Rudy Francisco - "A Lot Like You"
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- čas přidán 17. 11. 2012
- November 12, 2012: Rudy Francisco features at Beltway Poetry Slam and performs "A Lot Like You"
Beltway Poetry Slam at The Fridge
516 8th Street SE, Washington, DC
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I was told the average girl begins to plan her wedding at the age of 7
I was told that she picks the colors and the cake first
About the age of 10 she knows the time and the location
By 17 she's already chosen a gown and a Maid of Honor
By 22, she's waiting for a man who doesn't break out in hives
When he hears the word "commitment"
Someone who doesn't smell like a band-aid drenched in lonely
Someone who is more than a temporary solution to the empty side of the bed
Someone who will hold her hand like it's the only one that he's ever seen
To be honest, I don't know what tuxedo I'll be wearing
I have no clue what my wedding will look like
But I imagine that the woman who pins my last name to hers
Will butterfly down the aisle like a 5-foot promise
I imagine that her smile will be so big that you will see it on Google maps
And know exactly where our wedding is being held
See the woman that I plan to marry will have champagne in her walk
And I will get drunk on her footsteps
When the pastor asks me if I take this woman to be my wife
I will say yes before he even finishes the sentence
I'll apologize later for being impolite but I will also explain to him
That our first kiss happened six years ago and I've been practicing my "yes"
For the past two-thousand, one-hundred, and sixty-five days
When people ask me about my wedding, I really never know what to say
When they ask me about my future wife, I always tell them
That her eyes are the only Christmas lights
That deserve to be seen all year long
I tell them, that she has a walk that can make an atheist believe in God
Just long enough to say "Goddamn", I tell them
That if my alarm clock sounded like her voice
My snooze button would collect dust
I tell them, that if she came in a bottle
I would drink her until my vision is blurry
And my friends take away my keys, I tell them
That if she was a book, I would memorize her table of contents
I would read her cover to cover, hoping to find typos
Just so we could both have something to work on
Because aren't we all unfinished, don't we all need editing
Aren't we all waiting to be read to be someone
Praying they will tell us that we make sense?
She don't always make sense, but I swear to God her imperfections
Are the things that I love about her the most
I don't know when I will be married
I don't know where I will be married
But I do know this
Whenever I'm asked to describe my future wife
I do so as best as I can
And every single time, she sounds a lot like you
And every single time, she sounds a lot like you - Zábava
"I tell them that she has a walk that can make an atheist believe in God just long enough to say 'Goddamn'." So amazing ohmy
Angel Cea hands down one of my favourite lines of this poem
The master
Well that's a hell of a pickup line
Checkout my spoken word channel and follow me on Instagram @ Jamelanin.
i would pay him to say this to me just once
yet not many women would be willing to stop long enough for him to finish a hello...
@@donaldmokgale3123 cap. Just cause that you experience that does not mean he does too🤣
Can you imagine if he writes his own vows?!
His vows would bring everyone to tears.
I had the same thought! Most epic vows ever!
H
I think he already has
Nichelle Niks at our wedding
I love the little smile that plays on his lips for less than a second when one of his lines gets a great reaction from the audience.
I do, also! He is so sweet and lovely.
"Aren't we all unfinished? Don't we all need editing?" He's pretty frickin fantastic
He really is even all these years later.
if I ever find a guy that put words together like, you best believe I'm not letting him go
Not to be rude but perhaps you should get your words together first.
If you didn't want to be rude, you shouldn't have said anything
I'm in love with a spoken word artist🎤😍📝
Doesn’t matter if he puts his words together like this, if he puts his love together like this.
carmella1o1 , maybe those was the only words he could muster, just so he could be that much closer to u... I truly can appreciate a woman guarded... Especially, with ur heart... Just remember to leave an opening in the wall ur building, for someone with he right words, and maybe just enough of a promise that he will protect ur heart in place of he wall that once stood around it... Don’t be afraid to give a good guy a chance... He might just surprise u!!! GOOD LUCK KID, AND ENJOY ALL OF LIFES PLEASURES! (even the ones that hurt like hell. Those r the ones we grow from...)
And boys I know can barely compliment a girl without using the words 'hot, babe or sexy' I need more. Like Rudy more
"Her eyes are the only Christmas lights that deserve to be seen all year long" ❤ wow grabiha
I love that part
Crazy
my heart just defrosted...
"The woman I plan to marry will have champange in her walk and I will get drunk on her footsteps."
