I spent 13 years of my life homeless on heroin in streets of Kensington in Philly. I have 7 years clean now and never thought I would see the day I got my life together. I'm extremely grateful to wake up everyday in the apartment I worked hard for with food in the fridge and not have to get high to feel better. I literally came from the gutter to where I am now. This song cuts deep Joyner and jelly roll did a great job on this one.
I'm sitting in rehab crying right now. I can say this place truly changed my life. Listening to this song is like looking at a mirror that reflects my past self. It made me cry, realizing all the damage I inflicted to the ones I love. In addiction, we're too selfish to realize it hurts the ones we're closest to. I have many ammends to make, but first, I have to make ammends with the man in the mirror. If anyone reads this, I wish you well on your road to recovery. YOU ARE WORTH IT. YOU MATTER. YOU GOT THIS. DONT GIVE UP. THIS IS LIFE OR DEATH. PLEASE LOVE YOURSELF ENOUGH TO ALLOW YOURSELF TO RECOVER. YOUR FAMILY NEEDS YOU. YOU NEED YOU. I LOVE YOU. MUCH BLESSINGS TO YOU ✊🏾🗣
Please surround yourself with a good support system. This matters more than anything else. At least one friend or family that you can talk to when you get a bit down. That minor gesture can save you, as someone recovering from PTSD, I struggled with relapsing and losing progress, but once I started doing this, it helps bring me back from the edge. Know that you are loved and deserving of that love. I struggled to realized I wasn't allowing myself to be loved.
I sent this to my son who is a heroin addict and he drove to my house and grabbed and hugged me while he cried like never before. This was yesterday, he spent the night and I took him to rehab. I pray it works this time😢
As a previous fentanyl addict this shit hits different. To any one out there still fighting for their soul through the struggle of addiction, you can win. You can not only beat addiction, you deserve to be happy, to be loved. The hardest part of addiction is the self loathing it creates, causing us in the moment to be unable to imagine ourselves as happy, or successful. You deserve these things and there are within your reach, just look yourself in the mirror and tell yourself you love you. It’s starts with you. You can do it I love you
I wish people understood that aspect of addiction-the deserving of happiness and love...again. I relapsed after 20yrs of being clean of smoking 'black', during Covid when older folks and overweight etc, got to work from home, which left I alone, being young and fit, out the Construction management team, to be on the jobsite atleast 16hrs/day, after having to do the other teams work, and after constant interruptions finally able to focus on my work responsibilities. I was wound up so tight from stress and on top of that, LA traffic, and no time to unwind or spend time with my newborn daughter. To make a long story short, wife kicked me out after finding paraphernalia, and wouldn't let me be around or take me back even after doing the rapid detox within the first few weeks of being kicked out. I couldn't understand why she treated me like a monster. We've never fought or argued once and I still couldn't understand why she just turned her back on me. She didn't want me to contact her unless thru her lawyer or family. I've been homeless for a few years now, even though I own a home but just don't want to get back into the grind yet, and just have the renters pay for it until I'm done beating myself up.
As an addict as well, you are more than the permanent marks on your body. Not just the marks from the drugs, but we make odd decisions in addiction. Maybe you have piercings, or tattoos, or scars. That doesn't define you Always remember you are more than the sum of the things you have done. I've got the tattoos and scars as well. You are loved, even if you don't feel it right now, you are loved.
Im not gonna lie this had me tearing up. Very powerful song and visual. Hip hop has been lacking in this department and Joyner definitely filled the void. This should go #1
I lost my baby girl to her battle with cancer a few days ago the emptiness inside is so deep and so heavy. I’m not even the type of person to get on a place and talk about my personal life but hey nothing makes sense anymore so why not I guess.p.s I feel for each and everyone of the people on this comment strand that’s going through stuff I love you all and hope that you can find a reason to keep fighting I’m willing to bet that there is at least one person that needs you still ❤god is not done with us yet
I am 30 days clean after 15 years of drugs and my wife of 12 years is still out there getting high. Broken hearts can mend but takes patience. Please pray for her. As soon as I see her I'm taking her to detox by God's grace. Love you all. God bless and give me the strength Lord. 🙏
I have 274 days clean from fentanyl today. I’m thankful for each one that I get and I’m grateful I was given the opportunity to get my life back before my addiction killed me.
Now this comment caught my attention because Blues is so hard to kick. I am 7 months clean off Fentanyl and I'm proud to say I don't crave or want the drug no more.
Absolutely proud of anyone and everyone that has won the battle with addiction and to anyone that's still fighting, keep going and keep pushing you can make it through it.
Im an opiate addict. Clean for about 13 years now. Wife, kids, good job, all that. This shit made me tear up. Man yall are on a different level with music. From my soul, Thank you
Thats great..I'm currently going through fet withdrawal but i was deteriorating mentally and physically and ruined all my relationships. But I'm done and i pray to god my temptations won't take hold of me
I first heard this song in a peer recovery group in the jail I was just released from from today and it broke me down seeing him with his daughter at the end😢😢😢 tore me to pieces in the visit room when my son couldn't touch me or me hold him and watch him slide on the floor crying cause I couldn't come home that visit. Addiction is the monster danger monster on this planet most importantly to the ones we leave behind when we go 😢 I'm free today the day before Thanksgiving. God is so gracious n merciful LEARN TO LOVE YOURSELVES...... ONE DAY AT A TIME. GOD BLESS
There is hope.! I posted 5 months ago about my son ! Multiple attempts at rehab. But he left. I prayed and prayed for a miracle. He found the perfect fit Rehab in August. 6 months clean living in a pay house working full time at a great job! God does answer prayer’s. Never ever give up praying for your continued sobriety. 🙏🙏You are worth!!
I'm literally pouring tears right now! Me and my fiance both got hooked on pain killers about 3 yrs ago! It got bad! I finally decided to to talk to God and ask for change and strength and he gave it to me! I'm 1 month clean and I'm eating healthy and fasting! But I'm literally hurting for my fiance! She can't seem to find it in herself to make that change with me and I see it tearing her apart every day! I'm here to tell anyone out there that's going through this that there is a way out! You have to manifest on it and pray for it and truly believe in yourself and just do it!!! God help all in need! Thank you jelly roll and Joyner Lucas! The world needed this one bad!!!!!!!
This song means a lot to me. 4 years clean off heroin/fent but still struggling with my mental and spiritual health. As my physical strength returns still more all the time, the other 2 are in free fall. Wasn't supposed to be this way. But so long as I'm still standing on my own two feet, there's time.
I'm an atheist, so for me, it's a gift you choose to give yourself once, you get clean and/or sober. But I don't care if you have a faith that works for you do you, just wanted to share that. May 1st I'll have 34 years, put the needle down at 22. You keep fighting for your worth and I'm wishing you both wellness too, I'm 🤞 for your dad. 💓
This is what Hip Hop expression is all about making those uncomfortable songs. To empower communities and the people. Excellent job Joyner Lucas, Being a voice for the voiceless
I dont post things but...I got tears streaming right now. My husband battled for 11 yrs. We went through it. He's now sober for 1yr 3months. We are healing now. I realize now that haven't ever really properly grieved all of the pressure and dispare the family went through trying to be understanding and encouraging yet balance trying to still maintain our sanity during those times. Didn't expect this song to hit like it did but the lyrics showing the honest real convo from both sides of the addiction those dealing with it and family really hit hard. I'm happy and celebrate his sobriety still shaking ptsd from some things but so grateful he decided to get help and love himself 1st so he could start to learn how to love us again. Prayers to all out there in it. There is a brighter day ahead.
😮💨 this is why I haven’t given up on my boyfriend. This reason right here. It’s tough but when everyone gives up who do they look to? Where can they run? I am in it for the long haul. I know that we do recover.
God bless you! My fiancée left me as soon as she found out. He’s a real lucky man that you stayed by his side. You are one of a kind and I hope you guys go on to live a long happy life.
I remember the first time I met Chris like it was yesterday. We were both in the same neighborhood, but we hadn’t really crossed paths until we ended up in the same high school English class. He was one of those guys who immediately made an impression, like he owned the room without trying. Charismatic, funny, always ready with a joke or a wild story. People gravitated toward him. Hell, I gravitated toward him. We became fast friends. We didn’t have to say much-just shared the same kind of energy. We spent nights riding around the city, talking about everything and nothing, from the music we loved to the bullshit we were going through. Chris always had a way of making things seem like they’d be fine, like we were invincible. But somewhere along the way, that invincibility started slipping. It wasn’t overnight. It wasn’t one big change that I could point to. At first, it was just small stuff. He’d disappear for a few days, go quiet, act like nothing happened when he showed up again. Then it was the eyes-dark circles under them, like he hadn’t slept in days, but he’d shrug it off, blame it on work or stress. And then there were the little things he’d say, offhand comments that didn’t sit right, like, “I’m just trying to feel good, man” or “You wouldn’t understand.” I didn’t get it at first. Hell, I didn’t want to. Chris was Chris. He always had the answers. He always had the jokes. He wasn’t supposed to be the kind of guy who’d get caught up in anything, let alone heroin. But one night, I got the call. A voicemail. His brother’s voice, trembling. “Yo… it’s Chris. He... he’s gone. Overdosed. It was heroin. He… he didn’t wake up.” The words didn’t make sense. I couldn’t even process it. I mean, I’d heard about overdoses before, but not Chris. Not the guy who always had his shit together, the guy who kept things light, who always made me feel like there was always something worth laughing about. The days after that voicemail felt like I was living in a fog. I couldn’t sleep. I couldn’t eat. Everything felt like it was moving in slow motion, but it all crashed down hard when I walked into his mom’s house. It hit me there, when I saw his mom-her face drained of color, her eyes blank. She was a wreck, but it was a different kind of wreck, like she couldn’t believe her son was really gone. His room was untouched, still had his posters on the walls, his guitar leaning against the corner like he was just gonna pick it up and start strumming. It felt wrong. Like he was just on a break, you know? Like any second he’d walk in, that grin on his face, and tell us all we were worrying over nothing. But he didn’t walk in. I remember standing there for what felt like hours, staring at his things, all these memories of the good times we’d had, and the harsh truth set in-I couldn’t help him. I couldn’t pull him out of it. I didn’t even see it coming. And now he was gone. The funeral wasn’t some grand event, just a handful of people who loved him. Family. Friends. The kind of people who knew the real Chris, not just the one he showed the world. And it hit me hard, seeing all of us there, knowing that no one could’ve saved him. We didn’t know enough. We didn’t see the signs soon enough. It’s a bitter pill to swallow. Knowing that someone you cared about so much could slip away like that, from something as insidious as heroin. The silence in the days that followed was the hardest part-no phone calls, no texts, no late-night drives to nowhere. Just this hollow space that used to be filled with his laughter, with his stories. And I keep asking myself, could I have done more? Could I have been more present, more aware? But the truth is, I don’t have the answers. I don’t know if I could’ve stopped him. Heroin is a hell of a thing. It doesn’t care who you are or how strong you think you are. It takes what it wants, and once it’s in you, it doesn’t let go easily. I still think about Chris every day. It’s like a constant ache in my chest. I still hear his laugh in my head sometimes, or see him standing in the middle of the room, making everyone crack up. I carry those memories with me, but it’s a double-edged sword. The love I had for him, the good times we shared, and the grief of losing him in the worst way. I’ll keep his memory alive, though. I’ll talk about him, share the stories, remind people who he really was, not just the part of him that ended up in a coffin. Maybe by talking about it, someone else won’t have to lose someone the way I lost him. Maybe that’s the only way to honor him now. And maybe, just maybe, I’ll find a way to let it go. To forgive myself for not seeing it. For not knowing. But I’m not sure I’ll ever stop wondering what I could’ve done differently.
keep at heart, soldier. chin up, see the bright side. and try to read Ikigai by Francesc Miralles and Hector Garcia for me, will you? (you will find the reason I asked you to, midway through that book, not at the beginning, not at the end, just midway)
@@bumbaclot-x1sdang dude, have a little shred of empathy, please. If you didn’t want to read it, you could’ve just not read it. This person allows themselves to be vulnerable to tell a story about losing his best friend to addiction, relevant to the song, and you just say something designed to inflict pain. This isn’t being “edgy,” or “blunt,” or “brutally honest,” this is just you causing needless pain to a complete stranger who shared a story personal to them. And inb4 “I’m not reading that either,” I’m not trying to clown on you. I’m honestly asking you to be better. Cynicism and glib remarks might be something you think looks cool at your age, but the more you grow, the more you’ll realize that there’s enough pain in the world for everyone, and that we shouldn’t be consciously adding to it by being cruel to others. Please be better than this. You owe it to yourself.
bro my name is Airik Lee I've lost everything good that God blessed me with I have 4 beautiful kids and I kept turning to drugs to fulfill a part of me that I thought was going to make me happy but did nothing besides make my life worse I've had a warrant for my arrest for two years now for missing court and not showing up when I was suppose too. After hearing this on replay I'm finally owning up to everything I did wrong. I'm about to turn myself in and pray to God that my kids can see and have a sober father figure that they can look up to thank you Joyner Lucas and Jelly Roll!!
