This was my wife favorite song , when I first played this she asked me to dance with her not knowing this would be the last song I would dance with her. She passed May 2019 and her energy and spirit resonates and continues to live in my safe place.
My deepest sympathies to you, Amien. So sorry for your loss. Take care of yourself, and continue to allow music and memories of this type to comfort your soul. Big hugs to you 🤗🤗🤗. Be well.
Time is so short & precious such a beautiful for song for you & your wife. May that joyful time comfort your heart. I lost one of my best friends 2 weeks. We were like morning birds together and night owls in the night. I had came across a song about best friends I meant to send it to him. In the course of work that night I didn't get to send it. You did get that dance.
Does anyone else feel like bursting in to happy tears when they hear this song!?!? My heart just fills ups with pure joy every time I listen to it. It's sheer perfection Gregory. Thank you!
Yep. Yep. Yep. total joy and happy healing of all that pains and vexes. Gregory Porter is a very very special artist who can remind all to be real and true.
I so sorry you lost your mother. I lost my father 2 weeks after the day I heard this song for the first time as I drove to his home to discover he was dying of cancer. The little girl and her father reminded me and my father. I adored him and the video reminds me of him and me we were always together. So this song holds a special place in my heart too 😢
I was at the MGM casino and saw that Gregory porter was performing and there was a long line of dignified black folks dressed to the nines waiting in line to see him. I immediately went on RUclips to find out who this Gregory Porter is. I’m glad I found him.
I cry the moment he says clip his nails and cut his mane. The willingness to change everything who he is because he’s in love with her And she still pays no attention - breaks my heart. I’ve been there more times than should have. I understand that lion’s pain.
Me too. Maybe she doesn't believe she is good enough for the king of the jungle. She sees herself as just a lonely girl who dances to feel less alone. Still my new favorite song.
As I listened to this song and read the comments of the gentleman whose wife passed in May 2019, I'm reminded of the last outing I had with my mom. I pushed her in a wheel chair 11 long city blocks (roundtrip) to enjoy a scrumptious (last meal, unknown to me) at a restaurant called Oohs and Ahhs in NW DC. I'm brought to tears thinking of the joy it brought her. She passed 28 February 2019. What a beautiful melody to celebrate my mother. 😭
@@pamelaedwards113 Actually, I'm her daughter but because my brother was not as helpful (sometimes), she would usually refer to me as BOTH her son and her daughter😄😄😄.
perfectly said. I might not cry (though I'm pretty sure I was teary-eyed the first time I saw it), but it definitely takes me to an emotional place I'd not visited before ever seeing it and can't recall having visited since.
This song reminds me of my father when he use to sing "Mr Bojangles" which was a song about an old black man who danced with worn out shoes with silver hair and raggedy shirt and baggy pants" the rhythm of the song is just like this and it reminds me of how hard it was for men in general in the south where my dad was from, he played the piano and I play the trumpet and as crazy as he was I miss him😢
I heard this song last night in an Uber car. I listened to his voice, the instruments, then the words. I fell in love right then and there. I asked the driver who was this artist and that's why I am here today.
CATCH HIM WITH A ORCHESTRA HE'S SO FANOMINAL THIS SONG GIVES ME SWEET MEMORIES OF MOM SHE TOOK HER JOURNEY 1 20 2018 SHE'S WAITING FOR ME I'LL BE WITH HER HAVING A GREAT TIME BUT AS FOR KNOW I'M JUST TRYING TO LEARN HOW TO WALK AND TALK WITH OUT MENTIONING HER EVERY FEW MINUTES OR SO ❤❤❤❤❤❤
I have only discovered this guy today, and within two hours he has become my favourite male vocalist....and I'm 53 years old, so he has had to top some serious competition let me tell you.......what a voice!!!
This song is so captivating. It's like you expect someone in a relationship to behave a certain way but when they do you don't change how you treat them. I think the point of the song is that she doesn't see his efforts just like in the video the woman dancing doesn't see how hard the man is trying to get her attention. This song is a very eloquent way of putting a sensitive subject. A lot of relationships end because someone isn't taking notice of the efforts of the other. She tells him to be good and he does but it doesn't matter, she treats him the same and she keeping him hanging on a string waiting for her to notice ( dancing around his cage) but she only See's what she wants to see. He understands she has been hurt so he is paitent ( lions are made for cages but be careful they might just bite) still he wants her to see him for who he is and love him. Beautiful song!
This a a beautiful song my wife really liked it alot ,everytime I listen to it it makes me cry she is no longer here I lost her to cancer 5 months ago .I'm sooo heart broken 🥺🥺
I'm so sorry for your loss. You have the memories of her. I lost my fiance the day before we closed on a home. Whatever you are feeling know that God loves you. He will being you peace and comfort if only you ask.
