Bill Withers - Just The Two Of Us (official video)
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- William Harrison "Bill" Withers, Jr. (born July 4, 1938) is an American pop/soul singer-songwriter and musician who performed and recorded from 1970 until 1985. Some of his best-known songs are "Lean on Me", "Ain't No Sunshine," "Use Me," "Just the Two of Us", "Lovely Day," and "Grandma's Hands".
Bill Withers was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2005 and into the inaugural class of the West Virginia Music Hall of Fame in 2007. Also, in 2007 his "Lean On Me" was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame.
he wrote and produced two songs on the Gladys Knight & the Pips record I Feel a Song, and in October 1974 performed in concert together with James Brown, Etta James, and B. B. King at the historic Rumble in the Jungle fight between Foreman and Ali in Zaire. Footage of his performance was included in the 1996 documentary film When We Were Kings, and he is heard on the accompanying soundtrack.
Just the Two of Us" is a 1981 Grammy Award-winning R&B song recorded by Grover Washington, Jr. and Bill Withers. The song appeared on Washington's album Winelight. It reached #2 on the Billboard Hot 100, and topped the ARC Weekly Top 40 for a week.
Regina Belle covered "Just the Two of Us" in 1991 on the Tribute album To Grover, With Love, produced by Jason Miles, which made # 4 on Top Contemporary Jazz Albums Billboard Chart.
Bill Withers recorded another version of the song which is included on a CD of his greatest hits. Christian McBride covered the song with overdubbed basses only in a hidden track included in the album Philadelphia Experiment, released on Rope-A-Dope Records. Will Smith sampled "Just the Two of Us" in 1998. This version was parodied in the film Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me. It was heard in a TV commercial for Taco Bell that aired during NBC's coverage of Super Bowl XLIII on February 1, 2009. Bill Cosby did a parody version, "Just the Slew of Us", as the theme music for his movie Bill Cosby: Himself.
Musicians:
Bill Withers - Lead Vocals
Ralph MacDonald - Percussion
Steve Gadd - Drums
Eric Gale - Guitar
Richard Tee - Fender Rhodes
Marcus Miller - Bass
Bill Eaton - Oberheim Synthesizer
Grover Washington, Jr. - Saxophone
Hilda Harris , Ullanda McCullough , Yvonne Lewis - Backing Vocals
Its already April 2024. Who’s here for this song?
me
Yo
Here✋
Green Book
Here, from interview of Zoe Saldana with jimmy😊
It's may 2024, I am here for this song.. who else
I think it's just the two of us here
wsg gang
✊
🇹🇹 yuh done kno!
I'm here two
“No time for tears, wasted water is all that is, and it don’t make no flowers grow” genius and beautiful
It's wastes water
He had a divorce just a few days before performing this 😬😢
Thank you! Was wondering what the comments were talking about @@lmaomoofeq2505
One of the greatest lyrics ever! 😍😍😍😭😭😭
@@lmaomoofeq2505 Oh wow, that must have made this performance very difficult.
The year is 2024..who's here
Here
I'm
yaaa maaan
Me
👋🏻
He looks like he's tired of everyones bullshit but he's putting his heart into it.
facts
Right!
@_ haha
@@somerandomguy6283 Haha > Lol
Fr
Imagine being in a bar in 1980 and this song plays
Specially at the actual time, I would love it🙏🏽
I can't imagine...I was born in 1987
🕺🏿💃🏿
☺️☺️🎧🎧🎷🎷🎷🎶🎶🚬 80's
I would prolly fall who’s sitting next to me
I just turned 18 and I'm always teased about loving old music, listening to this masterpiece can you blame me
Good taste lasts a lifetime. You are young and wise. Congrats!
Keep listening my friend
Im an old soul at 27 years old
Hello there! I’m just a few years younger and I’m also teased for loving the classics! But remember, they’re all pure gold!! We’ve got the best taste in music in all of existence!
That was our song. Nov. 30 would have been our 44th. Miss her terribly.
so very sorry for your loss😢
Takes me back to 1985 to my first love sadly we lost our young daughter and we broke up. I will always love them both deeply and I have never forgotten him though our lives moved on. My daughter would now be 37 and I still grieve for her.. sorry for your loss I totally get it x
🥺🥺
@leximason2408 oh your heart. I'm so sorry for your pain and loss.