This is STRENGTH! It takes a real man to do this. It's really hard to face our consequences, but doing so will show your loved ones and yourself that you are all worth it. You will find relief and there's a lot of support out there. I'm proud of you. You got this 💪
I hope you follow through with this. I was a terrible person and father in my early 20s. On meth and just wild activities. It took people dying all around me to move and start fresh. It was hard to face the people I had wronged and accept that they may not forgive me right away. But getting my son back in my life and helping him grow into the man I wasn't has been worth it. He's now married with 2 kids and has an amazing career. It's never too late to start to make things right. You just need to decide to start giving the world more than you take.
God bless you 🙏 I pray that whatever state you are in will have grace on you and you get to be able to enjoy that fatherhood. Peace and prosperity for you and yours 🙏💪
12 years clean. Lost my little brother to an overdose 5 years ago. I've been on both sides of this, this song literally brought me to tears. Thank yall for speaking so much truth.
Congratulations on ur sobriety. I’ve got five yrs almost six. I also lost my big brother to this. This song just hits different. I’m crying bc of the guilt I feel for not being able to save him. I’m sorry for ur loss
Aye man, I couldn’t imagine losing a little brother.. cause we were the ones who were supposed to set the example.. so I feel for you brother.. having someone take after your steps.. and not being able to tell the story just breaks something In you that you can’t fix.. but congrats on being 12 years clean and doing better for yourself and your brother , I’m sure he’s looking down on you right now with tears in his eyes knowing that one of you guys were able to hit that u turn and turn shit around . I hope nothing but the best for you brother.. I love you❤️🙏 feel free to reach out to me at any time .
I am also a former attic myself and I lost my husband of 16 years to have fentanyl overdose which scared me straight. I am now clean and sober 2 years and 7 months
My mom has been homeless and struggling with addiction since I was 16. I’m 24 now and still feel like that confused 16 year old girl. She has been coming in and out of my life since and I just pray daily that God gives her another day to see. Just lost my pops so I’m even more confused now but I can’t let what my parents do/did be a reflection of my decisions. I gotta do what’s best for me 🖤
So damn powerful! Great message! Me and my wife celebrated 3 years clean March 3rd, we both come from family and parents of addiction. This song brought my wife to tears, it’s a great song with a powerful message.
I’ve been sober for almost 3 years. Your music helped me more than you know. I saw Jelly Roll in concert last year and I kid you not I’ve seen over 200 concerts and yours was the first one I have ever cried at. In 2021 I was listening to your music while I was out on a delivery and I came across this young woman who I thought at first was standing on a bridge that goes over a major highway just watching traffic but I soon realized she was on the other side of the guard rail looking for a moment to jump. I’ve never ripped my e-break so quickly in my whole life. I literally left my car in the middle of the road and I ran and put my arms around her and said “it’s not worth it”. I was able to convince her to come back over the railing to safety. If I hadn’t become sober I don’t think I would have even saw her so thank you for helping me become sober and helping me save someone’s life.
That girl saved you she was there for you . I wish I had a clear mind again I hate living this way always on I don't want to be that girl on the other side 😞
You go girl sometimes someone to talk to is that we need and we never know if it’s worth it until we have tried it some people suffer their entire lives not knowing what it’s like to be on the other side . Anything but the side they are on will do and if you and the sufferer recognize the suffering it would have been ok to give ‘em a push then it’s not Suicide but good for you And yes girl I cried the first time I seen Jelly Roll in flagstaff he played all the old songs great artist and performer !!
As someone who is in Long Term Recovery from Substance Use Disorder and suffers from Mental Health Issues, I find this song so powerful. I am state certified Peer Recovery Support Specialist who uses my lived experiences to help others find hope that recovery is possible. I can see both sides of the "fence". The fact this video shows 2 people actually "Communicating" really embodies how we can understand "Addiction". Effective Communication is a key point in recovery. When both sides can share what they are thinking and how they feel. You 2 gentlemen are truly amazing for sharing this side of your lives. Thank you for being the "Voice of the Voiceless"..
I pray for my dad every day. He struggles with a meth addiction and it’s so hard seeing him caught in this trap of addiction. I hope he gets better before it’s to late
Do you know my oldest is 18 years old? seen your comment just put it into perspective on how my kids must’ve felt all the years I let the devil win. I’m now over a year clean and live with my kids again. Keep praying for your dad bro. I’m gonna pray for him too.
Pray that God takes his lust for Meth away. Sometimes it's the words we say that matter most in prayers. My thoughts and prayers are with you and your family.
I just celebrating 12 years clean after living 12 years in Kensington Philadelphia PA on heroin. 2 open heart valve transplants, stage 3 COPD, pacemaker and a shock vest, chronic congestive heart failure but I'm still here. I felt so alone and unwanted during my whole addiction.. I didn't lie, cheat or steal for drugs, I worked hard to get high. I came from a huge family, 12 aunts and uncles, 3 kids, 11 grandkids..but I am still ashamed of the time I lost with them and blame myself for all my health issues. Nobody ever said that to me but I just feel it everyday. So this song brought me to tears when I first heard it. Thank you for putting this song out. You have true emotions in-between the lyrics and that's what I feel listening to it. Jelly roll fits in the music well too. He is one of the greatest in my book and I'm now a fan of you also.stay safe, thank you for this song God Bless us ALL. 🙏💪& ✌️
WOW 12 years is such a beautiful thing to celebrate and to be able to say! What an accomplishment! I am so proud of you, keep pushing! Life is beautiful on the other end! 🩷
49 days sober. Just out of recovery. If I didn't love Joyner Lucas already.. this did it for me. I went through recovery with so many kids who probably love him.. they need this song.
Right. Recovery is life long. ❤ welcome. Stay around. Please. I have like 48 days today back off a relapse n alot of us don't even make it back so yes welcome please just keep doing the next right thing
From someone who battled with addiction, this hits me so hard. This song gave me chills all down my spine. Thank you Joyner and Jelly, this song was like hearing a angel sing.
2 of the artists I been rolling with long before they ever blew up and only had like 100 thousand subscribers. Now they both huge and collaborating 🔥☠️
This song hits. As a former Crack Addict i was addicted for almost 10 years. To everyone with an addiction find God and go to church. My first day back to church God came to me and said its ok and believe in him. Now ive been 3 months clean and so thankful.#AllGlory2God.
You can do whatever you want just believe in yourself wake up every day being thankful you don’t have that addiction anymore and your life is in a better place
This shit brought me to tears thinking about the last time I said goodbye to my best friend who couldn't stay off of heroin. I had to distance myself, because if I didn't, I would likely go back to doing it myself. I stopped talking to him for two years and I found out he ultimately lost his battle at 25 years old. His face is still the background of my phone to this day. Hope Joyner's message reaches more people.
It's sad. They don't want to act that way. Nobody wants to act like a scumbag. If they don't want the help, they'll never get it. If you're strong enough to survive, you come out on the other side a f*cking BEAST. Spread LOVE no matter what! Thats what addicts need. Don't give up until you have to. For 2 years straight, I tried to save my best friend of 35 years from dying from alcoholism. I found him, dead. Sickening. At least I never gave up. And, for that, I can hold my head up high. Peace n' LOVE. Dow
Wow, my eyes welled up with tears, my heart felt like you had opened a locked chest holding the contents of what's left of the last threaded tie between my daughter and myself. I hope others take the time to absorb the words
I have been so selfish to my children and this song hit home and I'm fighting this fight and never gonna let God,my children and myself down again. I love you so much
Holy shit I’ve never felt a song so much in my soul before I’m a retired drug addict who was addicted to herion and meth for half my life and homeless for 4 years lost everything I had I even lost my right leg but with the help I got from my now wife I pulled myself out of that life and am now 5 years clean own a home now and have two beautiful daughters. If anyone else is struggling and happens to be reading this just stick with it things don’t change overnight but things will change for the better if you stay the course I’ll always be here to listen to anyone else that’s having a hard time getting through a bad time in life!
Addiction is a disease but not an excuse, this song hits hard when your in recovery from drug abuse. I will always be in recovery the rest of my life due to hard drug use, I have been clean almost 10 years now and I still get cravings. I have chosen a hard life but I never use it as an excuse.
It’s been a little over a year since I lost my father to a fentanyl overdose. I think about it every day. This song is so strong and resonates so hard with me. Growing up with an addict for a parent, and then becoming an addict myself, I have been on both sides of this fence. Now that I am sober and a father I want nothing more than to stay sober for my kids. Joyner and Jelly, I love you guys. Thanks for all you do for us and thanks for taking the time to write something that can touch us so much. I’ve been stuck listening to this song on repeat since it found me yesterday. I hope one day I can shake your hand, look you in your eyes, and tell you how much I appreciate what you do for us. It’s music like this that makes me want to get back to making music.
If you just say no to the drug. You wouldn't have been a junkie. Your mind is weak af if an artist saved your life. Be stronger. And stop being a junkie 🐑
@@imthewholetrilogy1501addiction is hard. I struggle. We all do. And we all do things we don’t want todo. Because we are tested by other people who constantly pull you down and when your pulled down when your soba and judged constantly then relapse is always there because your being judged for it so some people give in and think why not. Then we regret it. It’s hard bro. Everyone should support each other we should all help each other and we can overcome. I just wish I had the support strength and encouragement but we just seem to get hated for nothing. How would you feel being hated for nothing ? Name called all the time. Judged for your past ? Everyday has enough problems bro and all we need todo it be there for each other and be kind. Drink and drugs ruin us it’s not good but every weekend the pubs are full. House parties the lot. Why ? May seem fun at the time but it’s not. All the body needs is food and water. Not saying oh stay of juice or pop. But to feel good and healthy it’s all it needs. But also mentally people should leave others alone either help and love one another or just stay away it’s simple. People ruin people bro. 👊🏼 and it’s sad. Hope all on here is well and okay. Stay strong.
You’re a long haired son of a gun because I can’t sing this song or any of your songs without unleashing decades of tears brother.😭😭😭🥹☺️I pray you and your family have a great Christmas and even better new year.❤
That's amazing!!! Congratulations my husband and I are currently in a recovery program we have four beautiful boys to stay sober for. This recovery program saved our lives the most importantly our boys saved our lives. We've been clean and sober for over 2 years now...
Listening to this song for the 1st time on the birthday of my brother who lost his battle with addiction. He got 30 short years. 💔 He should've been 32 today. I'm praying for everyone struggling and proud of everyone who's fighting every day to stay sober.
I also lost my brother. He battled addiction for years. I only wish that those who struggle with addiction know that those who love them see more of the good in them than the bad. My heart goes out to you and your family.