When I see "Thumbs Down" on this I can help but be surprised that there are that many empty people out there who cannot appreciate pure God-given talent.
music is subjective. Love what you love. Forget them. He's brilliant, and that is all there is to it. :) SO, Let's us just love it. We'll give him all the props. :) :) :0
Relationships ! ! ! Go figure 'em out. I've been in one for three weeks now and I'm ready to take the first train smokin' because this chick is both too needy and too controling . I FEEL AS IF I WERE IN SOME SORT OF CAGE.
I’m with you. I saw him live in Nashville. It’s unexplainable. The amount of energy, passion, and love I felt when he sang every song. It was like. I looked to my left and my right. Saying to myself do you guys hear this……
I love this song sooooooo much. I almost cry when I hear it. The tender melancholy when you love and appreciate someone who is blissfully unaware of you.
It's a very likable song Not only that it touches a good spot in a man's heart especially if he thinks he's very very very too cocky strong so have mercy on all of us guys that is
I cried when I first heard this song, and I haven't cried in a very long time...to me, it's meaning to me is how you try to be good for those you love but find some way to try to make you the bad one. How you go all out and they seem to treat you the same. They really behave as if they don't know what they do wrong, only try to find fault in you. Sad but true for me..I also love his song "Water Under The Bridge"...that is where I am at in my life.
It is very lovely! As what you said is. Makes me think a little of Christmas. I'll check out "Water Under The Bridge". He's new to me, came up first in my search for new Jazz Artists. Wonderful!
This was the last song I listened to with my mum before she died, it breaks my poor heart every time I hear it. But I know when I hear it naturally she is dropping by to say everything will be okay Jamie. It’s so bittersweet
I think the visual gives soooo much life to this song. How often has someone danced around your cage? Gregory is just amazing. Don't change. Please don't change.
I was sitting in a gastropub with a friend last weekend when this song came on. Finally, I was so distracted by what I was hearing that I apologized to my friend and asked him to be quiet for a moment while I "Shazam'd" it. So glad I did because now I have a new fav.
MY grandfather passed September 16 23 and him and I loved this song and listened to it everyday whenever we were in the pool, cooking, games, and more. This man always brings a tear to my eye whenever he comes on. I just started listening to him again because I wanted to play something while I was setting up his memories. I was supposed to go one of his tours but couldn’t because I was starting middle school. So thank you for being me and my grandfather’s happiness and joy.
This song is amazing ! - The premise behind it is actually sad. It's a song of a man who could never get close to the woman who had his heart. "Be Good" actually causes him pain because no matter how much he brushes/cuts his mane or cuts his lion claws, she treats him the same. As someone not fit to be close to her. The cold part is that she doesn't even know/understand. The video is misleading in that way. This song though! Bro, Porter just gained a die hard fan.
Giovanni Chisholm I agree that the song is amazing, but I have to disagree that the video is misleading. I think if you really pay attention, all the clues are there. Her dancing so carefree and not knowing she's hurting him. the pictures on the cue cards show how hard he's trying and it's all in vain. It's all there. We just have to pay attention😊😊😊
@Giovanni Chisholm "The dance of love is something that can be done alone but it is also fun with somebody else," says Bennu. "I wanted to show two characters; one who was so busy dancing alone, never looking to have a partner... and another so desperate for love that he would do whatever it took to get it. What that character finally realizes is that all he needed to offer forth was himself."
The 100 ppl that disliked this obviously don't know or understands what "real" music is .This music is honest ,sophisticated and pure ,all in the same breath . Gregory Porter is a "real" artist and the music that he's sung on his stellar albums are moving and touching and i'm honored to have all his works . I can't wait see him live.
I am absolutely convinced that this music should remain as one of the representatives of our culture and our time. I am sure that, being underestimated now, it will still take its toll in the future.
When she calms The beast in you and excepts you for who you are is what I get. Being a ex Veteran this song has helped me get past so many dark times. What a Gem!
This song reminds me of myself, and my guy, the love of my life. Sometimes he acts like a lion, he roars. I dance around his cage not saying anything to him, for a few days. that's the way I pull his tail, and cause him pain, he can't stand me not speaking to him, he would if he could trim his lions claws and brush his mane... To get me to check him out, I love him just the same, so I dance around him, until he stops roaring, and admits he's not a Lion, cause Lions do bit. Oh yes I know what I am doing. I block him out of tender moments., until he makes it up to me. be Good... Thank you for putting it into words for me, with your beautiful voice.
I broke up with a guy who would freeze me out, I would do some thing wrong but he never said anything, just was cold. Had to get an ultrasound on my gallbladder and a barium swallow to look at my stomach because I was so sick about his treatment, literally the stress made me ill. So I left him and promptly started dating my bass player. Been happily married 26 years now. Steven who?
+Elysa Kramer Yelp! I and a friend take turns upping each other on "turning each other on to "independent tunes". Needless to say she won. I can't and don't want to stop humming this tune...all day. lol lol
There is very few times, when stars aline, and the world is a better place, this is one of these times, it gets into your soul, and hopefully never leave Be Good!
