Alysia Harris and Miles Hodges "Doing It Wrong"

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  • Alysia Harris and Miles Hodges featuring Nick Hakim performing "Doing It Wrong" live at The Strivers Row showcase, Dean's List 3.
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  • @yourfavoritesis
    @yourfavoritesis 5 ปีที่แล้ว +196

    Who’s listening to this years later-- so fresh

  • @ahmaadrobinson662
    @ahmaadrobinson662 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    These guys are the reason I found the courage to let my emotions spill. almost a decade later and I still get chills from these poems

  • @ladyinluv110
    @ladyinluv110 6 ปีที่แล้ว +125

    6 years later and I still have it memorized. Still cry even though I'm not in this situation. That is true poetry.

    • @chudierkhor6983
      @chudierkhor6983 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Marie Madeleine Gnagniko 8 now

    • @ladyinluv110
      @ladyinluv110 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Chudier Khor like the back of my hand

    • @AshleyBSticks
      @AshleyBSticks 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      8 years now. I come back to this when I want to feel.

  • @heykid95
    @heykid95 10 ปีที่แล้ว +352

    That shit got me missin an ex I don't have

  • @nonkululekolekota1804
    @nonkululekolekota1804 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    I first heard this poem when I was a student at the University of Pretoria in 2010, with my second postgraduate qualification. The message really touched me, they spoke to me and I swore to myself that I would not allow myself to be taken advantage of. I am now 37 listening to the poem again. I still love the lesson.

  • @imbelly2350
    @imbelly2350 4 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    This still runs chills down my back. Feels just as potent at 16 years old to now 24.

  • @TaylorReneeDB
    @TaylorReneeDB 8 ปีที่แล้ว +142

    I still can't listen to this song without thinking about this performance. Every time I hear the song, I'd rather be listening to Alysia and Miles

  • @StyledByAsh
    @StyledByAsh 6 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    “Why ruin the ambiance with honesty?” “His voice doesn’t sound like yours no matter how many lights I turn off” yessss

  • @jeanien94
    @jeanien94 11 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    "Hands feel like hands in the middle of the dark, but his voice don't sound like yours no matter how many lights I turn off."
    I will never get enough of this poem.

  • @chibichichio
    @chibichichio 10 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    We really ARE the generation of 'not being in love' and 'not being together'...but we sure make it feel like we're together.

  • @amandaseneff1866
    @amandaseneff1866 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    “But you swore on the blood of every black bird,
    Not to answer her calls.
    Not to empty her depths.
    Not to fish her pearl.
    But just look at her black curls, so much midnight about her you feel like she’s cursed.” 💔

  • @didintlempedi9114
    @didintlempedi9114 3 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    Alysia: I know that you’ve heard this before, I know that your patience has run thin and these love poems are getting boring. After the 5th one night stand, she said she felt like a slave to your lips. I guess that’s when you started fearing, using your tongue as a whip. When the lust is so thick and the morals so weak, her blood still violet on the inside but her lipstick’s gram pink. When you scrape your paintbrush across her canvas, nothing but water color courage and red wine to pour. Intentions and temptations blurred like, like a beautiful sunset but you swore on the blood of every black bird. Not to answer her calls, not to empty her depths, not to fish her pearl but just look at her black curls. So much midnight about her you feel like she’s cursed. And you can’t tell what’s worst, admitting you’re a coward or telling her you just don’t want her.
    Miles: After the 5th one night stand with the 4th different woman for the 3rd time this month, he wrote a poem about how 2 is the loneliest number he’s ever known. And how the most at home he feels is in highway drives that wind him home, in the tar of I-95 north, across Bronx, south of route 4, west 87 towards Jersey. The damps of mattress plural she’s left behind, the contoured faces of girls wondering “why?” haunt through the air. And she likes it there. And he likes it there, in that haze.
    Alysia: She is literally saying his name
    Miles: In other men’s beds. She actually told them that but the last text he read said “Miles you are fucking disgusting, to think you came in me one week ago”. He puts the phone down back into the centre counsel of the car. Face steady like warriors after a clean death without a flinch or a murmur of lips as Take Care fades back through the speakers. You know, you know it’s messed up when you can start relating to that shit. When the best excuse you have for leaving before the sun rises is “she’ll never understand me anyways.”
    Alysia: And yeah, the truth hurts, but don’t tell her you love her if you’re not willing to put in work. After the 5th date, with the 4th guy who looks like you I’m beginning to wonder if I’m not just a little nostalgic and I’d apologize but he doesn’t love me anyways,
    he’s just in love with an idea, so I promise instead not to fart or cough. I’ma just let Einstein keep dreaming all hypothesis & semen.
    Why ruin the ambiance with honesty, I just happened to have breast and ass and added a bonus for free. So whatever feelings he claims he has it won’t last no matter how bad the hangover, it’ll past.
    Miles: ‘Cause I can stomach damn near everything, even gas and a lit match with your initials etched on the back
    Alysia: I don’t have to think when I’m with him if that’s any constellation, surface conversation in the blind observation that hands feel like hands in the middle of the dark. But his voice don’t sound like yours no matter how many lights I turn off.
    Miles: And I, and I, I can’t get high enough anymore to disregard the beautiful, young lady, my one and only, that reminded me, keeps reminding me that when you give yourself to someone, when your walls collapse and your masks are thrown to the floor. You’re so close to someone, that everything seems to have a taste, the texts of her insides, poems in self over swooning to cum at the same exact time.
    Alysia: I’m reminded that when it’s done, they can call on your soul whenever they want to and will, whenever their lonely needs its fix.