Some say it’s better to have a love lost, than to have never loved at all. I’m not one of those people. I’m sorry for your loss
He’s just talking and still singing with so much soul it’s crazy
There are no accidents…
@Unknown Rei you found my comment? There are no accidents…
He truly vibbing. What a legend.
Yeah even while looking like he doesn't have a soul
Excuse me, can i know whos in your profile picture? Is he from Disney?
This guy was dismissed and ignored because he had a stutter, which he overcame by himself. When he went into the studio for the first time to record his songs he had no idea how good he was. Legend.
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So too, in early youth, did actor James Earl Jones have a stutter ... till he evolved into the booming baritone voice of Darth Vadar.
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My husband and I will be celebrating our 50th wedding anniversary and I heard my 10 year old reserved grandson singing “Just The Two Of Us” and It made me so happy to be still with my husband throughout the years.
congrats!
I don't know why, but this story reminds me of the scene from The Godfather III, when the boy play on the guitar and sang the main theme of the movie to Michael Corleone.
Thats cute.. Your son is really amaznig and he'll grow up to be amazing!
❤❤❤
You know it's a beautiful thing to see and witness what true love is I only had the chance to experience seeing it through my grandparents but as I get older and I look around it becomes harder and harder to find a girl with morals and values that are 100% will know she will never cheat. I'm 25 now and I hope before it's too late I'd be able to find a woman with a similar mindset to how these women used to think
Who’s listening in 2024??
Me. April 2024.
@@lexfauser3009 same
In 2024 and till the end of time
Lets get it together baby
Yo, nobody makes music like this anymore
He don’t show emotions in his face but you can feel it in his voice🥺
You mean in?
Awwww... that's absolutely right!
@@theatrekid5389 You knew what she meant. Smartass.
@@boiloil3557 LMFAOOOOOO 😂
He was sick and tired of the music industry that time , and he was about to retire
That "but mom, I don't want to perform!" vibe gets me everytime.
There are no accidents…
Thats the "I've already struggled for 30 years before i started making music" demeanour.
@@masteroogway5142 okay Master
@@tchanek3825 ok master Tchanek.
im asian so i can relate
I see the crystal raindrops fall
And the beauty of it all
Is when the sun comes shining through
To make those rainbows in my mind
When I think of you sometime
And I wanna spend some time with you
Just the two of us
We can make it if we try
Just the two of us
(Just the two of us)
Just the two of us
Building castles in the sky
Just the two of us
You and I
We look for love, no time for tears
Wasted water's all that is
And it don't make no flowers grow
Good things might come to those who wait
Not for those who wait too late
We gotta go for all we know
Just the two of us
We can make it if we try
Just the two of us
(Just the two of us)
Just the two of us
Building them castles in the sky
Just the two of us
You and I
I hear the crystal raindrops fall
On the window down the hall
And it becomes the morning dew
And darling when the morning comes
And I see the morning sun
I wanna be the one with you
Just the two of us
We can make it if we try
Just the two of us
(Just the two of us)
Just the two of us
Building big castles way on high
Just the two of us
You and I
just the two of us
(We can make it, just the two of us)
Let's get it together baby (yeah)
(Just the two of us)
Just the two of us
(We can make it, just the two of us)
(Just the two of us)
(We can make it, just the two of us)
(Just the two of us)
(We can make it, just the two of us)
(Just the two of us)
(We can make it, just the two of us)
(Just the two of us)
(We can make it, just the two of us)
(Just the two of us)
Who's here May 2024?
June 24.Dig it
May you rest in peace Sir Bill 😥💙
1938-2020
Allah rahmet eylesin
2021
@@patatesreis7730 lan bari ingilizce yaz
@@erengultekin4659 cnksjc
Amen
Now I understand why my grandparents say old songs are better than today
indeed
Fax fam
No doubt
There was no autotune back then also the rhythm is naturally meaningful. Most of the songs nowaday are just "love, hate, you miss me i miss you etc...."
@@oswarz5294 not a fan of how real this is
Look how the west world was respectful and looking so gentle in the past
Such an underrated song only has 22 million views when it should be up there with the best artists ❤❤
RIP, Mr. Withers! Ain't no sunshine when you're gone.