As a lion that has been once been caged this song distracts me with is beauty while reaching into my chest to caress my heart and grab ahold of my very soul
What's so crazy is is that I've been listening to this song 4 months now and never seen the video. And it's everything that I envisioned! I envisioned a woman dancing around a man that's caged in some way or another eventually them dancing together it's unbelievable. For me it's something I would love to dance to at my wedding if I ever get married again. It means so much more to me because I wish that my name was be good so I could have a man like that to go after me. It's like she's not necessarily trying to avoid him but because she's been hurt she doesn't want to bend to his will. It's only when he finally sees the Simplicity in the thing that she loves to do is when he truly understands her and can finally join the dance yes. I love Gregory Porter and his music to me is like water and air💜👑
I heard this song February 27, 2022 at the Blumenthal theater in Charlotte, NC for the first time for my 62nd birthday and I can’t go a day since without listening to this. Babe and I listened to it on the way home that night. It touches my spirit EVERY TIME I listen to it. Gregory Porter is an EXPERIENCE that I’m so honored to have witnessed ♥️♥️♥️ BE GOOD ♥️
I cry when I hear this sometimes because that's what my grandma use to say when ever I left her house . she'd say be good baby bye bye and when I first heard this I cried a good one .love you Grandma💖💗
This man here is 💖a gift from🤗 God, his music⛵ has gotten🌿 me through the 😁best and🌻 worst of times🌾.😂 His music, his voice will🌳 always stand the test of time. 🌹 God bless you Mr. PORTER AND THANK YOU!💐
Same. And then always the same thought .. what next to play to match that? Mostly I just quit listening to music after this song and do something else.
My granddaughter’s favorite song. She has been listening to it since she was 6 yrs old. At 11 years old, I send this video to her occasionally to remind her of what she has to give to the world,..her heart..❤just a beautiful song…
I was recently introduced to Gregory Porter by a pupil. His voice is fluidity itself and he is now among my list of 'easy listening' artists. His 2014 Grammy win for Best Jazz Vocal Album *Liquid Spirit* was well deserved
Joanna.....you need to give that pupil a huge hug and get him, or her, to introduce Porter to all his or her friends and classmates too.....if this mans voice doesn't make the world a better place, nothing will
NYJALB He's a young singer/songwriter himself & I'm hoping to send out a video of his soon. I'll add you to the post if you'd like? there's a wonderfully vibrant, creative young music scene here in Dublin at the moment. Really exciting talent coming up to maturity
This song is so powerful and has so much wisdom towards children that it changed my behavior as a parent. This song rings in my head whenever I get angry with my children and calms my nerves before I open my mouth. My relationship got better with my children. Thank You Mr. Porter and please do more powerful songs with great wisdom.
This is one of the most beautiful song...he reminds me of Donny Hathaway for some reason...I have seen him perform at the Kennedy Center with a full Orchestra....he was awesome!
My Mom's passed away bout 4 or 5 yrs ago... When I was a little obnoxious kid she would say "Shush... Listen to this song" I would... I learned So Much from her telling me to be quiet and listen. She passed away it seems like yesterday. But one of our last songs was Be Good and My phone was all messed up and scattered. But she got it. Mom "I Know u liked it!!! 🙂🙂🙂🙂
I can listen to this song all day over and over again and I cry through it all day, why does it pull me in so deep ,it may be the closest I can get to heaven without actually dying,
What is it about this song??? EVERYTHING IS PERFECT, his voice, the lyrics, the dancing, the background, I can’t stop listening to it. My #1 song of the year, and artist of the year!!!
This album was introduced to me 3 yrs ago by my son after I suffered a traumatic brain injury. It has been a blessing for easing ongoing anxiety & PTSD. It's amazing what Godly, anointed music can do for the spirit.
civilizeddiva, I love this song so I looked up why Gregory Porter wrote it. He said its because of how a woman treated him and pretty much kept him in a box and would only pull him out when she wanted to play with him.
+Mar Mascaró This is not "jazz coated" it is the essence of jazz vocal performance! You sound like a judgemental idiot talking about "least pretentious." Just because jazz music is over your tone deaf head does not mean it is "pretentious."
This was my wife favorite song , when I first played this she asked me to dance with her not knowing this would be the last song I would dance with her. She passed May 2019 and her energy and spirit resonates and continues to live in my safe place.
Amien Hodge so sorry for your loss... Praying that this beautiful song continues to call back to mind all the good you had together.
My deepest sympathies to you, Amien. So sorry for your loss. Take care of yourself, and continue to allow music and memories of this type to comfort your soul. Big hugs to you 🤗🤗🤗. Be well.
Time is so short & precious such a beautiful for song for you & your wife. May that joyful time comfort your heart. I lost one of my best friends 2 weeks. We were like morning birds together and night owls in the night. I had came across a song about best friends I meant to send it to him. In the course of work that night I didn't get to send it. You did get that dance.
