't do something, you make your life what it is.

  • @MadeIn619
    @MadeIn619 15 ปีที่แล้ว

    So much progress from his early work. It was always good but this stuff is just on a whole different level. And it's crazy that his presentation is so good considering he's reading it off the paper. Massive props homie. You're doing incredible stuff.

  • @PerpetualYouth
    @PerpetualYouth 15 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I love this video, the story behind it, and the ending is just pure awesome!

  • @2486trixie
    @2486trixie 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    I have A.D.D. and this gave me hella courage to start high school in the fall....I'm going to a school for G.T. students...but sometime I do feel inferior. But I loved this poem!

  • @SinfonianMuse
    @SinfonianMuse 15 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    that was amazing... just down right amazing. i was on that stuff since 3rd grade. im 23 and i havent touched it in 3 years. i run my own music store now

  • @mostgnarlydude
    @mostgnarlydude 15 ปีที่แล้ว

    this is defo thee most amazing poem i have ever heard!!!
    if i had more then 2 thumbs, he would would get them all up!!
    the best thing of rafael is his poems r not only cleverly put together but they r all 100% true!!
    amazing job man!!!
    i look forward to more work from u!!!!!!!!

  • @Zeffer32
    @Zeffer32 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    I watched this when I was a teenager but forgot about this amazing artist and then Casals music just popped up on my spotify playlist. Had to look this back up and it still gives me chills.

  • @christinjames
    @christinjames 15 ปีที่แล้ว

    it's hard because a true teacher's job is to inspire his/her students & be creative enough to keep their attention... but when the government & such are pushing standardized test that rate not only "rate" the intelligence of the student but the quality of the teacher there is no room left for creativity

  • @mattdemanche
    @mattdemanche 11 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    ADHD is a real thing, and the medication does help- some people. I was diagnosed after my freshman year of college, and started taking meds about 6 months later. The catch is that medicine does not fix the problem. I went to counseling to learn how to study effectively, how to focus, and how to discipline myself into getting work done. THEN I added the meds. They help. But medicine alone is not an answer.

    • @degen83
      @degen83 10 ปีที่แล้ว

      Adam Mathias the money isn't in the cure, its in the medication.

    • @MisuOfArabonaClan
      @MisuOfArabonaClan 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      +Matthias Demanche It's okay that being able to concentrate is a virtue and it can be taught, but ashamement makes larger individuals into dictators and school shooters.

    • @shazigetssober2394
      @shazigetssober2394 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Here, according to the description, he's isn't saying the disorder is not real. He's speaking to the "'over-diagnosis' of kids who function outside of the box".

  • @xxAlyiahxx
    @xxAlyiahxx 14 ปีที่แล้ว

    I hung on his every word and by the end I was just awe-struck by his powerful speech -3

  • @snachenb22
    @snachenb22 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    😍 I've been enamored by you and Daveed's talent since watching Blindspotting and subsequently making EVERYONE in my life go see it. You are an incredible BayArea talent and as a 10 year East Bay chick (attempting as always to be a conscious gentrifier, its hard but I support housing rights, all da fights! and fight for Palestine and try myself not to get priced out on my own furlough) I just have sooo much love and respect for your art. Keep it up homie!!! So much love and respect.

  • @RemixedByGod
    @RemixedByGod 15 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    he said alot of good stuff in here, things i thought about as well, how quick they are to diagnose add and try to medicate instead of realizing everyone is just different and has different gifts and talents.. maybe that hyper kid will excel in gymnastics or sports or something else creative.. i think alot of people just dont have the patience to deal with it so they rather medicate. and also it is about money

  • @ThatArtsGirl
    @ThatArtsGirl 14 ปีที่แล้ว

    Absolutely breathtaking. I love this. His words are so amazing and more importantly, so true

  • @octousan
    @octousan 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    Beautiful poem.
    So yeah kids, don't think you're broken just because your brain is different.
    That being said.. coming from someone with an IQ of 115 who kept consistently failing out of college, having medicine that's finally giving my mind something to show for itself is a major godsend.
    Don't fear medicine just because someone is making a profit off of it. Study the science for yourself, and go from there.