Did he die?
@@goatfarmer2326 YES
Goat Farmer 30 march, my fkn birthday
He was amazing and put together some incredible music
@Oopsie Doopsie haha funny nah nigga
He looks like he's tired of singing this song, but damn he's so good...
The reason why is cus if I remember correctly, he had a divorce right before he had to sing this
@@razrbeats3507
Oh that's really sad, now I'm sorry for what I said... heartbreaking
@@razrbeats3507 oh hard to believe he passed away
@Maximus Cook26 holy shit thats brutal
@Maximus Cook26 that's painfull
Watching in April 2024
Here
Me too.
Me Too
who needs fake music when you have classy LEGENDARY music like this. REAL music! REAL soul and emotion and human spirit! Something we ALL SHOULD relate with!
I didn't think fake music was a thing.
@@supernathanjr
Fake is the music of today .. with very few exceptions. 70s and 80s music has no equal. Learn that now
@@Logan-py8we everyone has different music tastes. you cant call some music fake just cuz it has a different style to it. of course, you can also continue saying this, as its your music taste, not mine.
Dude was just singing like he was cool as hell!
exactly love from Canada
Cool cat
He is
because he was
Bruh he was!!!
0 % autone 100% Talent masterpiece
Ikr
Classic
Cher used autone, and she is not talented?
@@devirssnigga where tf did you get that from (no hate)
This is just pure talent
anybody watching/seeing this I wish you all the best in life.Just be a good person the world's not been a good place lately,but slowly we'll get there. Just the two of us.Me and you.
Heck yeah high five ✋️
Never seen a man sing so emotionless.
I have and his name was Lee Williams, a gospel singer of the Lee Williams and The Spiritual QC's. Great singer...
The emotion is in his voice. Of course he's trying to keep it together as he just got divorced two days before this.
The "simplicity" of the singing - no shouting, no slurs, no autotune - makes this song so damn good.
Ye
fr
that's pretty much every old songs beside rap where they say the african slur and rock/metal
siuuuuuu
That’s what music used to be.
How does he hit those notes when his face doesn’t even change 🗿
lipsyncing is amazing bro
Because his wife divorced him before this performance
@@shadowsnipes9242 Are you being serious?
@@itsjemmabond yes
@@shadowsnipes9242 it's so sad :(
ほんとにこの曲を知れたのは数少ない人生の誇り
This is the song that played in the car after I had to put my dog down. His birthday was valentines day, it'll always be Daxter's day for me. He would have been 14 this year. He passed just before Christmas, but still lived a long life for a large dog.
I hear the crystal raindrops fall, In the beauty of it allll
I’m so sorry. Dogs are so precious. I’m dreading the day when I have to say goodbye to mine. I’m sure you gave Daxter a long, happy life with lots of love.
Mine went Xmas night 😢 14 years old leishmania sadly took him fast in the end
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here´s where we cry about our family from different specie, my poodle, wich was called cookie past on january 6th, this year, and I can´t recover from that, I called him the number one at home, I hope we meet again, is all I ask to the universe
the fact that the comment section is still active show's how good everybody's taste in music
Trueee
Nah it's Tik tok that's bringing them here lol
@@limozine18 Yeah I know but people still search it which means most people love this song
Omsim 😎😎😎
james weird
I'ma put this in my "Songs to listen to when the homies ain't around" playlist.
Wdym this is a homie gangster vibe song
i will make a playlist named this. thx lol
Try Triping and listening to this, brand-new world
No cap 😭😭
You can listen when the boys are around. They may like it too.
Nostalgia 😭
man put all his emotions in the song he had none left for his face. what a legend
Rest in peace Bill. You’ve made a masterpiece. edit: and Grover too THEY made a masterpiece.
Hi
@@abpacd9480 Hey lol
@@Arda1982 asu
@@abpacd9480 apa sih anjing
@@randomperson3031 🗿
There are no accidents. This is one of the best songs ever made. Rest Peacefully Bill.
indeed
Master you here 😃
Master
Indeed master
@@jubinthomas5204 I am 🙂
Where is my 2024 gang got I know someone is listening to this in 2024
Yupppppp
I still have this on my playlist
Yeah
Back when black music was something I could listen too and really appreciate. Not this crappy drill music, carnival music or profanity laden crap
I agree with you. Makes no sense.