Amien so glad you got a chance to experience a "Be Good' in your life! All the best to you...
Peace and blessings brother.
Does anyone else feel like bursting in to happy tears when they hear this song!?!? My heart just fills ups with pure joy every time I listen to it. It's sheer perfection Gregory. Thank you!
Yep. Yep. Yep. total joy and happy healing of all that pains and vexes. Gregory Porter is a very very special artist who can remind all to be real and true.
I do...
It's very emotional and moving. Very deep.
I've heard this song before. BUT yesterday listening to it, hit differently. 💜💜💜
It breaks me down like no other song... ut its the video too.
My mother loved him and right when they were going to fly out to see him she passed away. This song holds a place deep in my soul.
You poor baby!!
I so sorry you lost your mother. I lost my father 2 weeks after the day I heard this song for the first time as I drove to his home to discover he was dying of cancer. The little girl and her father reminded me and my father. I adored him and the video reminds me of him and me we were always together. So this song holds a special place in my heart too 😢
So sorry♥️
@@BazzieObless you🙏🏾
Man. This is not just music. THIS IS ART. Masterful.
SAY NO MORE!!!
True that! ❤🎶
By every metric this is Art and the video presentation, the dance, his timbre, the clever lyrics and it's smoooth as marble.
Just discovering this beautiful soul in 2024……I’m obsessed 🥹🫶🏽
Same! Heard my first song of his a week ago and obsessed is the word! Goes right to my heart and soul. What a gift!
I'm telling you he is just divine
I was at the MGM casino and saw that Gregory porter was performing and there was a long line of dignified black folks dressed to the nines waiting in line to see him. I immediately went on RUclips to find out who this Gregory Porter is. I’m glad I found him.
Y'all should watch him on his Germany tour!
Check Illusion from the first album
I cry the moment he says clip his nails and cut his mane. The willingness to change everything who he is because he’s in love with her And she still pays no attention - breaks my heart. I’ve been there more times than should have. I understand that lion’s pain.
Me too. Maybe she doesn't believe she is good enough for the king of the jungle. She sees herself as just a lonely girl who dances to feel less alone.
Still my new favorite song.
I cry everytime
Truth!
@@karahogarty1193 blah blah blah. If thats the case Be Good needs to tell herself to be good and should articulate that before clipping said nails.
There will be a last time you dance, kiss and cook together. Treasure every moment ❤️
❤I know. How sweet it all was!
And you never know it's the last time when is the last time😢
This is the song by Gregory Porter that captured me.
As I listened to this song and read the comments of the gentleman whose wife passed in May 2019, I'm reminded of the last outing I had with my mom. I pushed her in a wheel chair 11 long city blocks (roundtrip) to enjoy a scrumptious (last meal, unknown to me) at a restaurant called Oohs and Ahhs in NW DC. I'm brought to tears thinking of the joy it brought her. She passed 28 February 2019. What a beautiful melody to celebrate my mother. 😭
She's blessed to have a son like you ☺️ she is at peace 🕊️
@@pamelaedwards113 Actually, I'm her daughter but because my brother was not as helpful (sometimes), she would usually refer to me as BOTH her son and her daughter😄😄😄.
From South Africa, and just went through the comments and was instantly touched... I will forever pay tribute to her soul. Peace Be Upon Her
I can't watch this video without crying. The poetry and visualizations used here just hit me in a place I don't understand.
Touches my spirit
I feel emotional every single time.. maybe it's the familiarity of hearts like mines who have experienced unrequited love.
Touches the deep of me for the love I have experienced and yet to give
perfectly said. I might not cry (though I'm pretty sure I was teary-eyed the first time I saw it), but it definitely takes me to an emotional place I'd not visited before ever seeing it and can't recall having visited since.
This song reminds me of my father when he use to sing "Mr Bojangles" which was a song about an old black man who danced with worn out shoes with silver hair and raggedy shirt and baggy pants" the rhythm of the song is just like this and it reminds me of how hard it was for men in general in the south where my dad was from, he played the piano and I play the trumpet and as crazy as he was I miss him😢
I will never get tired of listening to this song...
15m views for the most heart wrenching love song . yet I feel he wouldn't want her to stop. Hurts so good so to speak
+Ann McDonald I feel you...just ran 4miles with the song on repeat!!!!!
nice :-)
Ann McDonald I am hooked on this beautiful man and his awesome voice!
Me either and this video is so...awww...I can't find the words for how much I love it.
I heard this song last night in an Uber car. I listened to his voice, the instruments, then the words. I fell in love right then and there. I asked the driver who was this artist and that's why I am here today.
damn ma what's yo name???
ohh nvm boo
+Dee Ford I am not your boo and I see that you wised up and looked at my name from the hyperlink. Have a great day!
what yall don't know is that +Hannah Purham is my wife 😊😘
Lol plot twist. That's right!