Continue working hard, as it will be worth it in the end. You will feel joy and progress towards a beautiful outcome, as you have worked hard towards it.😢 sorry bout bout ur brother... I can't imagine if it was my son's or my brother
Sorry for your loss, I lost so many people that there is nobody left that I grew up with (pill mills where we grew up) 80% of everybody I grew up with got addicted to opiates and most OD’ed when fent came around, should be dead myself. I’m still fighting those demons away for the past 4 years
5 years clean off heroin , making 6 figures and have a wife and 4 kids. If you’re reading this you too can turn your life around. I ODed driving my last shot. God kept me here ❤
Glad you made it out alive, aren’t many of us that did🙏🏻 lost many friends to the disease, and continue to struggle everyday because all it takes is one time to slip up and lose it all again. It’s a daily choice to stay clean, to stay away knowing that “ahhh just this 1 time won’t be bad” could be the road to destruction all over again. Keep living your life free from the chains of addiction🤘🏻
That's really good, I'm not doing well I lost my mom 7 mos ago cancer, my brother has cancer as well, people judge me call me a junkie I'm dead inside, I'm just lost... A lost soul.. sometimes I take I push it, sometimes the pain of living is too much ... I'm trying to push and make it, people target me but they don't see the shit they do
Joyner. You’ve yet again made a grown man cry on something he wasn’t fully aware of how crippling it is in his life. There ain’t no one else like you man
I’m feel every word in this song I’ve been in and out of 6 rehabs, I’m about to turn 30 with nothing to show for opiates have held me hostage everyday since 17 .
People want to glorify the songs about the drugs and partying, but when real shit like this comes out people don’t really listen. Joyner and Jelly Roll, y’all did a big 1 with this song ❤️ Thank you both.
My wife and I were both lost in addiction for so long and now we're directors of a non profit organization helping people out of addiction and developing a relationship with God ❤ this song has so much truth in it and it's a instant classic ❤
Man that is so awesome I am still struggling myself I have kinda lost everyone close to me lost all my life works I have died 5 times since July of 23/- February 24-2024 twice of 1💔 attack then you got pneumonia went septic got put into an induced coma for 7 days and died three times of respiratory failure but I have gave my life back to the Lord and it's slowly getting better 😢
Still gets 3:11 me every time in 2024… truly a masterpiece of a song, it’s been an honor to be a fan of Jelly Roll since 2007, I don’t think I admire any celebrity the way I do him he’s the definition of never stop giving it everything you have till you accomplish more than you’ve dreamed!
This song made me cry. It caught both sides of addiction (the addicted and the loved one(s) praying for their sobriety/recovery that may never come). It’s a battle on both sides, and they both hurt like hell. Thankfully, my now husband has been sober from opiates for 23 months. He’s got a great job. We’re happily married. He’s not running from the police or his demons. Prison saved his life, but he put every bit of work in once released. I’m incredibly proud of him, and I hope one day he shares his story to inspire others. He inspires me and I have never touched drugs. If anyone is reading this and struggling with active addiction, you’ve got it in you. It takes one serious decision and a lifelong dedication. You’re stronger than you think. You are loved and you are worthy. But, as the song says, you have to see that worth in yourself. I’m rooting for you. Those of you that are in recovery, I’m so proud of you and all you’ve accomplished. I can’t speak on it personally, but I watched my husband go through hell multiple times to get sober. It is not easy AT ALL. I’m proud of you for seeing your worth, strength, and the life you deserve to have. Moment of silence for the loved ones we’ve lost to the battle. Never forgotten and always loved. 💜💔
Congratulations to ur hubby. Prison was the best thing that ever happened to me too. I was able to sit down and really face my demons and I also put in the work. I’m looking into a recovery coach class online, it’s only like $50 and u can charge a $100 a hour and ppl are always hiring recovery coaches, if he’s like me, I think it’ll help him more than the ppl he’s counseling. Proud of y’all’s story and progress. God bless❤
@@SmackaMane you’re going to make it. Just take one hour at a time. Advance to days when you’re ready. Eventually, you’ll have years. I’m rooting for you. 💜
@@Yourstrulymf I’m SO proud of you!! If you were like my husband, it was either prison or a casket. It sounds crazy to say, but I thank God for prison. I’d rather wait around for a year than be without him forever. I did not know there was an option to become a recovery coach! He may actually really enjoy something like that. He works all the time now, but I’m sure he could find time to help. Even in active addiction, he helped people. I think it’s amazing that you’re looking into it as well. Addiction has became a worldwide issue and there aren’t enough people or resources to help. It takes a village and I think the people that won the battle should really consider aiding those in battle. Because no one knows what it’s like besides the people that went through it personally. I can sit here and encourage/support everyone as much as possible, but I know that I don’t know how hard it truly is. All I know is what I saw and the other side of the battle I also had to fight.
I met my wife 10 years ago. She struggle with addiction. I found out in the beginning in our relationship and decided I would stick by this woman. I was at every NA meeting with her and try my hardest to help in every way. 10 years laters/her being 10 years sober to date. We have 5 boys and a home. I’m so proud of here. This song hits home 😢❤
My womans addiction turned into my own addiction and landed me in jail for 8 months. Just got out last week. She has done a lot of work on herself and Im clean too. Shes going to work soon. Im back in school. Sometimes it takes rock bottom in a relationship…
Be proud of her and yourself. I know life from her side, you being there not judging just loving her for her, faults and all, you are what real heroes are made of. Stay positive and being the awesome person you are. Idk you but I truly appreciate who you are!!!
your dates are confusing and dont add up your saying the day you found out is the day she got sober and has been sober since so no relapse unless you didnt word that correctly if that is true thats amazing and congratulations more or less somebody she just met was influential enough for her to drop her addiction and stay sober you should be proud of yourself as well support is key to recovery some cant do it even with support to know that happened is inspirational something every addict needs wow like wow
@@TtBrave-g9m yeah I see my grammar was off. Basically I met her back in 2014. Were we madly into each other from day one. 2 weeks later I noticed something was off and she was hiding something. One day she asked me to get something out of her purse and that’s when I discovered heroin. She of course lied about it and said it wasn’t hers. I told her I don’t condone nor will I be part of this life style. She responded with I love you and I won’t ever do it again. Well 1 week later she was caught again. I got in my car and left. She called and said she loved me and would show me. I had a decision to make leave and move on or actually work for somebody I truly believed in. She went to every NA meeting and out door rehabilitation program. I was there with here at every appointment and meeting and therapy sessions. We had our first son 1 year after her being clean. She be the odds has a career 8 years strong. 2014 clean date and still currently clean 2024 6 boys 1 adopted. If you want to know more let me know. Sorry for the grammar and late response.
This is a beautiful song. I love how it’s both sides. I was a heroin addict for many years, I caused a lot of pain and went through plenty as well. Today I’m over four years clean! Thank you for this song. Praying for all who are struggling.
Real talk, you guys saved me man, I don’t have those kinda friends who would tell me I’m going down the rabbit hole, this song opened my mind and changed my perspective on things and I can’t thank y’all enough! Shit broke me but damn it feels good letting go of that addiction, keep doing y’all do and thank you again!
Two years clean, heavy alchoholic percocet and meth. My first child is due april 26th. Baby girl. I have my own house, cars, a killer support group and am almost off parole. Never thought id make it to seeing my life change for the better. Im on my way to everything ive ever hoped for.
Big ups lil mama❤❤❤ proud for you. I don't know you. But I know your struggle. So we are connected ❤sending you positive energy and wrapping you in love! You got this!!
I'm in love with this song! I was an unintentionally a pill addict. I started taken prescription medication after my 3 yr old daughter was murdered for depression, anxiety, sleep and mood stabilizer and before I knew it I was an addict ( didn't realize it at first) 10 yrs later I had a child I was told I was unable to have and I quit cold turkey. I was up to roughly 15 or so pills a day. Long story short ,I was told I should have died coming off them like I did,but I didn't want my new baby born with them in her system.. it's was a blessing my unborn baby and myself didn't die. I was also a single mother of 5 at the time.I'm 15 yrs clean and I thank God everyday for pulling me through this. Thank you for an amazing song.❤
You are truly an inspiration words can't describe the pain you've been through keep pushing your alive for a reason .......much love from a total stranger
That’s awesome, I’ll add u to my prayer list. Not everyone is near that strong and think they can’t be, but truth is we’re all a lot more powerful than we give ourselves credit for
Sober since 01/17/2023...lost my girlfriend, my job, my home. Left jail yday. Came out homeless but I'm determined to fly amongst the eagles. Not going to fall victim in these streets. I don't know anything but I'm certain that I'm not going to give up. This song is motivating me to keep pressing forward with every ounce of fight in me.
This was me in 2021, except I lost my wife of 15 years.....great job, house....now I got 3 years clean off meth and heroin. Keep moving forward bro, don't look back! You can do it, one day at a time🤜🏻🤛🏻
I love this! I have been in recovery for 15 years. Everyday is a struggle. I was blessed to have a good woman stand by my side watching me struggle, she’s made me a better son, person, father, partner most importantly a better version of me! My prayers and support go out to and your family.
WOW I am so lost for words. Just had to let you know how special you are in our lives. I am a mother with my kids with addictions just 3 weeks ago my youngest son accidentally overdosed praise God he's still here each one battles with their own addictions your music is such an inspiration the day my oldest son ask me to listen to your song I fell in love with your music you have a beautiful soul praise God you are sharing your gift with the world sending love God blessed
”I hope you look in the mirror and see all the things I’ve been seeing in you“ ”If you don’t believe in yourself than you’ll never believe in somebody believing in you“ Joyner isn’t just a rapper he’s a poet… theirs levels to his music
Came out of rehab today and it’s no coincidence this song came out two days ago!! Im def taking it as a message, im proud to be clean and still here. I wouldn’t wish addiction on my worst enemy. God bless anybody who reads this and to anyone struggling with addiction life can get a lot better I promise you!!! Stay strong 💪🏿… Btw I wish Eminem and jelly roll did a song🔥👍😄
i was addicted to perc and then heroin for 7 years. this song is SO DAMN REAL its insane. i lost 30+ people that i know personally. and sadly that number is gonna go up. clean for almost 10 years now!!! you can do it too!
This song brought me to tears...my belated Sons birthday will celebrated in HEAVEN day tomorrow.😢😢😢 My sweet beautiful Ricky Vince, I love you forever and ever 💕
I'm so grateful for the people who helped to pull me out of my addiction. They saved my life. My kids have an imperfect mom, but I'm doing my best and I'm here. Ren, you're amazing and we witnessed how the mutual respect you both have for each other is evolving. It's great❤
INCREDIBLE!!! I’m 5 years sober, lost my freedom for years & lost my whole family due to MY addiction, they had to distance themselves from me. I hope one day, they will see I have truly recovered. I resonate with this so much, it’s truly touching.
I have ten years clean from heroin and I’ve got almost a year from cocaine meth and whatever else I was doing I feel great I’ve been on the sublocade shot for a month now I got 5 more then I’m off all the opioid blockers I wanna be clean from everything but weed that’s it
My boyfriend and I got clean together 2/3/23 at home with a support group of miracle workers. Not easy but so worth it for everyone who said we could NEVER do it together. My dad was an alcoholic and I was so angry at him until I became an addict myself. He’s clean now bc he’s dead lol but I imagine he’d laugh at me saying that and call me an asshole and be super proud I broke free. Less judgment, more love. People just need help. So grateful to my family who loved me when I didn’t love myself. “Are you afraid to die? No. Then why are you so afraid to live?”
I can relate, thats me and my husband together at home, but our support group was literally just Jesus, often through our daughter who is 10. Happy to walk in the land of the living
Thank you for commenting 😭 my husband and I have been addicted for 10 years now and I would much rather die than life another day of our daughter knowing how terrible we are. This comment made me wanna do something about myself.