  • @sulibreaks
    @sulibreaks 12 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    This was my favourite one

  • @ladyinluv110
    @ladyinluv110 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    8 years. 8 YEARS and I’m listening to this at 2 in the morning trying to get emotional and failing thoroughly.

  • @ItsSamanthya
    @ItsSamanthya 10 ปีที่แล้ว +63

    God, Miles Hodges is freaking gorgeous. Wow

  • @ilaallstar
    @ilaallstar 10 ปีที่แล้ว +47

    "i'm reminded that when its done they can call on your soul when ever they want to; at will. When ever their lonely needs its fix" I love that!! it just sets the whole poem to a slayed rest! its sooo relatable and true

  • @iSayThisApp
    @iSayThisApp 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Who's listening in 2021? I haven't stopped since it came out.

  • @theblerdcademic
    @theblerdcademic 10 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    The first time I saw this I was convinced Miles was singing. hahaha
    Love this poem

  • @KwanesiaEllis
    @KwanesiaEllis 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I still come back to this.... even in 2021.

  • @KhadijahInspires
    @KhadijahInspires 10 ปีที่แล้ว +112

    his voice don't sound like yours no matter how many lights I turn of..

  • @stacykirui9713
    @stacykirui9713 8 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    Alyssia takes my breath away every time !

  • @OhSoDisrespectful
    @OhSoDisrespectful 11 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Whenever I'm having writers block I always listen to this to free my mind. This piece is just so amazing.

  • @mizzbankz88
    @mizzbankz88 10 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    moral of the story "soul ties are dangerous"...that was really deep

  • @nena7253
    @nena7253 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    8 years later & yet still in love with this. The feels are always there.

  • @alexiscraig9504
    @alexiscraig9504 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I will always remember this

  • @yakiisuperstar
    @yakiisuperstar 12 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I feel truly sorry for everyone who haven't seen these videos of these amazing people. these should have million, trillions of views.

  • @sivenathimkaza5070
    @sivenathimkaza5070 7 ปีที่แล้ว +46

    I cry every time. it's been years. lol... it's tiring. 😂😂

    • @Agape-Kay
      @Agape-Kay 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Sivenathi Mkaza very 😂

    • @tiannaliner5207
      @tiannaliner5207 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Listen 😩😭😭😭

    • @rahii
      @rahii 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Same.. till this day. This gets to me 6 years later smh

  • @noiwantjamilah
    @noiwantjamilah 5 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Still watching this is 2019 and still in love with this 😩🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻

  • @amor9982
    @amor9982 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Its 2021and i cant forget about this one....

  • @angiem7122
    @angiem7122 8 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    DAMN! ::snaps profusely::

  • @ladyinluv110
    @ladyinluv110 11 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    After the 5 one night stand, with the fourth different woman, for the 3rd time this month, he wrote a poem about how two is the loneliest number he's ever known. Miles.

  • @ladyinluv110
    @ladyinluv110 10 ปีที่แล้ว +33

    No matter how many times I watch this, and even after memorizing it- I can't seem to get enough of it. Tears are brought to my eyes every time without fail.

  • @Lord_OTD
    @Lord_OTD 27 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I play this probably once, maybe twice a year if I’m lucky. This piece is second to none in my humble opinion.

  • @MissBrice-yv8pj
    @MissBrice-yv8pj 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    It never gets old to me....

  • @natashathomas5350
    @natashathomas5350 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This is still so incredibly moving

  • @504Diva
    @504Diva 11 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    "I'm reminded that when its done, they can call on your soul whenever they want to. At Will. Whenever their Lonely needs its fix" *******Finger snaps*******

  • @MariahFambro
    @MariahFambro 8 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    This is my favorite. There's so much I get from this every time I re listen to it. Different feelings, different context, different reactions.