Can't believe I have only found Mr Porter today... 14 of July 2021 !! Thank the universe for this moment. I'm so happy :)
ENJOY🥁🎺🎻🎹🎼🎵🎙🎚😉
CATCH HIM WITH A ORCHESTRA HE'S SO FANOMINAL THIS SONG GIVES ME SWEET MEMORIES OF MOM SHE TOOK HER JOURNEY 1 20 2018 SHE'S WAITING FOR ME I'LL BE WITH HER HAVING A GREAT TIME BUT AS FOR KNOW I'M JUST TRYING TO LEARN HOW TO WALK AND TALK WITH OUT MENTIONING HER EVERY FEW MINUTES OR SO ❤❤❤❤❤❤
my daughter was born with this song playing in the room.
David Hamilton how old is she
lucky you!
Poor her,pure shit.
😭😭😭❤
2024....I discoved this gem....what a beautiful song😊❤...who's here with me....
You're late, but better late than never.❤
Don't Miss Him This Summer...
Google: Gregory Porter Tour Dates 2024
for Concerts🎶❤️👍
@eugeniahunter2411 you beautiful soul..thank u kindly..one love.
Me
Been here .🎉🎉🎉
I have only discovered this guy today, and within two hours he has become my favourite male vocalist....and I'm 53 years old, so he has had to top some serious competition let me tell you.......what a voice!!!
Right on sir!
NYJALB I am 51 with the same exact story, just discovered him today, at 7:46 AM!
It is pure magic and absolute talent isn’t it! I am so glad someone else hears it!
@@TheRealSnakePlisken u, )))‘I,mddd@e
This song brings me so much peace.
Well said, Holly. So glad I was recently introduced to this man's work.
exactly...peace.
It's his amazing voice, I believe. My dogs get relaxed by his songs, too^^
This brother's voice is like a warm bowl of gumbo, at the end of a long day!!!!
Tony Martin ...you really get it!
This song is so captivating. It's like you expect someone in a relationship to behave a certain way but when they do you don't change how you treat them. I think the point of the song is that she doesn't see his efforts just like in the video the woman dancing doesn't see how hard the man is trying to get her attention. This song is a very eloquent way of putting a sensitive subject. A lot of relationships end because someone isn't taking notice of the efforts of the other. She tells him to be good and he does but it doesn't matter, she treats him the same and she keeping him hanging on a string waiting for her to notice ( dancing around his cage) but she only See's what she wants to see. He understands she has been hurt so he is paitent ( lions are made for cages but be careful they might just bite) still he wants her to see him for who he is and love him. Beautiful song!
Jae Mason Thomas
EXCELLENT analogy/explanation, Jae!!!🤗🤗🤗
Very well said. I really enjoyed reading you comment 🦋⚘
Jae Thomas yes!
I always thought of it as the savage animal part of a man that has to be tamed to be loved by a woman/society but we do it because of their beauty.
You about to make me cry!
2020 praying everyone that hasn't found love yet... Finds love... Love yourself first... The rest will come along...
😉
Thank You 🙏🏽
found it and threw it away too many times. like Mumu Fresh said " I am ready " ruclips.net/video/ivR988qCPik/видео.html
@@clumsiii To manifested love is great. Positive thoughts... Love thoughts... Positive affirmations... Love affirmations...
@@jacobm.6411 fr got shivers reading kindness from a stranger. thank you jacob
This a a beautiful song my wife really liked it alot ,everytime I listen to it it makes me cry she is no longer here I lost her to cancer 5 months ago .I'm sooo heart broken 🥺🥺
Let your memories comfort you. Praying for you.
😢🙏🏾❤️
Beautiful moments and memories are created through pure love. Praying for you brother!
I'm so sorry for your loss. You have the memories of her. I lost my fiance the day before we closed on a home. Whatever you are feeling know that God loves you. He will being you peace and comfort if only you ask.
It's a beautiful song. I just discovered it. Sad for you. Be courageous. 🙁
If my life was a dinner party, this song would be playing on repeat.
Pete Sim yep. I fantasize about having a dinner party and introducing my guest to this wonderful spirit
Exactly! This has become my "go away and feel" song.
I always listen it during my dinner parties 😝
That would be wonderful!! Pete... Make it happen..
Play on and repeat ❤️
If any one person has watched this a million times, it's probably me :)
Me too
ME TOO IT'S SO FRESH AND HONEST CLEAN AND A BEAUTIFUL LOVE SONG ❤
I watch it over and over
I just love this song
Me too 🙋🏽♀️ or 2 million times ❤️
Sorry. I watch it a million and one times plus as I'm writing 😊😊this
He's got the happiest face I have ever seen... I love him
When I see "Thumbs Down" on this I can help but be surprised that there are that many empty people out there who cannot appreciate pure God-given talent.
Truth. Mr. Porter is genius.
music is subjective. Love what you love. Forget them.
He's brilliant, and that is all there is to it. :) SO, Let's us just love it.
We'll give him all the props. :) :) :0
There's no accounting for taste. It's only 2% of people though - I'd take those odds.
