God bless you and your family bro🙏 my son was just born 7 weeks ago today, and I pray that my girl and I never separate and break our family. All i want is to come home from work to my son everyday, and provide for them, and love them
With a daughter on the way in June When I’m gone really makes me feel so happy to father a daughter as a white boy with daddy issues from the inner city of Indy I relate so much to Em even as a new father 💙
I remember when my daughter was born, my first time being in the car alone since. I played this song and literally couldn’t help it and started crying like a child. A fathers love for his daughter is precious
I have three daughters, and there's a song called "Slow Down" which is about kids growing up too fast and the parent hoping for them to slow down, and I can't drive while listening to that song because I'll be blinded with tears.
I wish I had a dad that loved me growing up lol I’d stand watching out the window waiting for him to come back until one day I decided I didn’t want to wait anymore.
The other child in the video he mentions as “Laney” is actually Kim”s sisters daughter who ‘Em adopted due to her drug issues and unfortunately later subsequent death, the baby here is his biological daughter Hailee who gets mentioned a lot in his songs. Years later (not in this video) Kim had a baby with another man then Kim and Em got back together and he adopted her too. Sadly her biological father passed away. Em has been a constant in these 3 girls life and I believe he refers to all 3 as his daughters.
The older I get the more I understand the content of this song. As a kid I just liked how it sounded but now that Im well into my 20s, I empathise with Eminem.
As a kid I felt it and understood it from the other side, being the child of two parents who were not doing well financially and were abusive and not healthy together.
Mockingbird is a hymn for real dads. I cry every time, maybe because being a dad was the most important thing for me and probably I wasn’t as good of a father than I thought 😢
If you're worried about not being a good dad, you were a good dad. It's the people who don't care that are the horrible ones. Much love from Nottingham England ❤❤❤
I also have lost my father when I was 18 in 2010 and lost my brother 3 months ago who was also a father himself and I currently right now am a father myself
Mockingbird is such a classic… a song that gets even more popular as the years go on… as someone who grew up in a broken home it really hits deep for me the entire story of the song + it’s a very well done instrumental fact he turned a lullaby into that aesthetic/sound is pretty amazing + like your dad said it’s a really nice chorus with those keys in the background deff one of my fave from Eminem 💯 some don’t realize how diverse he is in terms of range of songs from emotional, sad, angry, funny, hype, motivational etc…
@@quan1562 He knows the negative impact it has/had on his mom and he doesn’t hold the same resentment for her anymore. He said he wished he never made that song. Look it up, it’s deep!!
You should play him “Cleaning out my Closet” the anger towards his mom & the play him “Headlights” which shows his growth and his apology to his mom. It’s been one of my favorite parts of his career
I think it is more of him, accepting her apology and coming to terms with his anger towards her. Because he knows that she had a problem and what she did wasn’t acceptable, but he had to accept it to move on.
@@JustLikeAFlower yeah it not that she like openly apologizes but her forgives her actions when he and his brother were young because he now understands how hard it is to raise kids alone and now she is dying so he wishes they could have more time because he found his bother (after css took him) and he wants hailey to meet her.
Hey, thanks for reacting to Mocking Bird. That was awesome. Dad was so on point and Im growing wiser with his views and comments. Cheers to you both. 😊
Mockingbird was the song that made me fall in love with Eminem. When I was younger I didn't listen to Eminem, I just heard some songs every now and then Like D12's My Band/How Come. But I didn't specifically listen to him. I knew some of the songs, cause they played on the radio but I didn't seek him out. It wasn't until 19 years ago, when I was in Middle School that I heard Mockingbird for the first time and then that was it for me, I was hooked on Eminem and had a newfound appreciation for him. Love him to this day. Amazing Musician, Amazing Father.
always liked this song since i was a child but now that i’ve grown up and understood the backstory and what happened makes me teary eyed everytime :( considering the past that em had he’s done his best to give the complete opposite environment to his kids and has done a hella good job at raising them, he deserves his flowers !
Your so lucky to have a dad and a dad you can do something together. Love him and take care of him, we are not all lucky to be in your situation like yours. Love your videos, good content
I just Love your dad that he remembers everything you guys have listened to and that he wants to listen to more. I just love you all. I hope you have a happy new year
I gotta say, I freaking love you guys, your relationship, your banter, and your reactions. Lastly, I love that you've both turned me on to some amazing music-- The Black Seminole and Pasttime Paradise. Side note: I noticed something kind of adorable. Kai always says Uh-huh with an upward inflection on the "huh," which I thought was unique. I finally caught his dad saying it on a video yesterday and understood where he got it. 😅 Love Eminem. Would love to see a twenty one pilots reaction if that's something Kai would be into. Keep it up! ❤
I went to jail longtime ago, and this song made me cry & still do, everytime that I think on my mistakes that affected my children... on this day I can say that I'm glad that everything kts perfect, but the song definitely hits hard.. is a piece of art!
amazing song, amazing reaction I find it very interesting how similar your gestures and way of speaking are, seems like youve adapted alot from your dad😊
I used to listen to Eminem a lot as a kid because of my parents. This song always stuck with me, especially when my dad died. I would sit on my porch and listen to Mockingbird on full volume and just *listen.* Also, it’s so funny hearing him say ‘it’s the first time I’ve had an opening to a difficult family dynamic’ (or something like that idk) because this song resonates with me. I’ve heard it and experienced it. It’s definitely my favourite Eminem song.