  • @amberortiz5393
    @amberortiz5393 9 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    I think I listen to this at least 50 times a day.
    It is really hitting home right now...

  • @AzraDiii69
    @AzraDiii69 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    still listening 🖤

    • @stefslyfe
      @stefslyfe 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Same

  • @uggy823
    @uggy823 9 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I can't stop replaying this

  • @thekayla2587
    @thekayla2587 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    After 5 years still my favorite poem 😫😫😫

  • @ascension_maintained8451
    @ascension_maintained8451 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Intention and temptation blur like , like a beautiful sunset

  • @toocute2refuse
    @toocute2refuse 8 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    These are my two favourite people.... This makes me ache every single time.

  • @legendk009
    @legendk009 10 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Sigh I love themmm! Miles you melt my heart honey.

  • @01choicelover
    @01choicelover 12 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    "...I'm reminded that when it's done, they could on your souls whenever they want to, and they will, whenever their lonely needs it's fix."

  • @InADaysWorld
    @InADaysWorld 12 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    "Don't tell her you love her if your not willing to put in the work". Seriously this poem moves mountains, of perspective.

  • @GracefullyKaren
    @GracefullyKaren 8 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    I love this poem. Man I've watched it over 6 times. Peaceful. Music 👌🏿

  • @camillehendricks9819
    @camillehendricks9819 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Yo this is still fire 😭😭

  • @candiceg3092
    @candiceg3092 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Love this forever x

  • @ebonylott531
    @ebonylott531 ปีที่แล้ว

    2022, 6:00am. I needed a refresher. A quick course on how we as humans, are just humans at the end of the day. Love this poem 🤎

  • @IamJonEspinoza
    @IamJonEspinoza 10 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Me and girlfriend went through something similar. We recently broke up for good. I heard this poem months ago, and it was good. Now, it brings tears through my eyes.

  • @2010babi3s
    @2010babi3s 10 ปีที่แล้ว +87

    The moment you realize, this poem is actually about the two....she is in love with him, and he is incapable of love.

    • @prettywingztd
      @prettywingztd 9 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      lies. he definitely was in love with the featured female singer jennah bell. he's explains this in his poem "Alcatraz of Balloons"

    • @lovedichoreo1529
      @lovedichoreo1529 9 ปีที่แล้ว

      I agree

    • @kielanabradshaw591
      @kielanabradshaw591 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      qddc
      asdxccgqdsecf1qssddsg

    • @shaundarauls1924
      @shaundarauls1924 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      this is it!

  • @DJThATsbRIsk
    @DJThATsbRIsk 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Still feels like I’m listening to this for the first time. It’s my 10000000000000th time

  • @nadiacharles8091
    @nadiacharles8091 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    5 years later and this is still amazing.

  • @janetlekoba6890
    @janetlekoba6890 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I've listened to this far too many times, but it's still not enough.

  • @ladyinluv110
    @ladyinluv110 ปีที่แล้ว

    That makes 10yrs. Timeless. 😢

  • @jjewell2125
    @jjewell2125 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    I've listened to it hundreds of times and it never gets old. "You can't tell what's worse admitting you're a coward or telling her you just don't want her."

  • @janniefoo
    @janniefoo 12 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    "But dont tell her you love her if you're not willing to put in work"

  • @Mon23Heat
    @Mon23Heat 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Still love this! Miss all of this real poetry.

  • @kislande1
    @kislande1 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    This poem is honestly everything that pops up in my head but could never find the right words with cursing up a storm. 😞 🙌🏾

  • @idontwantnoravioliok
    @idontwantnoravioliok 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This is still my all time favorite poem

  • @desjawilson8415
    @desjawilson8415 9 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    This poem has meaning 😊 I love listening to it.

  • @Oneloveisontheway
    @Oneloveisontheway 10 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I teach young people Spokenword and this poem will now feature in a lot of my class sessions. I love the story narrative of the peace and the fact that Miles whom
    I saw at BMV in 2009 &10 when we brought a group over from the UK,he uses himself as the boy within the poem. It makes the poem poignant and strong.
    I love the impact at the end, the final reveal, the epiphany of the peace.
    Well done to both of you also the music score is brilliant too. There too many favourite lines within the poetry that sticks out at me I too like the end lines the most.
    "i'm reminded that when its done they can call on your soul when ever they want to; at will. When ever their lonely needs its fix" I love this also @ilaallstar

  • @davidtombale8441
    @davidtombale8441 8 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Sometimes it's terrible the things that happen under the cover of darkness, "whenever their lonely needs a fix."

