Every true southern man has a judge under the seat & every southern woman knows what wait in the truck means ! She doesn’t need to be a witness to whatever’s about to go down.

I ended up in a simular situation with my sister. He was about to meet the "judge under the seat" but my sister talked me out of it. He beat her, and she saved him from me. I told her "I will take care of it, it will never happen again. Wait here." And she said "I know you would, but I am asking you not to. Please, that is not what I want." I calmed down and she divorced him and moved in with me for a while. We have not seen or heard from him in 10+ years. I think about that day often. One day I finally broke down and asked her "why did you stop me? That day, why save him after what he did to you." She looked at me and said "It wasn't him that I was concerned about saving. He would have deserved it, but I couldn't save you without saving him in the process.". All that time I thought she was protecting him because part of her still loved him. It wasn't him she was protecting.

For all the women of the world that hears this song, please remember that, there are good guys in this world. Yes, there are the animals, but there are beast slayers as well. To any man that hurts women and children, be aware, there are thoses of us that will sacrifice, to protect those that cannot protect themselves.

In country boy vernacular "Wait in the truck" translates as "I need to handle something and I don't want you to see it being done." Sometimes real men must unleash the monster inside us, we must be meaner than evil. We don't want you to see that side of us, we don't want you to fear that side of us so we tell you to ''wait in the truck" As she is on the stand testifying she says "I don't know if he's an angel because angels don't do what he did" I would submit that he was both a guardian as well as an avenging angel. When the system, when society fails to protect those weakest among us it is left to rough men standing outside the rule of law to do what is necessary to preserve the peace, protect the innocent, and return civility. Some call this "vigilante justice" but for some the vigilante is the only hope to obtain justice. Here is what I saw in the video: A drifter, a loner, a ex'con (Based on the prison tats) finds a gal who has been beaten, he knows the signs he's seen them in the past in a woman he holds dear. He makes the decision to help her, the only help he knows is violence. He has been to prison and knows he can do the time. He makes the choice to remove her from her prison, a prison of abuse and pain, he frees her.

This is the best written song EVER. Kudos to Hardy.

I was raped yrs ago and this video really touches me. I know what he did was against the law but I totally understand it. It's called justice for that girl. Too many rapists are never punished.

Every southern woman knows what “wait in the truck” means. These types of situations are horrible and getting out is not as simple as leaving.

As a child that grew up having to see his mother in this situation, this song hits hard. I was unable to stop it for so long but eventually I could stand up to help her, and I'm still super protective of my mom to this day.

Notice as she pulled away from the prison, she was driving his truck!❤🤠

I'm also from Kentucky and yes. When a man says wait in the truck you know that he is about to take care of some business and he doesn't want you in the middle of it.

The lyrics and musicality is ridiculous. So good. And all women in the south know this phrase - "wait in the truck".

The Story of a Man who Trades his Freedom for a Strangers Life, Few would make this Choice.

As a survivor... when you are there... options are not always available in the moment. Angels are warriors in the Bible, and they ARE sent to punish. So yeah, Angels WOULD do what he did.

Did you notice she was driving his truck at the end? She is still waiting in the truck. And she will until he is released. He saved her from an a$$hole who would have at some point killed her, So she continues to wait on him. And yes my dear, Sometimes Angels do exactly what he did. Were it not for this Angel things would have been very different for her.

Listening to this, when the line comes "Justice coming from a judge under the seat", I knew someone was gonna die. The judge is a "Raging Judge .454 magnum revolver". I own one, and you can kill a full grown grizzle with that gun. If you run out of rounds, you can load 28 gauge shotgun shells into it, it's no joke.

I'm from the south and I will say any man that hits a woman unprovoked is absolutely finished with all their living

people who say violence isn't the answer... need to read a history book... any of them!

Wisconsin here. Yes, we damn Yankees have the same values. A real man NEVER raises a hand against a woman, child or animal. Unless it's to defend those they love.

As a H.O.G I love this one

As someone who was in a situation like her for 6 years, it’s the most hopeless feeling in the world….there is no mental strength left to help yourself get out

You talked about PTSD in one of your recent vids. When I saw this for the first time (Ive watched it many times), my mind goes to possible trauma of this character who helped a stranger. People think trauma no longer affects you once you are out of the situation. We both know differently, don't we. I imagine that he may have seen his mother or friend go through domestic abuse and couldn't do anything about it as a young person.. but when he became a man he wasn't going to tolerate it ever again. People need to think about what they expose their children too. Just sayin'...

Hardy has another out. Give heaven some hell. He won several awards at cma so did Lanely best new artist.

Your exactly right any man that does it needs to be put down plan and simple

Hold my beer… I got this, and my beer ain’t bud light!😉

What a transformation of feelings, from fear to pure mental comfort.

Your eyes read like a book - thank you for the reaction. God Bless.

The bond these two people now have is eternal and life altering. Such a beautiful song.

I live in Southeastern Ky, and they know to hide that around here. They know what will happen if it gets out!