Been clean from opiates for over 8 years and this song hits so hard for me. I'll never forget how terrified I was to get clean. I've lost so many people I loved to this disease. Please, if you need help and don't know where to turn, there is hope and help available. I'm proud as hell of you for making it through another day. Sending everyone who has ever battled this or loved someone who's fighting addiction, all the love and comfort I have in me. You're not alone💙
@jeromespencer4085 I had that fear, too. Then one day turned into two, two turned into three, etc. Feeling like I had the flu for roughly a week was worth getting clean. I was so scared and it turns out, I could handle it. I made it through. Met some amazing people that had my back and helped me change my life. If you wanna talk about it, I'm always around. May take me a bit to respond, but I'm here!
As a man whose brother has been struggling with addiction for years this song really cuts deep. Not only has it taken the brother I used to know from me but it’s also robbed my niece from knowing what a great man he was. This song has made me realize that I have been close minded in my approach in helping him by being preaching/ victim blaming and telling him to get clean if he wants my help. I pray anyone who’s struggling with addiction or have family members struggling that you all can make it through the fight.
This needs to win all awards of the year, this is to many people's lives, and it brings awarness to addiction which there isn't enough off, we need more then don't do drugs and drugs are bad. ugh
@@BENWORKIN89 Kendrick doesn't even rival joyner in terms of content of music. Half his shit hes just yelling about being better than everyone else. I like Kendrick but joyner is on a different level
Congratulations hopefully you stay clean I know I’m a stranger but what I do know about you is that you were strong enough to say no to the hardest drug to quit from heroin so there for I am proud of you and I am praying for you ❤
Oh my God. Excellent plot, excellent cinematography, brilliant lyrical poetry and music production, this was just… I cried… For everyone who is suffering from loving an addict or who is an addict, please know… you matter. You’re valuable. Your existence is important and every single soul must reach their greatest potential. You all have the spirit to get through this. ❤ Stay strong!!
Jelly Roll was the perfect person to feature on this song. I don't think people really realize that we are about to get the best Album of the Year so early in the year. Joyner deserves ALL of the recognition! 👏🔥💯
@@mjja4783 I hear what you're saying, but the album itself will be a 2024 release. Joyner even said this is a project that he's been working on for a couple years.
Music that talks about both sides of the story is so important, conversations is how we all get better. Joyner with another banger and Jelly sounds amazing on this!
I’ve been praying for my brother for over a decade. I’ve lost hope and faith at times, but today I know our God is stronger, He’s a healer, He has the whole world in his hands. And I keep praying..
This is for my brother. He is going through some mental struggle, I used to think he's weak for that. It breaks my heart now that I know better. I see you bro. I pray you come out stronger!
I'm most impressed with the guy who was rapping talking to joyner in the house who was battling drug addiction. That's not easy. He remembered every lyric.
I lost my son to addiction to those of you who can still reach out to a loved one struggling with addiction PLEASE DONT GIVE UP ON THEM R.I.P MYLES GARY #Forever24😔🙏🙏
Thank ya for this masterpiece Joyner and Jelly. I just buried the father of my kids Denzel in January. Lost him Dec 18 and I just can’t believe he is gone. All the fights,hiding the drugs, looking for him, checking to make sure he is breathing. I’m so devastated that the drugs took over. I watched the amazing man he was getting killed over the drugs. Addiction is killing our loved ones left and right. I hope everyone dealing a loved one in addiction that they pull through. Don’t give up. I been clean 4 years. Denzel I hope you resting, I hope you finally free. 12 years with you wasn’t enough. I miss you so much and the boys.
I lost my brother to his choices on the 31st of Jan and Im fighting with the feeling of knowing I didn't have to preach so much. I could've just chilled with him and enjoyed that moment. Cause he would at least never use in front of me
I love and appreciate every one of yal. Thank you 🙏🏾 hopefully this helps you or your loved ones in some shape or form 💪🏽❤️
One of the Greatest
thank you for the music. it's an escape from a dark place.
Really help joyner u said all the fact
Salute 🫡
boooy u got a gift. All Praises to the Father
I spent 13 years of my life homeless on heroin in streets of Kensington in Philly. I have 7 years clean now and never thought I would see the day I got my life together. I'm extremely grateful to wake up everyday in the apartment I worked hard for with food in the fridge and not have to get high to feel better. I literally came from the gutter to where I am now. This song cuts deep Joyner and jelly roll did a great job on this one.
God bless you congratulations on getting clean and staying clean!
great job, hats off. respect
I'm from NE Philly. Kensington is no joke. Glad you made it out the bad lands.
💪🏾💯 that’s tuff I seen it out there proud of you 👏🏾 stay focused
Congrats on making it out of that hell hole and getting your shit together that's tuff!!!!
This is the anthem of millions of broken homes, millions of kids who needed a parent that was taken by drugs 💔
My dad passed away due to drugs when i was 6 and i needed him badly.
Also the millions of parents suffering with kids who are struggling with addiction.
AMEN. 🙏 ❤️🙏 💯💯💯💯💯
Any addiction, not just drugs.
💗💗💗
I'm sitting in rehab crying right now. I can say this place truly changed my life. Listening to this song is like looking at a mirror that reflects my past self. It made me cry, realizing all the damage I inflicted to the ones I love. In addiction, we're too selfish to realize it hurts the ones we're closest to. I have many ammends to make, but first, I have to make ammends with the man in the mirror. If anyone reads this, I wish you well on your road to recovery. YOU ARE WORTH IT. YOU MATTER. YOU GOT THIS. DONT GIVE UP. THIS IS LIFE OR DEATH. PLEASE LOVE YOURSELF ENOUGH TO ALLOW YOURSELF TO RECOVER. YOUR FAMILY NEEDS YOU. YOU NEED YOU. I LOVE YOU. MUCH BLESSINGS TO YOU ✊🏾🗣
You got this... 💯🙏💪
@paulhurley3612 Thank you brother ✊🏾 as do you.
Please surround yourself with a good support system. This matters more than anything else. At least one friend or family that you can talk to when you get a bit down. That minor gesture can save you, as someone recovering from PTSD, I struggled with relapsing and losing progress, but once I started doing this, it helps bring me back from the edge. Know that you are loved and deserving of that love. I struggled to realized I wasn't allowing myself to be loved.
I sent this to my son who is a heroin addict and he drove to my house and grabbed and hugged me while he cried like never before. This was yesterday, he spent the night and I took him to rehab. I pray it works this time😢
Praying for you and your family 🙏❤️
🙏🏽
🙌🏽🙏🏽🤞🏽
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Sending you Love and Light ❤.
Truly incredible bro.
You supposed to react to it bro why are you under here
@@kenztalks9420 and that doesn't ring a bell that he has already filmed his reaction and he's editing it???? 😂😂😂😂
Crypt the GOAT for real!
True
Next should be Jelly Roll and NF
Fuck did I cry, it’s like it was written for me and my brother ….breaks my heart in silence
Literally my exact words
I felt that one 😢
Head up high always we are worth a lot more than we think
Same. My brother got addicted to meth and he's been off of it for a long time now but mentally, he has never been the same.
Same💞🙏
As a previous fentanyl addict this shit hits different. To any one out there still fighting for their soul through the struggle of addiction, you can win. You can not only beat addiction, you deserve to be happy, to be loved. The hardest part of addiction is the self loathing it creates, causing us in the moment to be unable to imagine ourselves as happy, or successful. You deserve these things and there are within your reach, just look yourself in the mirror and tell yourself you love you. It’s starts with you. You can do it I love you
❤❤❤❤
I wish people understood that aspect of addiction-the deserving of happiness and love...again. I relapsed after 20yrs of being clean of smoking 'black', during Covid when older folks and overweight etc, got to work from home, which left I alone, being young and fit, out the Construction management team, to be on the jobsite atleast 16hrs/day, after having to do the other teams work, and after constant interruptions finally able to focus on my work responsibilities. I was wound up so tight from stress and on top of that, LA traffic, and no time to unwind or spend time with my newborn daughter. To make a long story short, wife kicked me out after finding paraphernalia, and wouldn't let me be around or take me back even after doing the rapid detox within the first few weeks of being kicked out. I couldn't understand why she treated me like a monster. We've never fought or argued once and I still couldn't understand why she just turned her back on me. She didn't want me to contact her unless thru her lawyer or family. I've been homeless for a few years now, even though I own a home but just don't want to get back into the grind yet, and just have the renters pay for it until I'm done beating myself up.
As an addict as well, you are more than the permanent marks on your body. Not just the marks from the drugs, but we make odd decisions in addiction. Maybe you have piercings, or tattoos, or scars. That doesn't define you
Always remember you are more than the sum of the things you have done.
I've got the tattoos and scars as well. You are loved, even if you don't feel it right now, you are loved.
That was very motivational.
Give my channel a listen. I just finished a song 3 days ago. It's called 20 years
8,284 days (22 years, 8 months and 5 days) clean here!
There is hope. 🙏🏻
God Bless you too.
I don't know you but I'm proud of you. 👏🏽
Be safe.
I know I don't know you, but I'm proud of you.
And counting* I'm so fucking proud of you.. do you want to sponsor me by chance? Please reach out if so
Never stop counting ...... It's not the been addicted that's hard it's the been sober an know one understands that
Well done brother! ❤
Im not gonna lie this had me tearing up. Very powerful song and visual. Hip hop has been lacking in this department and Joyner definitely filled the void. This should go #1
Whole facts man 💯
WORRRRD bro this shit really deep like that....I Like how he always show both sides of the story equally
lotta rappers been hitting this mark lately, not usually as in depth as this but you love to see it regardless
Has been in a league of his own since day 1!
Stfu girl. You're fishing for likes. Disliked.
Joyner rapping two different perspectives is a cheat code. Chills
That’s his thing it seems he’s the best at it
He been doing this!!!
@@thepsychonaut6395 Ross cappiconi put me on to him. It's genius, you get both types of people loving the song.
This is a rem8nder for me later on.
Period..
I lost my baby girl to her battle with cancer a few days ago the emptiness inside is so deep and so heavy. I’m not even the type of person to get on a place and talk about my personal life but hey nothing makes sense anymore so why not I guess.p.s I feel for each and everyone of the people on this comment strand that’s going through stuff I love you all and hope that you can find a reason to keep fighting I’m willing to bet that there is at least one person that needs you still ❤god is not done with us yet
I am 30 days clean after 15 years of drugs and my wife of 12 years is still out there getting high. Broken hearts can mend but takes patience. Please pray for her. As soon as I see her I'm taking her to detox by God's grace. Love you all. God bless and give me the strength Lord. 🙏
i'M JUST A STRANGER MY DEAR FRIEND, But know that Gods gotchu. Im sending something of good your way man. have a great one. Much Love.
Will be praying for you both
Praying for you and your wife and everyone struggling. Please choose your life.. a life to live.
I lost my brother to it
Everyone has their struggles. Keep pushing is what's most important
Sending you strength and positive vibes.
I have 274 days clean from fentanyl today. I’m thankful for each one that I get and I’m grateful I was given the opportunity to get my life back before my addiction killed me.
Congrats! What a huge accomplishment, I am so happy you’re here with us and so proud of YOU! 🩷
I’m proud of you stranger!
Now this comment caught my attention because Blues is so hard to kick. I am 7 months clean off Fentanyl and I'm proud to say I don't crave or want the drug no more.
Absolutely proud of anyone and everyone that has won the battle with addiction and to anyone that's still fighting, keep going and keep pushing you can make it through it.
@@laceshaainplay487 absolutely proud of you, keep going
Im an opiate addict. Clean for about 13 years now. Wife, kids, good job, all that. This shit made me tear up. Man yall are on a different level with music. From my soul, Thank you
How'd you get clean if you don't mind saying?