Slam poetry poilu 2009 3rd place
NEED ME A FREAK LIKE DIS
bellfromhell 😅😅
Rudy Francisco is well on his way to becoming my favorite poet.
who's your favorite right now?
Mat agreed
@@MrBeatItOutTheFrame hkc
Transcript: I was told the average girl begins to plan her wedding at the age of 7
I was told that she picks the colors and the cake first
About the age of 10 she knows the time and the location
By 17 she's already chosen a gown and a Maid of Honor
By 22, she's waiting for a man who doesn't break out in hives
When he hears the word "commitment"
Someone who doesn't smell like a band-aid drenched in lonely
Someone who is more than a temporary solution to the empty side of the bed
Someone who will hold her hand like it's the only one that he's ever seen
To be honest, I don't know what tuxedo I'll be wearing
I have no clue what my wedding will look like
But I imagine that the woman who pins my last name to hers
Will butterfly down the aisle like a 5-foot promise
I imagine that her smile will be so big that you will see it on Google maps
And know exactly where our wedding is being held
See the woman that I plan to marry will have champagne in her walk
And I will get drunk on her footsteps
When the pastor asks me if I take this woman to be my wife
I will say yes before he even finishes the sentence
I'll apologize later for being impolite but I will also explain to him
That our first kiss happened six years ago and I've been practicing my "yes"
For the past two-thousand, one-hundred, and sixty-five days
When people ask me about my wedding, I really never know what to say
When they ask me about my future wife, I always tell them
That her eyes are the only Christmas lights
That deserve to be seen all year long
I tell them, that she has a walk that can make an atheist believe in God
Just long enough to say "Goddamn", I tell them
That if my alarm clock sounded like her voice
My snooze button would collect dust
I tell them, that if she came in a bottle
I would drink her until my vision is blurry
And my friends take away my keys, I tell them
That if she was a book, I would memorize her table of contents
I would read her cover to cover, hoping to find typos
Just so we could both have something to work on
Because aren't we all unfinished, don't we all need editing
Aren't we all waiting to be read by someone
Praying they will tell us that we make sense?
She don't always make sense, but I swear to God her imperfections are the things that I love about her the most
I don't know when I will be married
I don't know where I will be married
But I do know this
Whenever I'm asked to describe my future wife
I do so as best as I can
And every single time, she sounds a lot like you
And every single time, she sounds a lot like you.
how in the hell do you remember all that and say it on stage
Khushboo Singh thanks so, so much
@@RamenTimeGaming Through practice.
Thank you so much☺️❤️❤️❤️
It's already on the description.
I was present in the audience that day and it was amazing experience!
“She will always make sense.” I don’t know why that line hit me so hard straight to my heart. I love Rudy!
"I would read her cover to cover hoping to find typos, just so we could both have something to work on, because aren't we all unfinished" This is amazing.
I hope this man finds his soul mate.
"by 22 she waits on a man who doesn't break out in hives when he hears the word "commitment " wow great line
heard this after "Scars/to the next boyfriend" .... WOW ....
how can you not fall in love with this guy
ikr.
Hooooooly shit, is he real? I think he's every girl's dream
hell yes!
Oh is that so?
Ikr!
Truth
yet he's still not married at 40?? His ideals are too good to be true!!
my girlfriend sent me this, and I’m just amazed. I’m so happy to have finally found someone I’m so in love with and she appreciates every part of me. To have found someone with the appreciation for grouping words in the upmost elegant way that slips off the tongue like the sweetest honey. I hope to god she never lets go of this knotted rope that keeps our finger intertwined, the rope created with each other’s love and words and silence. The most comfortable rope to have touched your skin, this rope that keeps you warm and welcomed. This rope that you never, ever want to let go of.
My teacher showed our 9th grade class this poem this morning, and I was crying. I'm not kidding, tears were spilling it was just so beautiful.
I wrote this a while ago. Since everyone here is obviously interested in poetry, maybe you can tell me what you think.
Winter awakes to see the world dying,
Flowers withering and leaves falling in rains of gold,
And thus to honour the dead,
She turns the world white.
Parth Lakhani that's so pretty :)
I loveeeee that 😍
It’s so pretty!!
Dont know whether you'll see this but I read this about a year ago and whenever we get snow I think of this
Wow that's pretty good!
this is so beautiful and real. i hope everyone meets a man who will love them as much as he says he will love his girl
The pictures you paint with your words are unbelievable. Never heard anything like
it, really great
Crying... Am I good enough for this?
