Little Jake Boone has become an internet celebrity with his life lessons and thick southern drawl melting hearts across the internet. It’s as though he’s learned some valuable lessons from living a hard life even though he’s only a few years old.

At some point during his adorable ramblings, his family decided to start filming Jake go about his day, and boy, are we glad they did. Jake is absolutely unabashed about sharing his pearls of wisdom with the camera, and the internet is loving it.

At the age of three, Jake won $10,000 from America’s Funniest Home Videos. It was a video of Jake writing down things his mother needed from the grocery store even though he didn’t know how to write yes!

Jake’s family decided to share his personality with the world by launching the “Life According to Jake Boone” YouTube channel. Needless to say, the channel is thriving, with over 35K subscribers and a Facebook page with over 700K fans!

Jake’s mother told their local news station, WBKO, that “he’s like an old person in a little person’s body.” He says some of the most amusing things. And he’s a really nice kid. He has a good soul.”

If you’re wondering where Jake gets his wisdom, it comes from his grandparents, who visit frequently. In fact, his “grammy” is usually the one filming. When he says, “I’m poor, ain’t I?” she’s the one speaking to him from behind the camera!

When Jake comes to that realization, he’s talking about “going to work at the barn in his flatbed truck,” but it doesn’t seem to bother him, and he even says, “No, I ain’t poor.” He does, in fact, have his very own miniature flatbed truck!