@@cornholio13 receive Jesus and understanding that u are not ur addicting desires
Im glad to hear and this songs hits home
Thats great..I'm currently going through fet withdrawal but i was deteriorating mentally and physically and ruined all my relationships. But I'm done and i pray to god my temptations won't take hold of me
@@bhumibolrushing7830 you have to fight everyday. I fight tooth and nail to never go back to that life
I first heard this song in a peer recovery group in the jail I was just released from from today and it broke me down seeing him with his daughter at the end😢😢😢 tore me to pieces in the visit room when my son couldn't touch me or me hold him and watch him slide on the floor crying cause I couldn't come home that visit. Addiction is the monster danger monster on this planet most importantly to the ones we leave behind when we go 😢 I'm free today the day before Thanksgiving. God is so gracious n merciful LEARN TO LOVE YOURSELVES...... ONE DAY AT A TIME. GOD BLESS
God Bless and stay strong for him and equally important, for you! Prayers!
There is hope.! I posted 5 months ago about my son ! Multiple attempts at rehab. But he left. I prayed and prayed for a miracle. He found the perfect fit Rehab in August. 6 months clean living in a pay house working full time at a great job! God does answer prayer’s. Never ever give up praying for your continued sobriety. 🙏🙏You are worth!!
I'm literally pouring tears right now! Me and my fiance both got hooked on pain killers about 3 yrs ago! It got bad! I finally decided to to talk to God and ask for change and strength and he gave it to me! I'm 1 month clean and I'm eating healthy and fasting! But I'm literally hurting for my fiance! She can't seem to find it in herself to make that change with me and I see it tearing her apart every day! I'm here to tell anyone out there that's going through this that there is a way out! You have to manifest on it and pray for it and truly believe in yourself and just do it!!! God help all in need! Thank you jelly roll and Joyner Lucas! The world needed this one bad!!!!!!!
Love you, we all do. Don't give up big kid 🙂
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Yall got this bro! I'm praying for yall right now!
@@ryanhermecz5772 thankx homie! Got nuthin but love for ya for that one!
Stick with it! I was a full blown junkie for 10 years been clean 5 now. Keep it up!
15 years of addiction 😢
1 Year 3 Months 19 Days Sober ❤
*edit* 1 Year 8 Months & 27 Days
We do recover 🫶🏼✌🏼
🎉🎉🎉🎉 Keep it up keep fighting
idk you but love to see it... keep up the good fight
Congratulations! Keep going!
Thank You Jesus.... congratulations 🎉
You got this brotha proud of you 🤝🏾
*Being human is not a problem!*
*Being human is a FEAT!* 🕊✌
Jesus Christ Is Coming Soon Repent & Draw Near To Him ✝️🙏😊❤
i called this number text and nothing
I felt that thanks
Believe that! Good look man 💯
Truuuu
This song means a lot to me. 4 years clean off heroin/fent but still struggling with my mental and spiritual health. As my physical strength returns still more all the time, the other 2 are in free fall. Wasn't supposed to be this way. But so long as I'm still standing on my own two feet, there's time.
Congratulations! I am also almost 4 years clean and sober. My drug of choice was fentanyl
14 months sober from hard drugs. Lord save my father now. He's still addicted and I need him. 💙🙏🏼
I'm an atheist, so for me, it's a gift you choose to give yourself once, you get clean and/or sober. But I don't care if you have a faith that works for you do you, just wanted to share that. May 1st I'll have 34 years, put the needle down at 22. You keep fighting for your worth and I'm wishing you both wellness too, I'm 🤞 for your dad. 💓
Stay strong my brother. I believe n u.
I'll keep you in my prayers my brother🙏🏿
Positive vibes and thoughts your way 🙏🙏✍
Yes pray to God he's the only one who can break the chains I pray God delivers all from drug abuse in Jesus name
This is what Hip Hop expression is all about making those uncomfortable songs. To empower communities and the people. Excellent job Joyner Lucas, Being a voice for the voiceless
The message that’s hip hop
An Mr rollyjell
Jesus Christ Is Coming Soon Repent & Draw Near To Him ✝️🙏😊
Well said fam 🫶🏾
Exactly
This is a really good song
No shiiiiit talking about puuuuusy
I dont post things but...I got tears streaming right now. My husband battled for 11 yrs. We went through it. He's now sober for 1yr 3months. We are healing now. I realize now that haven't ever really properly grieved all of the pressure and dispare the family went through trying to be understanding and encouraging yet balance trying to still maintain our sanity during those times. Didn't expect this song to hit like it did but the lyrics showing the honest real convo from both sides of the addiction those dealing with it and family really hit hard. I'm happy and celebrate his sobriety still shaking ptsd from some things but so grateful he decided to get help and love himself 1st so he could start to learn how to love us again. Prayers to all out there in it. There is a brighter day ahead.
😮💨 this is why I haven’t given up on my boyfriend. This reason right here. It’s tough but when everyone gives up who do they look to? Where can they run? I am in it for the long haul. I know that we do recover.
Amazing god bless u guys
God bless you! My fiancée left me as soon as she found out. He’s a real lucky man that you stayed by his side. You are one of a kind and I hope you guys go on to live a long happy life.
Stay the course, prayers
It’s worth it thru love
I remember the first time I met Chris like it was yesterday. We were both in the same neighborhood, but we hadn’t really crossed paths until we ended up in the same high school English class. He was one of those guys who immediately made an impression, like he owned the room without trying. Charismatic, funny, always ready with a joke or a wild story. People gravitated toward him. Hell, I gravitated toward him.
We became fast friends. We didn’t have to say much-just shared the same kind of energy. We spent nights riding around the city, talking about everything and nothing, from the music we loved to the bullshit we were going through. Chris always had a way of making things seem like they’d be fine, like we were invincible.
But somewhere along the way, that invincibility started slipping. It wasn’t overnight. It wasn’t one big change that I could point to. At first, it was just small stuff. He’d disappear for a few days, go quiet, act like nothing happened when he showed up again. Then it was the eyes-dark circles under them, like he hadn’t slept in days, but he’d shrug it off, blame it on work or stress. And then there were the little things he’d say, offhand comments that didn’t sit right, like, “I’m just trying to feel good, man” or “You wouldn’t understand.”
I didn’t get it at first. Hell, I didn’t want to. Chris was Chris. He always had the answers. He always had the jokes. He wasn’t supposed to be the kind of guy who’d get caught up in anything, let alone heroin.
But one night, I got the call. A voicemail. His brother’s voice, trembling. “Yo… it’s Chris. He... he’s gone. Overdosed. It was heroin. He… he didn’t wake up.”
The words didn’t make sense. I couldn’t even process it. I mean, I’d heard about overdoses before, but not Chris. Not the guy who always had his shit together, the guy who kept things light, who always made me feel like there was always something worth laughing about.
The days after that voicemail felt like I was living in a fog. I couldn’t sleep. I couldn’t eat. Everything felt like it was moving in slow motion, but it all crashed down hard when I walked into his mom’s house. It hit me there, when I saw his mom-her face drained of color, her eyes blank. She was a wreck, but it was a different kind of wreck, like she couldn’t believe her son was really gone.
His room was untouched, still had his posters on the walls, his guitar leaning against the corner like he was just gonna pick it up and start strumming. It felt wrong. Like he was just on a break, you know? Like any second he’d walk in, that grin on his face, and tell us all we were worrying over nothing.
But he didn’t walk in.
I remember standing there for what felt like hours, staring at his things, all these memories of the good times we’d had, and the harsh truth set in-I couldn’t help him. I couldn’t pull him out of it. I didn’t even see it coming. And now he was gone.
The funeral wasn’t some grand event, just a handful of people who loved him. Family. Friends. The kind of people who knew the real Chris, not just the one he showed the world. And it hit me hard, seeing all of us there, knowing that no one could’ve saved him. We didn’t know enough. We didn’t see the signs soon enough.
It’s a bitter pill to swallow. Knowing that someone you cared about so much could slip away like that, from something as insidious as heroin. The silence in the days that followed was the hardest part-no phone calls, no texts, no late-night drives to nowhere. Just this hollow space that used to be filled with his laughter, with his stories. And I keep asking myself, could I have done more? Could I have been more present, more aware?
But the truth is, I don’t have the answers. I don’t know if I could’ve stopped him. Heroin is a hell of a thing. It doesn’t care who you are or how strong you think you are. It takes what it wants, and once it’s in you, it doesn’t let go easily.
I still think about Chris every day. It’s like a constant ache in my chest. I still hear his laugh in my head sometimes, or see him standing in the middle of the room, making everyone crack up. I carry those memories with me, but it’s a double-edged sword. The love I had for him, the good times we shared, and the grief of losing him in the worst way.
I’ll keep his memory alive, though. I’ll talk about him, share the stories, remind people who he really was, not just the part of him that ended up in a coffin. Maybe by talking about it, someone else won’t have to lose someone the way I lost him. Maybe that’s the only way to honor him now.
And maybe, just maybe, I’ll find a way to let it go. To forgive myself for not seeing it. For not knowing. But I’m not sure I’ll ever stop wondering what I could’ve done differently.
Ain't readin all dat
keep at heart, soldier. chin up, see the bright side. and try to read Ikigai by Francesc Miralles and Hector Garcia for me, will you? (you will find the reason I asked you to, midway through that book, not at the beginning, not at the end, just midway)
@@bumbaclot-x1s You're weak.
@@bumbaclot-x1sdang dude, have a little shred of empathy, please. If you didn’t want to read it, you could’ve just not read it. This person allows themselves to be vulnerable to tell a story about losing his best friend to addiction, relevant to the song, and you just say something designed to inflict pain.
This isn’t being “edgy,” or “blunt,” or “brutally honest,” this is just you causing needless pain to a complete stranger who shared a story personal to them.
And inb4 “I’m not reading that either,” I’m not trying to clown on you. I’m honestly asking you to be better. Cynicism and glib remarks might be something you think looks cool at your age, but the more you grow, the more you’ll realize that there’s enough pain in the world for everyone, and that we shouldn’t be consciously adding to it by being cruel to others.
Please be better than this. You owe it to yourself.
Your loss @@bumbaclot-x1s
bro my name is Airik Lee I've lost everything good that God blessed me with I have 4 beautiful kids and I kept turning to drugs to fulfill a part of me that I thought was going to make me happy but did nothing besides make my life worse I've had a warrant for my arrest for two years now for missing court and not showing up when I was suppose too. After hearing this on replay I'm finally owning up to everything I did wrong. I'm about to turn myself in and pray to God that my kids can see and have a sober father figure that they can look up to thank you Joyner Lucas and Jelly Roll!!
This is STRENGTH! It takes a real man to do this. It's really hard to face our consequences, but doing so will show your loved ones and yourself that you are all worth it. You will find relief and there's a lot of support out there. I'm proud of you. You got this 💪
I hope you follow through with this. I was a terrible person and father in my early 20s. On meth and just wild activities. It took people dying all around me to move and start fresh. It was hard to face the people I had wronged and accept that they may not forgive me right away. But getting my son back in my life and helping him grow into the man I wasn't has been worth it. He's now married with 2 kids and has an amazing career. It's never too late to start to make things right. You just need to decide to start giving the world more than you take.
Pick yourself that up at best my lost friend even hope to learned better
You fucking got this! Jail can provide clarity. Just don’t let the system make you angry bc it will try. You got this man! ❤
God bless you 🙏 I pray that whatever state you are in will have grace on you and you get to be able to enjoy that fatherhood. Peace and prosperity for you and yours 🙏💪
12 years clean. Lost my little brother to an overdose 5 years ago. I've been on both sides of this, this song literally brought me to tears. Thank yall for speaking so much truth.
Congratulations on ur sobriety. I’ve got five yrs almost six. I also lost my big brother to this. This song just hits different. I’m crying bc of the guilt I feel for not being able to save him. I’m sorry for ur loss
Congrats. Tell ur story. You never know who is listening.