Now that you’re emotional from this reaction, give Brantley Gilbert’s “One Hell of an Amen” a try

Omgoodness he won at the cma awards miss wilson...she won for got a heart like a truck 🥰

💙BBN! I'm born and raised right here in Kentucky as well! Love Hardy💙

Yes, never lose your country side.

I never saw anything like this with my own eyes but i saw my sister get home crying uncontrollably because her bf at the time was forcing her to do stuff like drugs that she didnt want to do and i just remember having the feeling of to go put that guy 6 feet under at the time. Thankfully now shes happily married

You said you didn’t know who Lainey Wilson was. She’s a country artist herself with a familiar story of struggle and hard work until making it. Some may recognize her from her appearances on the TV show Yellowstone. She is wearing a wig in this video. She normally has blonde hair.

I think the thing that hits the men watching this hard is when she visited him in prison and says "thank you". One absolutely soul destroying thing for a man who did something like this for her to endure is finding out his sacrifice ultimately meant nothing because she later started getting involved with carbon copies of her original abuser.

What a song to choose randomly...

❤ this song. Hog

Shinning armor is disguised in flannel alot of the time

Us country folks up North know what Wait In The Truck Means too 😉

That's right girl.Im from Kentucky also & yes when we say wait here or in the truck we are & will take care of business or any good man does.

I love this song for so many different reasons, I've watched alot of different reaction channels on this song and I respectfully agree that if anyone is in this kinda situation please, please get out if you can safely 🙏 I myself have PTSD severely because I myself was married from 16 to a man for 19 yrs and he beat me,tortured me and yes I'd leave with broke nose,black eyes and yes would call the police, he'd go to jail and come straight back and it'd be twice as bad,I hear ya saying get a restraining order against him, well a piece of paper ain't gonna stop a crazy person, well then you realize nobody can or will help you until he kills you,well that's exactly what he tried to do, he hired a man to kill me, I was on life support and in a coma for 6 weeks, I've had to have 2 brain surgeries, learn to walk and feed myself, they had to build me a whole new lower left jaw just so I could wear dentures, But by the Grace of God I'm alive and I'm 60yrs old and happly married for 8yrs,and he's dead,may he R.I.P.,Thank You for your reaction, hope you have a blessed day 🙏

You're the first reaction video on this song that mentioned "I wish they'd put a hotline number on the end of the video".... My immediate reaction was oh my... yes. I've watched probably 20 reaction videos on this song because love this song, and you're the first to mention. I wish they would've. Also - it may not be "a judge" under my seat, but it's a Springfield 9mm. Oh and I have three daughters.. so there's that. I just pray I never have to go here.🙏

You know what, coming from Finland, this is hard for me to understand. I had a boyfriend punching me in the face and I punched him back and left him. But after seeing all these reactions I'm starting to see the whole point of this song. ❤💪🏻

If you aren't into country anymore, keep listening to Hardy. He's creating his own genre with a blend of country and rock that is completely unique at this point. He just dropped a new album last week and while there are both straight up country and full on rock songs on it, there are several that are a cool blend. Give Mockingbird and the Crow a listen, you may like it. And also, completely off topic, you have beautiful eyes and your hair is absolutely glorious! Ngl, a little jealous over here. Lol. 😃😉

HARDY is an awesome artist and writer. his country and rock mix is also awesome. you should definitely check out more HARDY

I'm 60 years old now eatings took place for 2 years....I got out but Even now, it still makes me cry

This was beautiful. Thank you. You are so beautiful!

That is a rough one to watch. Great story though. Enjoy! 🤘😎🤘

Calling for help does no good, sure the abuser is picked up, the police do their job, but the legal system is lenient on abusers unless his victim dies, otherwise he gets bailed out and then he doubles down when he finds her again, and he WILL find her.

Fellow Kentucky girl! And love this song!

That line the judge under the seat- it was his gun

My best friends Shaunna and Samantha. Im their, "Wait in the Truck", story. Sam's husband one day was dumb enough to hit her in front of me. A few minutes later, I left him bloody, broken and bruised outside in 105 desert heat in the middle of their backyard. Shaunna, I got into a fight with 3 guys in a bar, 1 of them sexually assaulted her, and she got my attention to show me what was happening. The first guy went through a table and his 2 buddies and I finished outside in the parking lot. No man should ever put his hands on a woman unless it's in defense of his own life if he is truly in danger or in defense of another person's life.

i am so glad i found you back. you are such a doll.

Check out Martina McBride Concrete Angel or a song called Alyssa Lies, it will shake you

I live in a small town in Northern Arizona, so I often feel that I'm living under a nonmusical rock as well. I heard this song for the first time about a week ago. I don't usually go for country, but I love this song. Amazing storytelling!

Thank you for your honesty. God bless you.

When a man becomes the righteous hand of God.

He gave his life for hers...

Thank you for saying that it goes both ways. Cause we don't want to talk about it, but it does happen. I had to choose homelessness to get out.

Awesome reaction!! Subbed!!