It's mostly just that rap and hip hop which is no longer good. So many black music genres that are mostly ignored all in favor of rap and such smh
Songs I listen to when the boys are not around
Same
Facts
U should listen while the boys r around
For real
Couldn’t relate more bro wtf
R.I.P legend
1938-2020😔
Oh
@@lokma1saniyeonce2ylonce98 :( porçay porçay
@@emrey4798 as bayrakları tr
@@annen34 porcay ne alaka laa
@@rockylmaoo7531 it’s a religious symbol you have to turn it 45 degrees to make the other symbol
It's April 2024, let's see how many legends are listening to this nostalgic song..
Yessir
Fr this is a banger
I was born in 87 and I can confirm I love this song, lol! So much CLASS!
Es una canción muy bonita , la música, los coros todo combina con la voz del intérprete.
Ego is a killer of greatness
Him standing there so casually and having neutral facial expressions and singing this song very beautifully is slightly funny to me and shines a smile on my face
He was going through a divorce at the time and was sick of the song iirc
@@bigholmes1660 A procedure which took half of his net worth..? That's sad...
Some people in the comments are saying he lipsynced is that true?
@@JoeVahns no, this is his real voice. All of his songs were known to be his genuine voice
It is called having a beautiful voice. Singing a beautiful song. Some singers can show the emotion physically but equally talented singers don't always show it on their faces. It is a beautiful thing.
Rest in Peace. A true legend who not only influenced many Artists but also the Hip-Hop culture. Damn, 2020 is more than fucked up!!!
TRuly Missed already RIP great voice
Back when music was music...
bro, mourning bill with my kids, and reading this... no thanks.
RIP Mr Withers . He was born 6 days before me . I was thinking the same . 2020 has the worst effing start to a year in my 70 years on this planet .
I had forgotten that he had sang this song. Then I had remembered,I have that 45's. I am lucky that I have this song. RIP,Bill.
2024 gang 👇
It’s funny to me how he looks like he doesn’t want to be there, but I love this song and sing my heart out every time I hear it!
I'm in my 20s and I'm starting to like this kind of music more and more as I get older.
Real music hits different and last a lifetime ❤❤❤❤
Comrade, same.
Same
@@vmaultsby Same❤
I guess society would lable songs like this corny, but it's such a genuine expression of deep human emotion.
why cant artists be like this guy, no autotune needed to sound good
well i agree but artists like rappers need autotune, they have bars but they dont have the right voice too reach the note where the rhymes are cool, hope this doesnt offend anyone
@@SOUPMONKE that makes sense
I mean, autotune is not really a bad thing, it's often not even noticeable unless the artist chooses to make it very apparent (or just messes up real bad). It's just a handy tool to speed up workflow.. saves having to retry a few more times to get the perfect take.
david bowie uses autotune XD
@@k0ddd oh well sheeeeeeeet forget what I said
Ya’ll, I heard this song in a cat video and now I’m obsessed! The tune is beautiful! His voice is beautiful! The song is beautiful!! It’s awesome!!❤
Listening to this song feels like a getting sunkissed in a early spring morning. Idk it just freshens you up.
His face : 😐😑🙄
His voice : 💖🦄🌈
stfu
LOLOLOLOLOL
Hahahaha thats so true, there is no one single emotion on his face the whole time😂😂😂
@@Bexattt 😐
I mean I think he got divorced right before singing this
When he made this song he didn't even realize how much of a masterpiece it would become!! The music back in the day was so much better!!
How dare you steal my name but a agree with you
Thats why Driver Parallel Lines is a frickin' masterpiece. The 70s music in that game is so good.
Bros why we have the same name?
@@emanueloliveira9353 olabilir öyle şeyler
Man I wish my name was Emanuel rn
Common people, if this isnt one of the best tunes of that era, I don't know what is... Love the 80s !!!
I'm born in 2010 but I'm listening this song this song never get old
Old but gold
I was born 2 years later but I mean you can’t change ages so yea
Bill withers mom : “cmon baby show ya auntie that lil song you do”
Bill withers: okay 😐
😁😁😁😁
this comment is elite😂😂
Im dying🤣🤣😂😂😂
you win🤣
He look kinda depressed but his singing is still SPOT-ON!