I absolutely love this song and the video!! My biological father left my mother when she was pregnant with me. Than my stepfather committed suicide when I was 18. All I have are home videos, so this song/video touches me deeply!! Yet again, another great job, guys!! Keep up the good work 👏
I relate to this song so much, i have always had a tough time growning up with my parents and some of the lyrics represent almost exactly what happened to some extent.
So glad you did this reaction! I recommend listening to 'cleaning out my closet' or more recently, I think defo 'rap god'! I think your Dad will appreciate both for different reasons 😊
i always loved this song. i never knew why until i listened to the lyrics and thought, damn, it makes so much sense. i wouldn’t say entirely at all, but i can definitely relate to some of these lyrics.
i remember this was the one song i really, really wanted to listen to in the car with my dad off of his burned cds but he always skipped it. said i shouldn’t listen to it. i, being a kid of the 2000s and the internet, naturally found my way around that. eminem’s music was something that my dad and i connected through, and he wasn’t always around so i listened to this on repeat when he wasn’t there. weird coming back to this. i still feel like a little kid when i hear it. wild
One of my favorite tracks from him. His catalog is so massive, I can't wait to see what you all have yet to react to! Granted you're probably still aways from it, I'm excited for you all to get into Recovery and MMLP 2. Lyricism at it's finest! Some songs worthy of honorable mentions: Talkin to myself Going through changes 25 to life Groundhog day Legacy
Thank you for all your hard work in posting these videos I'll be sure to watch and keep updated just subscribed and I really like your guys song reviews keep up the great work!
Can’t wait for you to share more of the poetic Eminem. Cleaning out my close, followed by headlights. Both Rihanna collaborations. Not afraid, for sure so one of his most motivating and touching songs for me. Toy soldiers. Eminem was at his peak during my 20 s so I really grew with him and his music. And it’s been and still is a wonderful poetic journey of youth and growing as a person and owning up to your youthful mistakes.
I remember I finally got a CD player as a kid and fell in love with this song. It spoke to me as a child in a broken home. I could relate to all of it. Hell, our house even got broken into and we got robbed. Now I’m a young man, wanting to start a family and I have so much motivation to provide a better life for my children as a future father.
Thanks for so many great videos, guys! Love the vibe! Question: Have you guys considered posting the videos as audio podcasts? I would love that! Could then catch up on the videos I don’t have time to sit down and watch 🙌🏼
i was 13 when this song released, so i was one of those kids just started to learn/see about the reality life ... and you know what? this song is one of many songs that kinda hit my heart hard, make me think what`s gonna happen to me in the future
Man this is so precious to me My mom was a nurse and she worked at night so she almost never could put me to sleep and I was so little I didn't understood why she was not there, so my dad would put me to sleep every night singing the mockingbird part to me while rocking me
I’m 25 and this was one of my favorite songs when I was a kid. Now that I’m older I feel like I can really understand it and it hits me right in the feels haha. I don’t even have kids or a wife yet. But I always tear up listening to it
When Dad said “it usually switches up and he gets furious but this might not be the case in this one, it’s so mello” *me knowing the mockingbirds neck getting snapped and the jeweller eating the karats at the end* 😅 I’m not certain he heard that last change up of the chorus through properly though.
Your videos are very informative for me because I am from India and was born in 2004. The internet is not easy to access, and English-language western music is not popular. I am late and I get to know the story behind the song and about the artists.
im very surprised he said at the end he found rock bottom more emotional, this song literally breaks me but i have a daughter and he has a son so maybe its the relatability factor im not sure. Just found that surprising. Glad they done mockingbird tho ive been waiting patiently for it (pun unintended)
Yeah, I'm still hoping that they patch things up and be together again for old time sake. They look happy together in this music video. We all have our problems in life and time will come that we are just too old to think about it anymore and just enjoy life. I hope theyre doing fine whether apart or together. Em btw is a beast in the rap industry. Loving his songs.
Show him D12! It's a nice time to see him with his old friends. They sadly stopped the group when one of the members got killed, but the music they have is great
If you wanna do some new stuff, cover Gnat, it's like a modern day Slim Shady track, just references and rhyme schemes out the wazoo! Its so amazing to have seen the journey that Eminem has made, he's really on an untouchable level.
This song hits home for me because I remember we grew up with a single mom. No dad around I’m the oldest of 3 boys and so I grew up fast by 14 I was hustling to make $ while my mom was dealing with alcohol addiction, and a bunch of mental abuse from her family around her, and by 15 I was tryna bring my family closer by BBQing and spending family time to take away any of the pain. During that time I was the dad to my 2 brothers and I remember hearing this song during that time and it hurt
Eminem before getting clean is a lot angrier then Eminem after getting clean. You can see a big change is his music from one period to the next. Getting clean an more mature I think helped him emotionally. An music was always a therapy for him to let his emotions out.
I think headlights would be a great song to react to. Also another artist closely related to Em is Royce da 5’9. He has a song called cocaine which talks about his fathers addiction and how he got sober. Love the videos!
