G. Yamazawa - Dear Grandma

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  • čas přidán 25. 10. 2014
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    G. Yamazawa, performing at NPS 2014 in Oakland, CA.
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Komentáře • 32

  • @PixieBratski
    @PixieBratski Před 9 lety +77

    'To respect the land she walks on' - this moved me enormously.

  • @manuhmartins7224
    @manuhmartins7224 Před 8 lety +11

    This made me cry so hard I cant even...! Gosh, I'm so close to my granma, she is what keeps me from falling apart, she thinks I make her company when she is lonely, but I am the one who enjoys all the wisdom and experience she presents me with.

  • @TheCookie9monster
    @TheCookie9monster Před 9 lety +23

    This is amazing, I love his poems so much

  • @LoligothRosePrincess
    @LoligothRosePrincess Před 9 lety +19

    Wow. This is so amazing. It makes me feel so much. I miss my grandmother so much. My chest hurts, but this is just beautiful.

  • @KNLCreates
    @KNLCreates Před 9 lety +2

    Yamazawa is just, plainly said, amazing. Those key life touchstones he portrays have hit me. Keep it up and never stop.

  • @minibutmighty1570
    @minibutmighty1570 Před 9 lety +21

    this made me cry, I'm incredibly close to my nan and this put into words how much I respect and love her. Its just beautiful! thank you! :)

    • @MilesBeatsLive
      @MilesBeatsLive Před 7 lety

      this made me cry too I'm crying as I write this

  • @chloeepinay15
    @chloeepinay15 Před 9 lety +2

    My Grandmother (Mum's mother) turns 80 on the 7th of November. This poem got to me so quickly! So beautiful!

  • @L8rSk8tr
    @L8rSk8tr Před 9 lety +6

    im in tears

  • @jadasalmon5075
    @jadasalmon5075 Před 8 lety +1

    how could someone dislike G? G was fuckkking AMAZING when he came to my school. He's very down to earth. Hes fucking great!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @batikkaba8608
    @batikkaba8608 Před 9 lety +8

    This is so so good it's unreal.

  • @lisagriffin8221
    @lisagriffin8221 Před 9 lety +3

    This was just beyond breathtaking and I really hope I can come across him again!! :)

  • @Lelii321
    @Lelii321 Před 9 lety +1

    Oh man. This beaUtiful. I am in tears. I miss my Abuela soooo much.

  • @olimatakah5996
    @olimatakah5996 Před 7 lety

    G is so great that words can not describe him well...

  • @fayjan73
    @fayjan73 Před 9 lety +1

    yep ...i teared up .Much love to all mothers

  • @faelynlumb1763
    @faelynlumb1763 Před 9 lety

    This is beautiful. I'm very close to my Nanna and this describes my feelings about her. True beauty

  • @MsCla106
    @MsCla106 Před 9 lety

    this is so amazing, i just cant imagine my life without my grandma

  • @89VPons
    @89VPons Před rokem

    This guy is really good

  • @iqbalmabbit
    @iqbalmabbit Před 5 lety

    I GOT GOOSEBUMPS! OMG

  • @mollyhackett8068
    @mollyhackett8068 Před 9 lety

    Amazing poem yet again !!!

  • @HollyT
    @HollyT Před 3 lety +1

    crying in 2020

  • @stefaniebrown6812
    @stefaniebrown6812 Před 9 lety

    Amazing👍

  • @jasminnicole5293
    @jasminnicole5293 Před 8 lety

    I will never forgive myself for missing your Philly Pigeon feature. PLEASE COME TO THE FUZE IN PHILLY NEXT SOON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @NJ94MAR
    @NJ94MAR Před 9 lety

    Button Poetry is really puttin G.Yamazawa on ehh?
    I have no complaints doe ^·^

  • @malcolmhope2108
    @malcolmhope2108 Před 6 lety

    I miss you baachan ❤️

  • @eron2216
    @eron2216 Před 9 lety

    Yamazawa is the truth.

  • @plinyelder8156
    @plinyelder8156 Před 3 lety

    No. This is ranting. Not poetry. Sorry.

    • @dlane.21
      @dlane.21 Před 2 lety

      How is this not poetry.

    • @plinyelder8156
      @plinyelder8156 Před 2 lety

      @@dlane.21 it’s paragraphs of sentences spoken with intensity, not stanzas of words intently crafted. I can take a bottle of shampoo and read the label with the same intensity to make it sound like poetry, but it doesn’t make it so.

    • @dlane.21
      @dlane.21 Před 2 lety +1

      @@plinyelder8156 You're saying this isn't intently crafted? You just sound ignorant now. He tells a story. He shows so much passion and emotion. This is poetry, who are you to define it as not?

    • @plinyelder8156
      @plinyelder8156 Před 2 lety

      @@dlane.21 I’m Pliny and I say this isn’t poetry. Pain it who it may, but it isn’t poetry. It’s simply zealous recitation.