It's because he got divorced and also this song was writed for that woman
He probably sang it for the millionth time lol
Maybe someone angered him before he took the stage.
@@marcelogimenez4098 damm that’s got to hurt
@@marcelogimenez4098 , I think it was Grover Washington Jr who wrote the song and Bill Withers just provided the vocal.
Awesome Song , beautiful voice ,this Is not a Song but a poem ❤️🇮🇹🇺🇸❤️...
I always love watching the eyes of these performers because you can see the mental focus and memory kicking in. The blinks indicating phrases, certain shifts in tone, or just simply going on the beat. Its obviously not clear what is going on in his mind at that exact moment but I know from experience that its not far off from what happens when performing like this.
No one:
My grandma: BOY WHAT YOU KNOW ABOUT THIS??
😅😅
Lol
lol same
lmao
wait till your grandma vibin to this song lmao
This song is so much more than a song. It's hard for me to explain, as soon as it starts to play I'm taken somewhere else. One of my all time favorites.
Me too
Well said
This song was about cocaine addiction 😂
@@tjbrewer4403 lol it's not it focus on the love of father and son
@@tjbrewer4403 That changes nothing lol
Im 390 years old and this remains a good song to my ears above other songs from throughout my time on this realm.
it is not every performer who can just stand there solo no theatrics and sing a simple song and it works. what a great voice.
I remember my mom singing this song to me, obviously upset, in her subaru station wagon. We stayed in there for a while after getting out of a worse situation. I was so young, I shouldn't remember... but this song has always stuck with me and represented hope for a better life, and the bond with my mother. Now that she is gone it certainly hits differently.
Damn.. sorry for your loss
Sounds like you had a strong Mom.
I really did Michelle. Thanks.
@@jessalulu2130 Hope everything’s good man. Sorry for your loss
I like youy comment
この時代にこんな素敵な曲をついこの間知りました。
宝とは眠ってるものなんですね、、
What a beautiful voice, wow. Absolutely stunning
He look like he was singing and see his crush dancing with her boyfriend
DAMMMM FR 😭😭😭
That hit hard for some reason XD
I'm dying of laughsHAHAHHAA
yes.
Lol
Why does he look like his mom made him sing "his little song" in front of his family during a family get together?
coz she did. His mother is the one behind the camera.
@@dd-lv9ih Fr or are u joking?
@@obamaameh2585 ffs you cant be serious, of course he’s joking he’s very famous😂
@@edwardbroadbent1565 Bruh I thought he was serious 😂😅
😂
Stunning voice! One of my favourite songs, love the melody and the words! No auto tune, just pure talent.
Rest in peace to a legend, Bill Withers
Estava a anos procurando essa música.
Que música maravilhosa!!!!!!
Traz tranquilidade para a alma .
Rip Bill Withers, legendary voice and the soundtrack to many people's lives. Your music will live on in the hearts of us all
Also RIP Grover Washington Jr, who played saxophone on the track.
@like burn I don't know for certain.
@like burn bill withers was the one who made it will smith just did some shit with it. Bill withers is older then will smith and who created the song. So Bill withers made it.
@like burn bill withers he made it.
@Zoey He still owns the royalties to it. Even if he's dead. It isnt under fair use yet. I wouldn't be surprised if his estate owns the rights to all of his songs.
Quelle délice cette chanson 🎶.❤️
"We gotta go for all we know" this message is deep in many ways, I feel it
最高にかっこいい。
Как ласкают душу эта прекрасная композиция,как прекрасен и трогателен исполнитель,я влюблена в это исполнение раз и навсегда!)
my guy is like he is forced against his will to be here and even then puts his heart and soul to it
Am actually a kenyan citizen....Ave listened to this legendary hit almost 6 yrs now ......he killed it
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Hehe very well done, love it 😇
Best comment I've seen on CZcams!
🗂️📂📁
had us in the first half not gonna lie
Wow, now this is a unique comment
he singing like his parents forced him into a school talent show and he's singing in front
of the school
Ahahahahah
yesss😂😂
I think his dad was right in front of him.
But even live sounds better than modern recordings...
@@jerga2002 i mean thats got nothing to do with the comment but ok
Complicity that has never been explained!!!