Maybe there's REAL Music lovers , Ferrucco Tagliavini, Jussi Bjorling,etc.
He is my favorite new artist. A superb singer and writer. From the heart and soul.
“Does she knows what she does , when she dances around my cage” 💕❤️🩹
"She knows what she does, when she dances around my cage and says her name." Hits me right where it hurts.
Relationships ! ! ! Go figure 'em out. I've been in one for three weeks now and I'm ready to take the first train smokin' because this chick is both too needy and too controling . I FEEL AS IF I WERE IN SOME SORT OF CAGE.
Gary Cooper dude take the train lol life is too short :-)
My name is..."Be Good" and I did not even know it. Bravo Mr. Porter!
If it wasn't for all the bad music, you wouldn't know good music. This my friends is very, very good music
Love forever this Song ❤️💙❤️💙
some of the best :)
Very, very, very goood!
EXACTLY..!!
🎹🎚🎶🎙🎻🎺🥁🎼🎵
Something about this big keeps me coming back
This song is so beautiful and just puts me in a good and peaceful mood. His voice is amazing.
Oh I totally agree! I played it back to back and eased off to sleep and I am not a day sleeper. Just relaxed me right on off!
@@jeffbrown6533 I know right! So beautiful.
He saying something true and powerful bout love. Makes the sun shine inside, laughter, and childlike playfulness come to mind.
Stop The insanity with Lala Hathaway makes me cry just about every time so emotional
@@garvin6142 That's a beautiful one too!
Gregory Porter and his band played with my orchestra this year.I'm still starstruck and listen to his music all the time❤
I’m with you. I saw him live in Nashville. It’s unexplainable. The amount of energy, passion, and love I felt when he sang every song. It was like. I looked to my left and my right. Saying to myself do you guys hear this……
The saxophonist's solo at 2:25 is pure love. This song is so powerful.
This song needs to be in a Movie and will be an All time classic, song is too good and can loop this song all night.
Looping it Now 1Am,
& LOVING IT.
1 OF MY FAVS😊😉
I like to imagine that I made my father feel this way. He was definitely my Lion.
I love this song sooooooo much. I almost cry when I hear it. The tender melancholy when you love and appreciate someone who is blissfully unaware of you.
It's a very likable song Not only that it touches a good spot in a man's heart especially if he thinks he's very very very too cocky strong so have mercy on all of us guys that is
@@davidhampton7217 ✨
@@arthurgoff7321 👍🥰
@@arthurgoff7321 Indeed!
Thank you.... I am in tears as I type. Nailed it!!
Whoever listen to this deserve peace forever.💥👌🏻
This songs opens a soft spot in my guarded wounded heart every time. Dam you Gregory Porter, lion tamed.
Dave I feel the same. I also have a wounded heart. May we both find real love soon
always grateful for this song and those who have gone through real trials. Grateful!
I cried when I first heard this song, and I haven't cried in a very long time...to me, it's meaning to me is how you try to be good for those you love but find some way to try to make you the bad one. How you go all out and they seem to treat you the same. They really behave as if they don't know what they do wrong, only try to find fault in you. Sad but true for me..I also love his song "Water Under The Bridge"...that is where I am at in my life.
I hear something beautiful with your expressions. Thank you for leaving a bit of realness for strangers like me.
It is very lovely! As what you said is. Makes me think a little of Christmas. I'll check out "Water Under The Bridge". He's new to me, came up first in my search for new Jazz Artists. Wonderful!
here here Lonnie .x
the first time watching it brought tears to my eyes also. couldn't really put into words so thank you.
I did also. Sad, but great song. The phrasing is awesome
This was the last song I listened to with my mum before she died, it breaks my poor heart every time I hear it. But I know when I hear it naturally she is dropping by to say everything will be okay Jamie. It’s so bittersweet
Just to tell you that your mother is taking care of you. She's actually become your guardian angel. That's the message she sends to you :-))
Sorry for your lost, my condolences 🙏
Alexis and I danced to "Be Good" at our wedding. I learned to words and song the song to her while we danced. Thank you, Mr. Porter
Proud to know that my dad will be performing live with Gregory porter and BBB
This is one of the most beautiful songs I have ever heard. Only Porter's voice would do it justice. The meaning is on point!
I think the visual gives soooo much life to this song. How often has someone danced around your cage? Gregory is just amazing. Don't change. Please don't change.
Everytime I hear this, it's a new classic. A future, present jazz standard....
When I wake up to this song, I have a great day.
Gregory Porter is amazing!!! A true original! Avant garde.
you're right
true very true my sir
cool christian oy
Jerry M Oakley what
I cried omg I cried what an emotional song it lowered my energy and filled my heart space
logtype47 me too bro i love his song
Ruth L Yeah I cried also. Such a beautiful song.
MINE TOO!