Yes please
Aye man, I couldn’t imagine losing a little brother.. cause we were the ones who were supposed to set the example.. so I feel for you brother.. having someone take after your steps.. and not being able to tell the story just breaks something In you that you can’t fix.. but congrats on being 12 years clean and doing better for yourself and your brother , I’m sure he’s looking down on you right now with tears in his eyes knowing that one of you guys were able to hit that u turn and turn shit around . I hope nothing but the best for you brother.. I love you❤️🙏 feel free to reach out to me at any time .
I am also a former attic myself and I lost my husband of 16 years to have fentanyl overdose which scared me straight. I am now clean and sober 2 years and 7 months
My mom has been homeless and struggling with addiction since I was 16. I’m 24 now and still feel like that confused 16 year old girl. She has been coming in and out of my life since and I just pray daily that God gives her another day to see. Just lost my pops so I’m even more confused now but I can’t let what my parents do/did be a reflection of my decisions. I gotta do what’s best for me 🖤
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You go girl. Remember you have a father. You ðont have to go to church to visit him either. He is there to listen when ever or whereever you are.
My parents are addicts and have been homeless since I was 10 I’m now 28 and they are still addicts but they making progress
I’m 38 and still confused. It doesn’t ever get easier but you learn new ways to cope with it over the years. Just make sure the ways are healthy. 🤍
This shit just broke me down
your music makes me cry
So damn powerful! Great message! Me and my wife celebrated 3 years clean March 3rd, we both come from family and parents of addiction. This song brought my wife to tears, it’s a great song with a powerful message.
If no one has told you, I'm proud of you.
Proud of yall. 💪🏼👏🏼🙌🏼
Congratulations that's amazing. Idk you but I'm sending love your way. Yall are doing an amazing job❤.
-Silent Cheerleader
Happy Birthday to both of you! Keep coming back!
May GOD BLESS you and your family sir 💖💯
As a grown man, this song put me tears, if you relate you relate. Joyner you’re one of the best on this planet, out here making real music.
Currently crying.
I feel you, babe. Every bit of it
God yes everytime
Same here mate this song hit hard!
I’ve been sober for almost 3 years. Your music helped me more than you know. I saw Jelly Roll in concert last year and I kid you not I’ve seen over 200 concerts and yours was the first one I have ever cried at.
In 2021 I was listening to your music while I was out on a delivery and I came across this young woman who I thought at first was standing on a bridge that goes over a major highway just watching traffic but I soon realized she was on the other side of the guard rail looking for a moment to jump. I’ve never ripped my e-break so quickly in my whole life. I literally left my car in the middle of the road and I ran and put my arms around her and said “it’s not worth it”. I was able to convince her to come back over the railing to safety. If I hadn’t become sober I don’t think I would have even saw her so thank you for helping me become sober and helping me save someone’s life.
That girl saved you she was there for you . I wish I had a clear mind again I hate living this way always on I don't want to be that girl on the other side 😞
You saved each other. GOD bless you both 🙏
🙌 hallelujah
This is Joyner Lucas’s page not jelly rolls 😅
You go girl sometimes someone to talk to is that we need and we never know if it’s worth it until we have tried it some people suffer their entire lives not knowing what it’s like to be on the other side . Anything but the side they are on will do and if you and the sufferer recognize the suffering it would have been ok to give ‘em a push then it’s not Suicide but good for you
And yes girl I cried the first time I seen Jelly Roll in flagstaff he played all the old songs great artist and performer !!
As someone who is in Long Term Recovery from Substance Use Disorder and suffers from Mental Health Issues, I find this song so powerful. I am state certified Peer Recovery Support Specialist who uses my lived experiences to help others find hope that recovery is possible. I can see both sides of the "fence". The fact this video shows 2 people actually "Communicating" really embodies how we can understand "Addiction". Effective Communication is a key point in recovery. When both sides can share what they are thinking and how they feel. You 2 gentlemen are truly amazing for sharing this side of your lives. Thank you for being the "Voice of the Voiceless"..
I pray for my dad every day. He struggles with a meth addiction and it’s so hard seeing him caught in this trap of addiction. I hope he gets better before it’s to late
Do you know my oldest is 18 years old? seen your comment just put it into perspective on how my kids must’ve felt all the years I let the devil win. I’m now over a year clean and live with my kids again. Keep praying for your dad bro. I’m gonna pray for him too.
There’s an app called boulder care it’s a doctor office that works with addiction all over video calls with u super easy n comfy too
@@anthonyross2428amen brother same here
Pray that God takes his lust for Meth away. Sometimes it's the words we say that matter most in prayers. My thoughts and prayers are with you and your family.
Same.
I just celebrating 12 years clean after living 12 years in Kensington Philadelphia PA on heroin. 2 open heart valve transplants, stage 3 COPD, pacemaker and a shock vest, chronic congestive heart failure but I'm still here. I felt so alone and unwanted during my whole addiction.. I didn't lie, cheat or steal for drugs, I worked hard to get high. I came from a huge family, 12 aunts and uncles, 3 kids, 11 grandkids..but I am still ashamed of the time I lost with them and blame myself for all my health issues. Nobody ever said that to me but I just feel it everyday. So this song brought me to tears when I first heard it. Thank you for putting this song out. You have true emotions in-between the lyrics and that's what I feel listening to it. Jelly roll fits in the music well too. He is one of the greatest in my book and I'm now a fan of you also.stay safe, thank you for this song God Bless us ALL.
🙏💪& ✌️
Proud of u 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽❤💪🏽
It's a blessing you're alive!
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Keep strong 💪
WOW 12 years is such a beautiful thing to celebrate and to be able to say! What an accomplishment! I am so proud of you, keep pushing! Life is beautiful on the other end! 🩷
"If you don't believe in yourself, then you'll never believe in somebody believing in you" 💯🔥
Realllll I felt this in my soul
That bar hits like a freight train
Am going through shit thanks joyner
Every body is fake no one believes in you
@@oscarluganda6231hope everything gets better for you brother
Wow, this hurts and is inspiring on so many levels . Thank you both.❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉
49 days sober. Just out of recovery. If I didn't love Joyner Lucas already.. this did it for me. I went through recovery with so many kids who probably love him.. they need this song.
Right. Recovery is life long. ❤ welcome. Stay around. Please. I have like 48 days today back off a relapse n alot of us don't even make it back so yes welcome please just keep doing the next right thing
I’m 9 years in it gets easier keep it up! Proud of you! 🎉
Congrats. I hope you are still holding strong. I’m 12 years going on 13.. it’s tough at times but a whole lot better. I wish you well.
one day at a time
Congratulations 🎉 if no one told you they’re proud of you today, I just want to tell you I’m proud of you !
From someone who battled with addiction, this hits me so hard. This song gave me chills all down my spine. Thank you Joyner and Jelly, this song was like hearing a angel sing.
2 of the artists I been rolling with long before they ever blew up and only had like 100 thousand subscribers. Now they both huge and collaborating 🔥☠️
Same. Been a fan for YEARS.❤
Joyner......damn dude......100 on the realist ... .. speechless..... thankyou..... Jelly...you already know.....
Man this is feeling like old Joyner. No flexing, no cars and women. It’s Joyner at his best, writing about something real from different perspectives.
this.
Loved the old Joyner before the fame he would even message you back on Facebook he was very active very real rapper. Amazing rapper. 😊
I don't know how he puts himself in these positions.
Because this song is painful for me to hear and nothing like this has ever touched my life.
@@horemmars Experience, Especially with Jelly roll involved, Jelly roll was speaking to the senate about drug deaths just a couple months ago.
F🤬infinite G’s in 20’s let’s do better
This song hits. As a former Crack Addict i was addicted for almost 10 years. To everyone with an addiction find God and go to church. My first day back to church God came to me and said its ok and believe in him. Now ive been 3 months clean and so thankful.#AllGlory2God.
My mom does crack “occasionally” shit hits me hard bc I never thought I’d have to go through something like this, just like everyone else
Congratulations ❤
You can do whatever you want just believe in yourself wake up every day being thankful you don’t have that addiction anymore and your life is in a better place
Proud of you 🙌
You don't need God just find yourself.. 😊
This shit brought me to tears thinking about the last time I said goodbye to my best friend who couldn't stay off of heroin. I had to distance myself, because if I didn't, I would likely go back to doing it myself. I stopped talking to him for two years and I found out he ultimately lost his battle at 25 years old. His face is still the background of my phone to this day.
Hope Joyner's message reaches more people.
It's sad. They don't want to act that way. Nobody wants to act like a scumbag. If they don't want the help, they'll never get it. If you're strong enough to survive, you come out on the other side a f*cking BEAST. Spread LOVE no matter what! Thats what addicts need. Don't give up until you have to. For 2 years straight, I tried to save my best friend of 35 years from dying from alcoholism. I found him, dead. Sickening. At least I never gave up. And, for that, I can hold my head up high. Peace n' LOVE. Dow
Wow, my eyes welled up with tears, my heart felt like you had opened a locked chest holding the contents of what's left of the last threaded tie between my daughter and myself. I hope others take the time to absorb the words
I too lost a close friend of mine to drugs at 19, he's been the background of my phone for the past 12 years.
yo rip to your friend and all of the friends that we all lost to this shit.
This shit hits home for too many of us. Sorry about your friend but I'm also glad you made that choice and are still with us. 🙏🏼
I have been so selfish to my children and this song hit home and I'm fighting this fight and never gonna let God,my children and myself down again. I love you so much
Stay strong fight the fight you can win good luck 👍
Holy shit I’ve never felt a song so much in my soul before I’m a retired drug addict who was addicted to herion and meth for half my life and homeless for 4 years lost everything I had I even lost my right leg but with the help I got from my now wife I pulled myself out of that life and am now 5 years clean own a home now and have two beautiful daughters. If anyone else is struggling and happens to be reading this just stick with it things don’t change overnight but things will change for the better if you stay the course I’ll always be here to listen to anyone else that’s having a hard time getting through a bad time in life!
I will do 1 Pushup for every like i get on this comment 💪🏻
Start up gang
video proof or it didnt happen
No you wont bro… stop fishin
let's go!!
Put that work in Son
This is why Joyner is above EVERY other modern day rapper: the intricate storytelling that cuts deep and doesn't spout off repetitive bullshit.
FACTS
The majortiy of his songs are repetitive bullshit tho lmao
Facts this why he is my favorite rapper
Shut up. Stop stating your opinion like it’s a fact.
🍖 meat riding joyner so much u prolly don't even know jelly roll
Addiction is a disease but not an excuse, this song hits hard when your in recovery from drug abuse. I will always be in recovery the rest of my life due to hard drug use, I have been clean almost 10 years now and I still get cravings. I have chosen a hard life but I never use it as an excuse.
Love it from someone who had addiction struggles for 19 years. I am sober 3 years now.
🙌🙌👏👏keep on 💕❤️ life is so much better without that
Me too honey
You hit a wall at 3 years.. keep working!
Keep pushing congratulations
I’m 9 years in it gets easier keep it up I’m proud of you! 🎉
It’s been a little over a year since I lost my father to a fentanyl overdose. I think about it every day. This song is so strong and resonates so hard with me. Growing up with an addict for a parent, and then becoming an addict myself, I have been on both sides of this fence. Now that I am sober and a father I want nothing more than to stay sober for my kids. Joyner and Jelly, I love you guys. Thanks for all you do for us and thanks for taking the time to write something that can touch us so much. I’ve been stuck listening to this song on repeat since it found me yesterday. I hope one day I can shake your hand, look you in your eyes, and tell you how much I appreciate what you do for us. It’s music like this that makes me want to get back to making music.
I lost mine the same way a few months ago. I'm also sober and a father too. We are in this together! Take care bro!!
beautiful message- god bless you and your family
These two artists have saved my Life with there music many of times. Drug addiction is no joke. Thank you Joyner and jelly ♥️
#keepgoing ! Prayers from Pa
stay strong stranger !! you are tough !!
If you just say no to the drug. You wouldn't have been a junkie. Your mind is weak af if an artist saved your life. Be stronger. And stop being a junkie 🐑
@@imthewholetrilogy1501 you clearly know nothing about addiction.