No your great !
Aww, you're the best!
Yes babe .
I was crying halfway through it. I don't know why but this man is amazing. Just amazing.
he looks like Tyler the Creator if he found Jesus
How dare you be accurate!
@@domb944 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Haha
😭😭😭😭😭
Oh wow this one had me rollllin
this is beyond beautiful im obsessed with this guy.
this dude is an inspiration to men. thank you!
Daniel padilla😂😂
What is it like to feel love
he set the standard for how I want my future husband to look at me
This is easily my favorite poem of all time. Beautiful I get goosebumps every time.
"When they ask me about my future wife I will always tell them that her eyes are the only Christmas lights that deserve to be seen all year long" ❤
There are tears in my eyes, bravo.
I cried my eyes out, so beautiful.
Every single Rudy Francisco piece I've read or listened to speaks to me in such a way that I can't help but smile.
He makes me cry all the time. Without fail.
The way he plays with words...my goodness 👏🏼🥰
Guys like him really help the rest of us that have feelings, but don’t know how to put them into words. Salute to that man for helping many of us out
my heart and soul is so full... wow, just wow, everytime i listen to Rudy Francisco's words, its like my soul has found its food. i just recently found him thru a friend of mine and i am so happy to have found him.
This is the sweetest thing i've heard in a long time
I love spoken word but listening to you makes me cry every time(and i don't even realise it until after the video has ended)
Thank you
You are beautiful
Thank you for being this lovely:)
This is definitly one of my favourite poems! I love it so much!!
I would re-watch it 1000 times and not get tired
This is so beautiful, I found myself bursting into tears throughout this poem. I want to find someone like this
I started crying!! this is the most sweetest and the most beautiful thing ive ever heard!!!
This is one of my favorite poems ever
I wonder if this one was written before or after "scars/ to the new boyfriend".. Hopefully after
Probably my most favorite poem I've heard this year.
This is true word magic. A poetic genius. It's great to hear true art. Amazing!
That ending, Rudy you have such a way with words. Steal my heart
Laughing and crying, he's such an amazing poet.
I've been watching poetry all night but this one really got me! beautiful.
I read the poem 1st a month ago and thought it was beautiful. When i heard him recite this poem I thought the poem and Rudy are just AMAZING. In 2 weeks I have read almost everything I can find of his.. including quotes. WOW
he is my new favorite. this is wonderful
I got goosebumps from this. Amazing
This honestly made me cry.
I just can't even leave this page. I love this so, so much.
I remember when I read it, and listening to it was 12 times better. Amazing.
this made me tear up! such a lovely poem.
Randomly thought of this tonight🖤 watched it years ago… and just thought of it again.
Excellent work, well thought with many clever lines
Damn. Isn’t it crazy how much there is to relate to this
Amazing, his truly gifted.
this guy diserves a wife and family
I love this poem... I love his spoken word soooo much!
Heartfelt💚 I felt this Mr Burns💚💚
One word WOW! Its so beautiful love your work Rudy and I love the fact that you speak truth
🥺 hits the same every time
I've fallen in love with this man's poetry
I just melted..
this brings me to tears
Favorite spoken poetry ever!
I'm sobbing wtf😢😢, this is beautiful,💙💙💙
Ahhhh I love this so much!! ❤❤❤
Hearing this after an year and the same GODDAMN feels!!!!
absolutely beautiful
This guy takes poetry to another level
i'm inlove with the poem thanks rudy!!!!!
Omg I LOVE THIS!! I’m sending this to my woman first THING in the morning ❤️❤️❤️
This was phenomenal! BRAVO
Oh my.. he is amazing!!
I don't know why but this made me tear up. Amazing 💕
Every single girl deserves to find a love like this
i always love his poems :) they make me smileeee lol
gives me chills .
Great Piece brother! !! If no one knew what deepness felt like or how it should be described for a Man's significant other, then after listening to that hearted descriptive; now they do! Man that was it!!!!
Absolutely beautiful!!!!
This was beautiful!!! I LOVE Spoken Word Poems!!
another amazing one!
How can someone be this perfect? How?
I memorized this poem so I could purpose to my future girlfriend
Amber Nelson Awww that’s sweet
why don’t you write your own
Awww that's so sweet. Good luck!
The entire poem was amazing but some lines line ' champagne in her walk ' just blew my mind
This is amazing
I love this poem so much ♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️
This man right here is Amazing!
That was so beautiful
Oh this gave me so much life