I was sitting in a gastropub with a friend last weekend when this song came on. Finally, I was so distracted by what I was hearing that I apologized to my friend and asked him to be quiet for a moment while I "Shazam'd" it. So glad I did because now I have a new fav.
This guy really writes beautiful songs
MY grandfather passed September 16 23 and him and I loved this song and listened to it everyday whenever we were in the pool, cooking, games, and more. This man always brings a tear to my eye whenever he comes on. I just started listening to him again because I wanted to play something while I was setting up his memories. I was supposed to go one of his tours but couldn’t because I was starting middle school. So thank you for being me and my grandfather’s happiness and joy.
❤🙏🏾🌹
Every time I watch this video I see something different. The imagery is stunning and engaging. Goes perfect with the song. I'm in love with it!!!
Nikki White black love is real, we as people have to embrace it but ninjas are scared to commit...I'm just saying
William Mann I'm in complete agreement with you. And not just black love but self love. Gotta start somewhere.
This song is amazing ! - The premise behind it is actually sad. It's a song of a man who could never get close to the woman who had his heart. "Be Good" actually causes him pain because no matter how much he brushes/cuts his mane or cuts his lion claws, she treats him the same. As someone not fit to be close to her. The cold part is that she doesn't even know/understand. The video is misleading in that way. This song though! Bro, Porter just gained a die hard fan.
Giovanni Chisholm I agree that the song is amazing, but I have to disagree that the video is misleading. I think if you really pay attention, all the clues are there. Her dancing so carefree and not knowing she's hurting him. the pictures on the cue cards show how hard he's trying and it's all in vain. It's all there. We just have to pay attention😊😊😊
@Giovanni Chisholm "The dance of love is something that can be done alone but it is also fun with somebody else," says Bennu. "I wanted to show two characters; one who was so busy dancing alone, never looking to have a partner... and another so desperate for love that he would do whatever it took to get it. What that character finally realizes is that all he needed to offer forth was himself."
I had a very stressful day today.. So first thing I did was turn to Gregory...🎶
Don't even need a drink, just put Gregory & close your eyes and relax!
The 100 ppl that disliked this obviously don't know or understands what "real" music is .This music is honest ,sophisticated and pure ,all in the same breath . Gregory Porter is a "real" artist and the music that he's sung on his stellar albums are moving and touching and i'm honored to have all his works . I can't wait see him live.
The real young generation
EXACTLY..!!
I seen him live Downtown Chicago @ The Pavillion in Grant Park with my Fav Cuzn.1 of the Best Concerts Ever.
& It Was Free👍🏾😊💞
Today years old when I learned of Mr Gregory Porter, thanks to my beautiful mother 🙏🏾
I am absolutely convinced that this music should remain as one of the representatives of our culture and our time. I am sure that, being underestimated now, it will still take its toll in the future.
Let me be the first to say that " Be Good (Lion's song) " will be played at my wedding reception ! VERY NICE SONG, take a bow Gregory !
Grammys 2014: Best Jazz Vocal Album: "Liquid Spirit," Gregory Porter
I am crying, this song is so beautiful
When she calms
The beast in you and excepts you for who you are is what I get. Being a ex Veteran this song has helped me get past so many dark times. What a Gem!
This song reminds me of myself, and my guy, the love of my life. Sometimes he acts like a lion, he roars. I dance around his cage not saying anything to him, for a few days. that's the way I pull his tail, and cause him pain, he can't stand me not speaking to him, he would if he could trim his lions claws and brush his mane... To get me to check him out, I love him just the same, so I dance around him, until he stops roaring, and admits he's not a Lion, cause Lions do bit. Oh yes I know what I am doing. I block him out of tender moments., until he makes it up to me. be Good... Thank you for putting it into words for me, with your beautiful voice.
I broke up with a guy who would freeze me out, I would do some thing wrong but he never said anything, just was cold. Had to get an ultrasound on my gallbladder and a barium swallow to look at my stomach because I was so sick about his treatment, literally the stress made me ill. So I left him and promptly started dating my bass player. Been happily married 26 years now. Steven who?
The way he sings... the way she dances.... love it!
+Elysa Kramer Yelp! I and a friend take turns upping each other on "turning each other on to "independent tunes". Needless to say she won. I can't and don't want to stop humming this tune...all day. lol lol
@@Rickelsonnih❤
There is very few times, when stars aline, and the world is a better place, this is one of these times, it gets into your soul, and hopefully never leave Be Good!
Had the honor of seeing him live in NYC last night. When he sang this, my heart melted. What a beautiful song. Gregory Porter warms my soul.
I always loved this song. But as a man who has recently met a woman who is living magic, this song has a whole new feeling and meaning.
This song is pure life
yes maam !x
The feeling you get when your father says it's tears of joy😊
As a lion that has been once been caged this song distracts me with is beauty while reaching into my chest to caress my heart and grab ahold of my very soul
I want to meet Gregory Porter one day and tell him how he makes me feel when I listen to this song.