@@imthewholetrilogy1501addiction is hard. I struggle. We all do. And we all do things we don’t want todo. Because we are tested by other people who constantly pull you down and when your pulled down when your soba and judged constantly then relapse is always there because your being judged for it so some people give in and think why not. Then we regret it.
It’s hard bro. Everyone should support each other we should all help each other and we can overcome. I just wish I had the support strength and encouragement but we just seem to get hated for nothing.
How would you feel being hated for nothing ? Name called all the time. Judged for your past ? Everyday has enough problems bro and all we need todo it be there for each other and be kind. Drink and drugs ruin us it’s not good but every weekend the pubs are full. House parties the lot. Why ? May seem fun at the time but it’s not. All the body needs is food and water. Not saying oh stay of juice or pop. But to feel good and healthy it’s all it needs. But also mentally people should leave others alone either help and love one another or just stay away it’s simple. People ruin people bro. 👊🏼 and it’s sad. Hope all on here is well and okay. Stay strong.
You’re a long haired son of a gun because I can’t sing this song or any of your songs without unleashing decades of tears brother.😭😭😭🥹☺️I pray you and your family have a great Christmas and even better new year.❤
Joyner touching souls he don't even know about. How bro talks in both perspectives is so amazing. One of the best to ever do it👌🏽
have you listen to much joyner? honest question lol cuz if not i have some great suggestions youd love from Joyner, if you like this one
@@tristandenver3920 been listening to Joyner from when he used to do song covers. I appreciate though 👌🏽
Fix dock Souci so so
To all the people struggling trying to get sober. I pray for no more relapses 🙏
Amen
Addy speed and opiate free for 1year feels easy now more easy than active addiction
Thank you 🙏🏽
@@bebemilo999that's awesome, keep going. Life gets better...!
Praying don't help unfortunately 💔🖤💊💀😞
My man dragged me kicking and screaming to get clean after he got clean. I have 7 years clean and we have a beautiful daughter together ❤
Thats beautifully wholesome. Keep him close and don’t ever let him go, men like us are a dying breed.
That's amazing!!! Congratulations my husband and I are currently in a recovery program we have four beautiful boys to stay sober for. This recovery program saved our lives the most importantly our boys saved our lives. We've been clean and sober for over 2 years now...
Jelly roll. I really need you brother. Hope you get this shut up. Love to you and your family.🙏🤙
Listening to this song for the 1st time on the birthday of my brother who lost his battle with addiction. He got 30 short years. 💔 He should've been 32 today. I'm praying for everyone struggling and proud of everyone who's fighting every day to stay sober.
I also lost my brother. He battled addiction for years. I only wish that those who struggle with addiction know that those who love them see more of the good in them than the bad. My heart goes out to you and your family.
Continue working hard, as it will be worth it in the end. You will feel joy and progress towards a beautiful outcome, as you have worked hard towards it.😢 sorry bout bout ur brother... I can't imagine if it was my son's or my brother
Sorry for your loss, I lost so many people that there is nobody left that I grew up with (pill mills where we grew up) 80% of everybody I grew up with got addicted to opiates and most OD’ed when fent came around, should be dead myself.
I’m still fighting those demons away for the past 4 years
I lost my brother too. I still don't know if I did anything right for him. But I miss my little brother. Today is a hard day.
5 years clean off heroin , making 6 figures and have a wife and 4 kids. If you’re reading this you too can turn your life around. I ODed driving my last shot. God kept me here ❤
0pp99😊😊😊😊😊😊I 😅😅😅😊😅😅
Glad you made it out alive, aren’t many of us that did🙏🏻 lost many friends to the disease, and continue to struggle everyday because all it takes is one time to slip up and lose it all again. It’s a daily choice to stay clean, to stay away knowing that “ahhh just this 1 time won’t be bad” could be the road to destruction all over again. Keep living your life free from the chains of addiction🤘🏻
We're glad you're still here 🙏
That's really good, I'm not doing well I lost my mom 7 mos ago cancer, my brother has cancer as well, people judge me call me a junkie I'm dead inside, I'm just lost... A lost soul.. sometimes I take I push it, sometimes the pain of living is too much ... I'm trying to push and make it, people target me but they don't see the shit they do
Also about 5 year clean from herion. Mother to the sweetest 4 yr old boy. Congrats to you!
I never comment on videos. My dad died in December from heroin. A long long awaited finale to a decades long battle. This song and video hit deep.
Man same thisnshit had me crying immediately
May he RIP. You're not alone in this
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I lost my son randy december 24th 2022 too .i am sorry for your loss.
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Joyner. You’ve yet again made a grown man cry on something he wasn’t fully aware of how crippling it is in his life. There ain’t no one else like you man
You got this.
Real talk!
@@natashahailey9102I appreciate you
I’m feel every word in this song I’ve been in and out of 6 rehabs, I’m about to turn 30 with nothing to show for opiates have held me hostage everyday since 17 .
People want to glorify the songs about the drugs and partying, but when real shit like this comes out people don’t really listen. Joyner and Jelly Roll, y’all did a big 1 with this song ❤️ Thank you both.
🫡💯
Killed it.
Facts!!!!!
My wife and I were both lost in addiction for so long and now we're directors of a non profit organization helping people out of addiction and developing a relationship with God ❤ this song has so much truth in it and it's a instant classic ❤
First off congrats. Where are you based out of?
God is so good
Man that is so awesome I am still struggling myself I have kinda lost everyone close to me lost all my life works I have died 5 times since July of 23/- February 24-2024 twice of 1💔 attack then you got pneumonia went septic got put into an induced coma for 7 days and died three times of respiratory failure but I have gave my life back to the Lord and it's slowly getting better 😢
Still gets 3:11 me every time in 2024… truly a masterpiece of a song, it’s been an honor to be a fan of Jelly Roll since 2007, I don’t think I admire any celebrity the way I do him he’s the definition of never stop giving it everything you have till you accomplish more than you’ve dreamed!
This song made me cry. It caught both sides of addiction (the addicted and the loved one(s) praying for their sobriety/recovery that may never come). It’s a battle on both sides, and they both hurt like hell. Thankfully, my now husband has been sober from opiates for 23 months. He’s got a great job. We’re happily married. He’s not running from the police or his demons. Prison saved his life, but he put every bit of work in once released. I’m incredibly proud of him, and I hope one day he shares his story to inspire others. He inspires me and I have never touched drugs. If anyone is reading this and struggling with active addiction, you’ve got it in you. It takes one serious decision and a lifelong dedication. You’re stronger than you think. You are loved and you are worthy. But, as the song says, you have to see that worth in yourself. I’m rooting for you. Those of you that are in recovery, I’m so proud of you and all you’ve accomplished. I can’t speak on it personally, but I watched my husband go through hell multiple times to get sober. It is not easy AT ALL. I’m proud of you for seeing your worth, strength, and the life you deserve to have. Moment of silence for the loved ones we’ve lost to the battle. Never forgotten and always loved. 💜💔
Congratulations to ur hubby. Prison was the best thing that ever happened to me too. I was able to sit down and really face my demons and I also put in the work. I’m looking into a recovery coach class online, it’s only like $50 and u can charge a $100 a hour and ppl are always hiring recovery coaches, if he’s like me, I think it’ll help him more than the ppl he’s counseling. Proud of y’all’s story and progress. God bless❤
im struggling right now. thank you for your words.
@@SmackaManejust gotta really want it..🤍
@@SmackaMane you’re going to make it. Just take one hour at a time. Advance to days when you’re ready. Eventually, you’ll have years. I’m rooting for you. 💜
@@Yourstrulymf I’m SO proud of you!! If you were like my husband, it was either prison or a casket. It sounds crazy to say, but I thank God for prison. I’d rather wait around for a year than be without him forever. I did not know there was an option to become a recovery coach! He may actually really enjoy something like that. He works all the time now, but I’m sure he could find time to help. Even in active addiction, he helped people. I think it’s amazing that you’re looking into it as well. Addiction has became a worldwide issue and there aren’t enough people or resources to help. It takes a village and I think the people that won the battle should really consider aiding those in battle. Because no one knows what it’s like besides the people that went through it personally. I can sit here and encourage/support everyone as much as possible, but I know that I don’t know how hard it truly is. All I know is what I saw and the other side of the battle I also had to fight.
I met my wife 10 years ago. She struggle with addiction. I found out in the beginning in our relationship and decided I would stick by this woman. I was at every NA meeting with her and try my hardest to help in every way. 10 years laters/her being 10 years sober to date. We have 5 boys and a home. I’m so proud of here. This song hits home 😢❤
I wish my husband stood by me. Instead he used my addiction as a reason/excuse to mistreat me and abuse me mentally 😕😢
My womans addiction turned into my own addiction and landed me in jail for 8 months. Just got out last week. She has done a lot of work on herself and Im clean too. Shes going to work soon. Im back in school. Sometimes it takes rock bottom in a relationship…
Be proud of her and yourself. I know life from her side, you being there not judging just loving her for her, faults and all, you are what real heroes are made of. Stay positive and being the awesome person you are. Idk you but I truly appreciate who you are!!!
your dates are confusing and dont add up your saying the day you found out is the day she got sober and has been sober since so no relapse unless you didnt word that correctly if that is true thats amazing and congratulations more or less somebody she just met was influential enough for her to drop her addiction and stay sober you should be proud of yourself as well support is key to recovery some cant do it even with support to know that happened is inspirational something every addict needs wow like wow
@@TtBrave-g9m yeah I see my grammar was off. Basically I met her back in 2014. Were we madly into each other from day one. 2 weeks later I noticed something was off and she was hiding something. One day she asked me to get something out of her purse and that’s when I discovered heroin. She of course lied about it and said it wasn’t hers. I told her I don’t condone nor will I be part of this life style. She responded with I love you and I won’t ever do it again. Well 1 week later she was caught again. I got in my car and left. She called and said she loved me and would show me. I had a decision to make leave and move on or actually work for somebody I truly believed in. She went to every NA meeting and out door rehabilitation program. I was there with here at every appointment and meeting and therapy sessions. We had our first son 1 year after her being clean. She be the odds has a career 8 years strong. 2014 clean date and still currently clean 2024 6 boys 1 adopted. If you want to know more let me know. Sorry for the grammar and late response.
This is a beautiful song. I love how it’s both sides. I was a heroin addict for many years, I caused a lot of pain and went through plenty as well. Today I’m over four years clean! Thank you for this song. Praying for all who are struggling.
Real talk, you guys saved me man, I don’t have those kinda friends who would tell me I’m going down the rabbit hole, this song opened my mind and changed my perspective on things and I can’t thank y’all enough! Shit broke me but damn it feels good letting go of that addiction, keep doing y’all do and thank you again!
Two years clean, heavy alchoholic percocet and meth.
My first child is due april 26th. Baby girl. I have my own house, cars, a killer support group and am almost off parole. Never thought id make it to seeing my life change for the better. Im on my way to everything ive ever hoped for.
That's frikkin awesome! I may be a stranger but I'm proud of you! Stay strong...& congrats on your baby girl, I hope it all goes well
Keep thriving!! Don’t let the past ever get to you 💯💯
Congratulations on all of that! It’s awesome to hear a success story. 🎊🎈🎉
Big ups lil mama❤❤❤ proud for you. I don't know you. But I know your struggle. So we are connected ❤sending you positive energy and wrapping you in love! You got this!!
I'm in love with this song! I was an unintentionally a pill addict. I started taken prescription medication after my 3 yr old daughter was murdered for depression, anxiety, sleep and mood stabilizer and before I knew it I was an addict ( didn't realize it at first) 10 yrs later I had a child I was told I was unable to have and I quit cold turkey. I was up to roughly 15 or so pills a day. Long story short ,I was told I should have died coming off them like I did,but I didn't want my new baby born with them in her system.. it's was a blessing my unborn baby and myself didn't die. I was also a single mother of 5 at the time.I'm 15 yrs clean and I thank God everyday for pulling me through this.