  • @nonnymasango41
    @nonnymasango41 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    These two made my teen years ❤

  • @thabisoaugustinemashala740
    @thabisoaugustinemashala740 7 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    God i''m always doing it wrong. this is a beautiful peace to the core.

  • @lopezarmida91
    @lopezarmida91 11 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    That line just hits.. "You can't tell what's worse admitting you're a coward or telling her you just don't want her."

  • @darney14
    @darney14 9 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    The concept of this poem and just every word is amazing... It's so gritty I just love it! #Amazing

  • @TheCr8iveBrand
    @TheCr8iveBrand 9 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I love this one so much. Repeat since they uploaded it.

  • @drj1694
    @drj1694 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Still coming back for this. 2022.

  • @khalilthepoet9616
    @khalilthepoet9616 8 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Liquor and thoughts I shouldn't be thinking brings me here every time

  • @abigailm6166
    @abigailm6166 11 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    i love this even more everytime i hear it.

  • @brittneyedmondson2294
    @brittneyedmondson2294 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    Nothing like Alysia n Miles to deal with these cold nights and hard dreams. Life savers! Please continue to inspire

  • @TheCr8iveBrand
    @TheCr8iveBrand 11 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This is probably my 100 time watching this. Literally. I wrote a poem off of this

  • @taylornics5729
    @taylornics5729 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    No matter how many times a listen to this, I can't get enough. Definitely one of my favorites.

  • @delavianmapp3407
    @delavianmapp3407 9 ปีที่แล้ว

    i love the emphasis and passion the strivers row puts into their poetry

  • @samanthaduarte8142
    @samanthaduarte8142 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    One of the most beautiful and captivating pieces I've ever heard. Watched it so many times

  • @Mon23Heat
    @Mon23Heat 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I Miss Strivers Row! Love seeing their growth now ✨

  • @fundilendisile2267
    @fundilendisile2267 9 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    you draking me right now!

  • @SayItTwice1122
    @SayItTwice1122 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    I'm reminded when it's done that they can call on your soul whenever they want to...at will...whenever their lonely needs its fix.
    That line HURT.
    Like. I felt that.
    Amazing.

  • @queenkahlua579
    @queenkahlua579 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Their poetry is so beautiful; it’s opens you up to your own soul’s vulnerability. Thank you for creating something beautiful to give to the world. ❤️🙏🏿

  • @Leviiify
    @Leviiify 10 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I've been watching so many spoken words tonight and this is one of the most scarily hard-hitting poems. So gorgeously spoken, love it!

  • @oarabetsengoasheng5080
    @oarabetsengoasheng5080 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    9 years later, still here!

  • @dadons_musik7629
    @dadons_musik7629 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Damn this is amazing I’m here after so many years looking inspiration. Guess what? .......I found a ton load!

  • @miriameclipse7953
    @miriameclipse7953 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    THIS WILL NEVER GET OLD

  • @royalawesomeness1
    @royalawesomeness1 12 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    "You know it's messed up when you can start relating to that shit"

  • @ImaniSmiley
    @ImaniSmiley 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    I can't. This is too good. I cried.

  • @lovedichoreo1529
    @lovedichoreo1529 9 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    They are going in!!!!!!!!!

  • @juanitaowens7445
    @juanitaowens7445 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Six years later, still love this.

  • @nuniibabyx3
    @nuniibabyx3 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    they went in!!! this is so deep. they did there thing. i will continue to watch this a thousand times.

  • @Tahmia100
    @Tahmia100 11 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This really is beautiful! They did great

  • @Yankees4Lyf3331
    @Yankees4Lyf3331 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    This is the single most beautiful piece I've ever heard

  • @drummerKti
    @drummerKti 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    this speaks to me in so many levels right now. nothing cures broken heart and spirit like art does.

  • @NALAbayybee
    @NALAbayybee 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Never get tired of listening to this. A small reminder to remind me of my worth and not go back to someone who doesn't appreciate me. Thank you

  • @ramam22
    @ramam22 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    My two favorite poets doing one poem...perfection.

  • @retta006
    @retta006 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    I LOVE ALYSIA HARRIS!! && this is the first time i've heard Miles Hodges. I can't get enough of this poem...I've been in this situation too many times, so I can relate. I would love to watch a live show though...smh i love this piece

  • @JaeDunksFRESSH
    @JaeDunksFRESSH 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    That lifted my soul and made my hands go numb. Speechless. Pure artistry.

  • @sydriam999
    @sydriam999 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    I've watched this so much. It's so beautiful.

  • @xo.kiaa4445
    @xo.kiaa4445 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    2023 listening to it yrs later seems like the first time even as I’m saying every word

  • @zoyab5593
    @zoyab5593 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    2019 and this shit still hitting home.