  • @clizzlebih37
    @clizzlebih37 13 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I got chills, Rafael is my idol

  • @pureandnaive
    @pureandnaive 15 ปีที่แล้ว

    "nowadays we raise young ones to be much more machine like". So real.

  • @valt.4171
    @valt.4171 8 ปีที่แล้ว

    Still love this after all these years

  • @Skatelifeish
    @Skatelifeish 13 ปีที่แล้ว

    I have ADD and I have to say, for some reason I feel like I am more open minded than my peers in school. Good Job Rafael

  • @loveherMANDEE
    @loveherMANDEE 15 ปีที่แล้ว

    this made me cry, yet smile. :)
    brilliant Rafael!
    OMG sooooo great.

  • @ChilangaBoys
    @ChilangaBoys 13 ปีที่แล้ว

    i seriously felt special after this. i have adhd and im proud of it.

  • @kingtrizmo
    @kingtrizmo 15 ปีที่แล้ว

    This is an awesome slam..I wish I was allowed to show this to my kids that I teach..maybe I'll have to perform it live..Mad props Rafael..Keep it up brotha...

  • @yellowman617
    @yellowman617 10 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    this crazy deep

  • @deborahnava2732
    @deborahnava2732 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Shit. Just found this and crying like a bitch because all the beautiful people in my life are this little boy. I wrote a poem after my son was diagnosed on the spectrum and read it at a poetry slam years ago. I hope your nephew is thriving Rafa.

  • @ShayButtah26
    @ShayButtah26 12 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Absolutely brilliant!

  • @WOLVESVIDS
    @WOLVESVIDS 15 ปีที่แล้ว

    this is amazing...his delivery is rediculous...i would give half my life away2see u in person casal!

  • @RoseMarieRaccioppi
    @RoseMarieRaccioppi 14 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank You...
    Hearken well so be it heard
    the soulful knowing of the poet's word
    wisdom of the ages within his heart
    from which his words have their start
    a potential to soar, to be itself known
    within his plea a mission be shown.
    APOGEE Poet in gratitude.

  • @bugbite
    @bugbite 15 ปีที่แล้ว

    That was so briliant....I'm speechless.

  • @thatssou
    @thatssou 16 ปีที่แล้ว

    WOW AMAZING
    This is intense, your an inspiration young man, keep doing what your doing
    Your one of my favourite poets

  • @aznnarita713
    @aznnarita713 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    i was left in fuckin TEARS after this, as a child i was on Ritalin and it made me feel so horrid to not be like the rest. thankfully my mom took me off it, but that fear never left me. i cant watch anymore for now. thank you

  • @lizzthatvegan1207
    @lizzthatvegan1207 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    Sweet. I passed your info along to my friend Phil Bongiorno. He has an art studio and does poetry/spoken word pretty much every month. Its down in Santa Clara right near the University. Its a super chill spot filled with beautiful art. My experience of his studio is that it encompasses peoples free expression of whats in their hearts and minds. I hope we get to have you come visit soon!!! :)

  • @wordandcharacter
    @wordandcharacter 13 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Woooooo! Amazing!!!!

  • @dupeaccount123
    @dupeaccount123 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This is amazing, thank you.This made my day.

  • @DasiaKiara24
    @DasiaKiara24 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    I have ADD & ADHD , Ive had it all my life but, my I didn't let my deffieciency bring me down because im shorter than the rest and crazier but im different this poem is my life!
    #STORYOFMYLIFE Don't let anyone tell you what you can & cannot do!

  • @JDA23
    @JDA23 15 ปีที่แล้ว

    This was awesome. Too bad I couldn't see this live.