How can I tell you now how much I love and miss you??
Live as you wanted to, be free! 💋💔🖤💜
I'm 61 years old, and I will never get tired of listening to this beautiful song. What a great and melodious voice. He had the mic far away. The lyrics, the tempo, the musical harmony. The variety of rythm and pitch. The breathing, vocalization and resonance! And the sax played by Grove Washington Jr. makes this song a musical gem. Sometimes you don't need to show your emotions when you sing with your heart and soul like Bill Withers does. And I say he does it because I am completely sure that he is singing with the ANGELS in HEAVEN! And how elegant these artists of the yesteryear dressed! They just had respect for their audience! THIS SONG WILL NEVER GET OLD...WE DO!!!
RIP BROTHER BILL!.
Great song great song
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You are right on
❤❤❤❤💕💞💕💞
I agree
he looks like he's missing the one he's singing it for
I dig that profile pic
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he's talking about weed 😭
@@l0vec7nt what lmao
@@l0vec7nt LMAOo💀🖖
Why is he so calm and collected?
Is that level of calmness even possible?
I know I’m supposed to be too young for this music but I was raised by my granny mostly & being around her friend who listend to this & bill withers became my favorite singer form back in the days.
He sounds exactly like the recorded version.
Oh, you sweet summer child.
These TV shows were all 99% playback.
The project "Lipps Inc." that producted the famous song "Funkytown" in 1980 is a word play based on that fact.
It is just not worth going through a dozen sound checks for a "Top of the Pops" type of show.
@@Assywalker what
@@Assywalker Was Soul Train the same? I thought it sounded suspiciously identical
@@adityaroy7616
I'd have to look into that show.
On a quick search I found this:
czcams.com/video/Tg1yxRU6SJI/video.html
which looks totally legit.
As rule of thumb:
If you have 3+ performances on a weekly network TV show, then that show basically HAS to go for playback on most of them, to pull it off.
If you have ever been to a festival, you might have noticed a 30-60 min break between the artists for rewiring and sound checks. And it is really hard to do that mid show on a TV set, but not impossible.
@@calamity3802 I swear what the FUCK did I just read
This is literally the best song ever, and this dude isn't even trying lmao
Ludwig stream?
@@yesman8074 ??
@@anonymist7429 Ludwig Stream
@@noconfundaslascosasnegro6792 ???
@@anonymist7429 Ludwig Stream.
No matter the genre, no matter the decade, great songs like this always stands the test of time
The calmness he’s got. Talk about how classic this song is. Serene >
I’m obsessed with this song
Me too
Same
Same here
Me too
Same
My Mom and I used to sing this together, but would say just the three of us, to include my Dad 😆 Miss my Mom so much 😭
♥️❤️♥️
I'm sorry for you😥
This is really wholesome, I wasn't ready for the feels 😥
God bless you!
damn this comment is beautiful. The three of us. Lots of love to you.
I sing this song for my wife when i was 22... Now im 37 and my daughter, number 1 request is this song
This by far is a true presentation of an era when music had sOuL! 🎤🎶
Me: *Forgets to leave zoom class*
Teacher:Just The Two of us
There are no accidents…no matter how awkward they may be
hmm,.. sUs
My friend actually flirted with our teacher
@@AureddSkei over my long lifespan I have flirted with 400 mothers, including your own. There are no accidents that you haven’t met your father till now
Definitely not stolen from the lyric video😂
This is Real music
Diyosun
Biliyoz garddaş
No such thing, music is music.
There’s no such thing as “real” music, music is music.
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This song gives a special kind of soothing that makes thinking about someone special really exciting. Every other re-do of the song won't give same feeling
It’s so rare to see an artist perform as well live and in the studio these days. Amazing!
@@wheres11 no he wasn’t lol
Right because no one plays the original track when live 👍🏼
This is almost certainly a lipsync
He a little depressed,but he got the spirit.
Who gave this kid internet
@@iDucKy idk
@@iDucKy YOU WIN! FINISH HIM!
hes kinda deppressed tho cause this song was about his wife who divorced him just a little while before this performance
@@iDucKy WINNER iDucky
Será que sou o único brasileiro ouvindo essa obra prima em 2024?
Well 👀
This is a Master Piece!!!! Believe me it is!!! And this American is unique