Thank you for an amazing song.❤
You are truly an inspiration words can't describe the pain you've been through keep pushing your alive for a reason .......much love from a total stranger
@@thechamp1986 couldn’t have said it better ❤️👌
One day at a time!
🙌🏼👏🏼🙏🏼💜✨💫
That’s awesome, I’ll add u to my prayer list. Not everyone is near that strong and think they can’t be, but truth is we’re all a lot more powerful than we give ourselves credit for
Sober since 01/17/2023...lost my girlfriend, my job, my home. Left jail yday. Came out homeless but I'm determined to fly amongst the eagles. Not going to fall victim in these streets. I don't know anything but I'm certain that I'm not going to give up. This song is motivating me to keep pressing forward with every ounce of fight in me.
All the best🎉
This was me in 2021, except I lost my wife of 15 years.....great job, house....now I got 3 years clean off meth and heroin. Keep moving forward bro, don't look back! You can do it, one day at a time🤜🏻🤛🏻
I love this! I have been in recovery for 15 years. Everyday is a struggle. I was blessed to have a good woman stand by my side watching me struggle, she’s made me a better son, person, father, partner most importantly a better version of me! My prayers and support go out to and your family.
WOW I am so lost for words. Just had to let you know how special you are in our lives. I am a mother with my kids with addictions just 3 weeks ago my youngest son accidentally overdosed praise God he's still here each one battles with their own addictions your music is such an inspiration the day my oldest son ask me to listen to your song I fell in love with your music you have a beautiful soul praise God you are sharing your gift with the world sending love God blessed
god bless never lose hope
”I hope you look in the mirror and see all the things I’ve been seeing in you“
”If you don’t believe in yourself than you’ll never believe in somebody believing in you“
Joyner isn’t just a rapper he’s a poet… theirs levels to his music
A fkn Poet 🔥🔥🔥 no bs
That's one of my favorite lines if not my fav one. I can relate to it
Simp
KRino - Holla at me
Came out of rehab today and it’s no coincidence this song came out two days ago!! Im def taking it as a message, im proud to be clean and still here. I wouldn’t wish addiction on my worst enemy. God bless anybody who reads this and to anyone struggling with addiction life can get a lot better I promise you!!! Stay strong 💪🏿…
Btw I wish Eminem and jelly roll did a song🔥👍😄
Not jellyroll but Eminem and yellawf have music ❤
they do, it's called church.
Congrats man it’s gonna be a battle but you got this man 🙏
i was addicted to perc and then heroin for 7 years. this song is SO DAMN REAL its insane. i lost 30+ people that i know personally. and sadly that number is gonna go up. clean for almost 10 years now!!! you can do it too!
I'm still on drugs with a significant other and we are living this song.i pray I get the love for myself and get better.i want a better life for us.😢
Sending love
Keep fighting !!!!! Sending love your way
You have more people praying for your sobriety Please don't give up the fight
you both got this sending love
You are a Child of the Most High our Father in Heaven ❤ YOU CAN DO IT. Never forget Who's you are . I have battled and won
This song brought me to tears...my belated Sons birthday will celebrated in HEAVEN day tomorrow.😢😢😢 My sweet beautiful Ricky Vince, I love you forever and ever 💕
I pray for my sister’s sobriety everyday but they put into words that I never could. God please protect & guide her.
I understand 🙏 my sister is struggling with addiction also, I worry about her everyday 😢
I'll be praying for her as well.
🙏🏾🙏🏾
I'm so grateful for the people who helped to pull me out of my addiction. They saved my life. My kids have an imperfect mom, but I'm doing my best and I'm here. Ren, you're amazing and we witnessed how the mutual respect you both have for each other is evolving. It's great❤
INCREDIBLE!!! I’m 5 years sober, lost my freedom for years & lost my whole family due to MY addiction, they had to distance themselves from me. I hope one day, they will see I have truly recovered. I resonate with this so much, it’s truly touching.
Best wishes to you! 🙏🏿
Team 5 years!! 1/28/2019! We do this together!
two months clean, just for today. "If you don't believe in yourself, then you'll never believe in somebody believing in you"
I believe in you....cuz I was you. Stay positive, stay present, stay FREE. You got this
❤❤❤❤
I have ten years clean from heroin and I’ve got almost a year from cocaine meth and whatever else I was doing I feel great I’ve been on the sublocade shot for a month now I got 5 more then I’m off all the opioid blockers I wanna be clean from everything but weed that’s it
You got it, bro. Just remember to always give yourself one more day when times get tough.
I pray ur still clean ❤
My boyfriend and I got clean together 2/3/23 at home with a support group of miracle workers. Not easy but so worth it for everyone who said we could NEVER do it together. My dad was an alcoholic and I was so angry at him until I became an addict myself. He’s clean now bc he’s dead lol but I imagine he’d laugh at me saying that and call me an asshole and be super proud I broke free. Less judgment, more love. People just need help. So grateful to my family who loved me when I didn’t love myself. “Are you afraid to die? No. Then why are you so afraid to live?”
I can relate, thats me and my husband together at home, but our support group was literally just Jesus, often through our daughter who is 10. Happy to walk in the land of the living
@@jessicabrown2113 Jesus Helps us all if we let him.... He saved me 5 weeks ago
Thank you for commenting 😭 my husband and I have been addicted for 10 years now and I would much rather die than life another day of our daughter knowing how terrible we are. This comment made me wanna do something about myself.
@@kellsatmospherebe the change you want to see no one will make the changes for you 🙏
As a daughter of two addicts, this hit home. Thank you Jelly Rolly and Joyner Lucas for speaking what I feel ❤
Been clean from opiates for over 8 years and this song hits so hard for me. I'll never forget how terrified I was to get clean. I've lost so many people I loved to this disease. Please, if you need help and don't know where to turn, there is hope and help available. I'm proud as hell of you for making it through another day. Sending everyone who has ever battled this or loved someone who's fighting addiction, all the love and comfort I have in me. You're not alone💙
im so scared of getting sick
@jeromespencer4085 I had that fear, too. Then one day turned into two, two turned into three, etc. Feeling like I had the flu for roughly a week was worth getting clean. I was so scared and it turns out, I could handle it. I made it through. Met some amazing people that had my back and helped me change my life. If you wanna talk about it, I'm always around. May take me a bit to respond, but I'm here!
I pray one day my sister will be writing comments like this 💔😭 congratulations
You have to go through the sickness to get too the good bit at the end my friend ive done it and it's worth it good luck ❤@jeromespencer4085
@@thehoodmediumshe will
This one straight up made a grown man cry 😭 Real and Raw. By the grace of God I have 11 years sober but this right here is so damn relatable. 💯💯💯
11 years is 🤩 amazing! I am SO proud of you! Keep going, you are loved. Life is beautiful! 🩷
As a man whose brother has been struggling with addiction for years this song really cuts deep. Not only has it taken the brother I used to know from me but it’s also robbed my niece from knowing what a great man he was. This song has made me realize that I have been close minded in my approach in helping him by being preaching/ victim blaming and telling him to get clean if he wants my help. I pray anyone who’s struggling with addiction or have family members struggling that you all can make it through the fight.
This needs to win all awards of the year, this is to many people's lives, and it brings awarness to addiction which there isn't enough off, we need more then don't do drugs and drugs are bad. ugh
Have you heard Dear Alcohol by dax? If not you should look that one up
It won't win any awards. The industry doesn't like it when you're trying to spread a positive message
Bro is the goat at telling stories from 2 different perspectives
He's just the goat in general on music that actually means something
I can tell there's more to come, will be waiting for the day he responds when brother's perspective starts
Kendrick did this first. Joyner nice though.
@@BENWORKIN89 Kendrick doesn't even rival joyner in terms of content of music. Half his shit hes just yelling about being better than everyone else. I like Kendrick but joyner is on a different level
One of the best examples of this is his song “I’m Sorry.”
I spent 11 years homeless in sacramento ca on heroin I got 36 days clean today!
Congratulations hopefully you stay clean I know I’m a stranger but what I do know about you is that you were strong enough to say no to the hardest drug to quit from heroin so there for I am proud of you and I am praying for you ❤
Congratulations!!!!!🎉🎉🎉
Hi haw are you
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@@MellissaNash hello ❤️
Oh my God.
Excellent plot, excellent cinematography, brilliant lyrical poetry and music production, this was just…
I cried…
For everyone who is suffering from loving an addict or who is an addict, please know… you matter. You’re valuable. Your existence is important and every single soul must reach their greatest potential. You all have the spirit to get through this. ❤
Stay strong!!
Jelly Roll was the perfect person to feature on this song.
I don't think people really realize that we are about to get the best Album of the Year so early in the year.
Joyner deserves ALL of the recognition! 👏🔥💯
(Hey no hate cuz the nature of this song deserve only peace and love) but AOTY gonna be hard when about half the album already out…. In 2023
@@mjja4783 I hear what you're saying, but the album itself will be a 2024 release. Joyner even said this is a project that he's been working on for a couple years.
I ain't liking the auto tune tho. Bro got pipes would rather him sing it
@nikkichappi6744
Fr..they used way too much auto tune for him.
Nah The Fall Off by Cole is gonna be the best album of the last 25yrs
Music that talks about both sides of the story is so important, conversations is how we all get better. Joyner with another banger and Jelly sounds amazing on this!
I’ve been praying for my brother for over a decade. I’ve lost hope and faith at times, but today I know our God is stronger, He’s a healer, He has the whole world in his hands. And I keep praying..
God bless you and your brother. He will pull through and conquer his addiction in the mighty name of Jesus Christ 💖
Same here sister. Been asking God to help my unbelief 🥺
This masterpiece breaks my heart 💯 My heart go’s out to everyone of you who’s going through it🙏🏼
This one just hits differently. RIP lil bro, I love you, I hear you now. Rest easy.
This is for my brother. He is going through some mental struggle, I used to think he's weak for that. It breaks my heart now that I know better.
I see you bro. I pray you come out stronger!
Frfr our brothers are warriors and will make out, love you bro
I believe!
Tell him that. Don’t just say that shit on the internet. Be about it
@@TwizzTasty @TwizzTasty Who told you I haven't talked to him about it? You know nothin' about our relationship so F outta here.
@@danielwanijohn god did
I'm most impressed with the guy who was rapping talking to joyner in the house who was battling drug addiction. That's not easy. He remembered every lyric.
I lost my son to addiction to those of you who can still reach out to a loved one struggling with addiction PLEASE DONT GIVE UP ON THEM R.I.P MYLES GARY #Forever24😔🙏🙏
rip to your baby💚💚💚 god bless you my friend
Thank you 🙏
Thank you 🙏
Im so sorry honestly I feel ur pain 🫂📿🙏 it not goodbyes its ill see ya later remember 💯
I lost my son randy to. Im so sorry for your loss
Thank ya for this masterpiece Joyner and Jelly. I just buried the father of my kids Denzel in January. Lost him Dec 18 and I just can’t believe he is gone. All the fights,hiding the drugs, looking for him, checking to make sure he is breathing. I’m so devastated that the drugs took over. I watched the amazing man he was getting killed over the drugs. Addiction is killing our loved ones left and right. I hope everyone dealing a loved one in addiction that they pull through. Don’t give up. I been clean 4 years. Denzel I hope you resting, I hope you finally free. 12 years with you wasn’t enough. I miss you so much and the boys.
So sorry!!
I'm sorry for your loss, shit hurts but I'm happy you're clean. That means something.
RIP DENZEL 💯💪
RIP DENZEL 💯💪
Thank ya ❤
I lost my brother to his choices on the 31st of Jan and Im fighting with the feeling of knowing I didn't have to preach so much. I could've just chilled with him and enjoyed that moment. Cause he would at least never use in front of me