  • @JaMystry
    @JaMystry 13 ปีที่แล้ว

    this made me cry :D totally awesome, I wish that little boy all the best. This is deep

  • @splitdreamz
    @splitdreamz 15 ปีที่แล้ว

    Ok ... so where do I begin lol!!! To be quite honest out of your 20,000 views I think I might have almost 1,000 haha! No matter how many times I watch this, ITS STILL UNBELIEVABLY INCREDIBLE & POWERFUL! I must of sent this video to all 1,500 of my myspace friends lol! You are the man hands down! Stay Blessed & Enjoy the ride to the top!!!

  • @Prettypascale16
    @Prettypascale16 14 ปีที่แล้ว

    I have no words to describe this kid and I'm a poet myself . Dude yur skills are Fuckinq ASTRONOMICAL .!

  • @ladymuziklover
    @ladymuziklover 15 ปีที่แล้ว

    that gave me chills! his flow is sick

  • @XrandomsoliloquyX
    @XrandomsoliloquyX 16 ปีที่แล้ว

    You and Shawn made my day.

  • @unicornguard
    @unicornguard 14 ปีที่แล้ว

    i'm seriously blown away! so awesome

  • @teenieweenie10
    @teenieweenie10 16 ปีที่แล้ว

    That poem is love, stay blessed!

  • @shazigetssober2394
    @shazigetssober2394 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    "They are afraid of you, Shawn,
    because you beg to question
    because boys like you grow into men worth a mention"

  • @neleJC
    @neleJC 13 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Beautiful absolutely beautiful :')

  • @slatelanita6617
    @slatelanita6617 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    Yes! Needed to hear this! 🔥🔥

  • @FineG1123
    @FineG1123 14 ปีที่แล้ว

    you are an amazing inspiration. Thank you

  • @JoesirisReborn
    @JoesirisReborn ปีที่แล้ว

    This man is dope AF. What a great performance.

  • @degen83
    @degen83 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    Well I swear I've got ADD at least, but this is a great poem. He nailed it.

  • @kathleendejesus
    @kathleendejesus 14 ปีที่แล้ว

    love it, & its message.

  • @kaliam2839
    @kaliam2839 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Does anybody know where i can find a published or just online version of this??

  • @wordsofpattycake
    @wordsofpattycake 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    This Guy is so real! Deep as hell!

  • @nellebolton7910
    @nellebolton7910 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    he just blew my mind 🤯 this just connects with me on such a level I didn't even realize!

  • @WOLVESVIDS
    @WOLVESVIDS 15 ปีที่แล้ว

    i love dis piece&i love u! i would die2c u speak in person!

  • @426loveandpeace
    @426loveandpeace 13 ปีที่แล้ว

    this poem reminds me of me and this is a disorder that ppl just cant understand they just through pills at it. so thanks i love the poem.

  • @PhrygidBeats
    @PhrygidBeats 13 ปีที่แล้ว

    You are a poet and a missionary.

  • @lissawatchesyoutube
    @lissawatchesyoutube 13 ปีที่แล้ว

    I absolutely love this video. Such a great message that made me look at things differently :D

  • @cacyclade
    @cacyclade 14 ปีที่แล้ว

    i watched this 11 times already... and i just saw this video for the 1st time like an hour ago... each time,.. i said. "damnnnn" at the end of the video.

  • @sfhiphop
    @sfhiphop 16 ปีที่แล้ว

    wow, that was mind-blowingly brilliant.

  • @jdpuller8722
    @jdpuller8722 15 ปีที่แล้ว

    I loveee this poem! Using a piece for my social justice project!

  • @Grandpadon2012
    @Grandpadon2012 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    On the Money, Mr. Casal!!!

  • @3uttaFliie
    @3uttaFliie 13 ปีที่แล้ว

    wow!!! very nice, i myself have sld , and i feel u on this!!!!

  • @koolinturn
    @koolinturn 14 ปีที่แล้ว

    This dude is fantastic!