Glad to see your reaction and glad you agree with Hardy and many of us out here. This is the first time I have seen one of your reaction but if you want to see something unbelievable and will put you in a new rabbit hole not to mention get you hundreds of subscribers Go look up a the Black And White version of A 9 year old girl named Angelina Jorden singing "I Put A Spell on You" ,, we all love seeing new people blow their mind and fall in love with AJ,, she has done about 170 cover songs plus some of her own, from 6years old to 14yrs and she is currently 17years old as of Jan 10th 2023 and will be dropping an album this year,, Once you see her do this you will want to see all 4 of her NGT songs at 7 and 8 years old, and her 3 songs she did on 2020AGT and in her addition of Queens Bohemian Raposidy at 13year old made the remaining members of Queen love her version so much they allowed her to copyright and permote her version can't wait to see you react to Angelina Jordan !

5:45 She is still waiting in the truck.....

Hey girl try 38 special. Wild eyed southern boys. I really think you know us well. The good and the bad in us. Love your reactions. Southern man to southern girl much respect.

I wish I could have had an angel like she had to help her I didn't have any body to help me

I love the way she prays in the truck after seeing him.

I'm from Kentucky to and my I say your a beautiful young lady and thank you for making my eyes happy

The only thing necessary for evil to triumph in the world is for good men do nothing, Sometimes this requires sacrifice. Sometimes the ultimate sacrifice.

Great reaction ❤

Harlan, Ky! When you’re told to stay in the truck, it’s all business!

This. Is Soouthern Justice!!

Great reaction

I also live in Kentucky and we all know what wait in the truck means

Lived in SC FOR 32 YRS. I GET IT....Been apart of these situations. There's a few guys out there that have to partials in for teeth and have a permanent limp.

6:30 - DAMN STRAIGHT!

Totally agree with your reaction, whole heartedly, and have to off subject, Love your eyes 😏

So love this song

This powerful song

It's a sad day in history when a man like this is put in prison, Doing the right thing should be rewarded not punished.

Beautiful eyes! Your emotions are so true! Love the video and your reaction ♥️

Just wait in the truck !!

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I love this song. I play it good and loud every time.❤

Great reaction and comments, just heard this song for the first time 2 days ago and have played it at least 100 times. BTW you have amazing eyes.

As far as me kicking in his door i would need to know her.

I am so glad you did this one! HARDY is the real deal - he's been writing songs for others for years, but finally started recording his stuff - all good stuff, check it out. Lainey Wilson has a gorgeous voice too! BTW, the "Judge" under the seat is a Taurus Judge - it's a pistol that can use .45 Colt or 410 shotgun shells. HARDY is creative and a lyrical genius like Tom. Check out "Give Heaven Some Hell" by HARDY - guaranteed you'll like it. Thanks for the reaction!!

I grew up my dad doing this to my mom I wished this would of happened to my dad he locked me and brother both under 10 outside to beat on her and I went though cancer and chemo in 2019 and he never came see me during that time.

When the system fails an abused woman a country boy will make her safe again! Right wrong or indifferent he will sacrifice his life and freedom to protect those who we are taught to protect because she would finally be safe and if that's what it takes then so be it we live by the intent of the law, not the letter of the law and there's a BIG difference! Not all who are in prison deserve to be there even though they are in fact guilty and there are quite a few in for the exact same scenario in this video and ladies, remember, you are loved and cared for an angel will come for you

Whoever wrote those emotions on your face wrote them in big letters

It's a lose-lose situation, but a reality many of us men have been faced with at times, knowing someone who has been through what she endured. He screwed up by shooting that monster in the back, though, and he didn't ask for mercy from the judge but from God . He knew he did wrong and was willing to trade his life for hers. The truth is the phrase " Wait in the Truck " has a well-known meaning, as does " a judge under the seat." Although a lot of people think that it is about a particular type of Taurus pistol...that's just not true in the least, the pistol is a " judge " and represents justice , caliber and make don't matter in this regard. Sometimes, the only choice is a bad choice, to save someone from a monster. You gotta do what you gotta do and then stand by your decision knowing the consequences.

There's a look I see every time I watch a woman react to this video. That look when she realizes what's going on with the girl in the rain. Every woman who reacts to this song. EVERY ONE OF THEM. They've either been through something similar or know someone who has. They KNOW how common this is. It's a totally different look from what you see when men react to this video. The men get mad. And they should. But they don't seem to understand how widespread this is. The women... they get real quiet. They hold their breath and hold their tears. Praying that they are wrong. Knowing that they aren't.

Southern women make this world worthwhile.

The first time hearing this song !!!!! Have you been living under a rock lol ?

im from kentucky also and feel the same way

Was wondering if you would do this

There was a time I was her

This man should not be in prison I'd do the same!

Actually mine is an Sig 40…

Hey thanks my lady!

Yes ma'am I have so many reactions to this... I've had to comment this is what good ol' boys are made of 🥰🥰🥰🥰 said it before...and again, and again luv me some redneck boys 🥰❤️🥰❤️🥰❤️

He got life and she got his truck. great song love it. lean on God