Me too
Me too!!!!🧡💜🧡
The saxophone solo alone is worth the price of admission
What's so crazy is is that I've been listening to this song 4 months now and never seen the video. And it's everything that I envisioned! I envisioned a woman dancing around a man that's caged in some way or another eventually them dancing together it's unbelievable. For me it's something I would love to dance to at my wedding if I ever get married again. It means so much more to me because I wish that my name was be good so I could have a man like that to go after me. It's like she's not necessarily trying to avoid him but because she's been hurt she doesn't want to bend to his will. It's only when he finally sees the Simplicity in the thing that she loves to do is when he truly understands her and can finally join the dance yes. I love Gregory Porter and his music to me is like water and air💜👑
Melanie sweet girl I hope you find what you are looking for
I was thinking about dancing to this at my wedding too!
I love your insight into this song. That's what it is to me also, so poignant
@@CosmicCompassionQuest awwe I apologize am just now seeing this but thank you so much! And likewise to you as well ❤
@@badhoney 🥰🥰
Gregory Porter has the most beautiful voice I never get fed up of listening to him.
I heard this song February 27, 2022 at the Blumenthal theater in Charlotte, NC for the first time for my 62nd birthday and I can’t go a day since without listening to this. Babe and I listened to it on the way home that night. It touches my spirit EVERY TIME I listen to it. Gregory Porter is an EXPERIENCE that I’m so honored to have witnessed ♥️♥️♥️ BE GOOD ♥️
I cry when I hear this sometimes because that's what my grandma use to say when ever I left her house . she'd say be good baby bye bye and when I first heard this I cried a good one .love you Grandma💖💗
Bruh!!! I hear you.
This was 4 Years ago still remembering you Grandma
This man here is 💖a gift from🤗 God, his music⛵ has gotten🌿 me through the 😁best and🌻 worst of times🌾.😂 His music, his voice will🌳 always stand the test of time. 🌹
God bless you Mr. PORTER AND THANK YOU!💐
I've been listening to this song for 7 years now, especially when I'm struggling with stress it has this calmness and Black Lov 🥰💖😍😘🎶🎵
Yes!
Same. And then always the same thought .. what next to play to match that? Mostly I just quit listening to music after this song and do something else.
Or repeat
EXACTLY,
BEST MEDICINE 🎵🎼🥁🎺🎻🎹🎶🎙🎚💞
I never get tired of this song......♥♥
This makes the two of us❤️❤️
The Artist Known As Lena J. ME THREE!!!😍😍😍
Mee 4 😊😉🎹🎙🎶🎻🎼🥁🎺🎚💞
9 years later, this song still makes me cry
YES, YES, YES, YES, AND OF COURSE THANK YOU. PURE MUSIC HAS RETURNED. THANK YOU SIR!
"Christmas is What You Make It" Hobby Lobby Commercial 2021 brought me here! This song is simply BEAUTIFUL! 😍🥰😊
My granddaughter’s favorite song. She has been listening to it since she was 6 yrs old. At 11 years old, I send this video to her occasionally to remind her of what she has to give to the world,..her heart..❤just a beautiful song…
I was recently introduced to Gregory Porter by a pupil. His voice is fluidity itself and he is now among my list of 'easy listening' artists. His 2014 Grammy win for Best Jazz Vocal Album *Liquid Spirit* was well deserved
you're right a lovely voice thanks for sharing
Joanna.....you need to give that pupil a huge hug and get him, or her, to introduce Porter to all his or her friends and classmates too.....if this mans voice doesn't make the world a better place, nothing will
NYJALB He's a young singer/songwriter himself & I'm hoping to send out a video of his soon. I'll add you to the post if you'd like? there's a wonderfully vibrant, creative young music scene here in Dublin at the moment. Really exciting talent coming up to maturity
Please do.....I would love to hear it, and good luck to the young fella!
posting it on Monday NYJALB
This song reminds me of my mom I heard it right after she passed away her last words to me was be good Love you mom Rest In Peace🙏🏼🥲
Simply Beautiful 💞
All these years and this is still my favorite song and baritone singer.
👍🏾😊😉
❤ one of the best songs ever written and composed
This song is so powerful and has so much wisdom towards children that it changed my behavior as a parent. This song rings in my head whenever I get angry with my children and calms my nerves before I open my mouth. My relationship got better with my children. Thank You Mr. Porter and please do more powerful songs with great wisdom.
Powerful music.I enjoy every song. What a voice....❤
This is one of the most beautiful song...he reminds me of Donny Hathaway for some reason...I have seen him perform at the Kennedy Center with a full Orchestra....he was awesome!
My first time to hear this. It made me cry. Beautiful.
This song teaches me more about life and love than all the books ever written. ❤️
MASTERPIECE !
My Mom's passed away bout 4 or 5 yrs ago... When I was a little obnoxious kid she would say "Shush... Listen to this song" I would... I learned So Much from her telling me to be quiet and listen. She passed away it seems like yesterday. But one of our last songs was Be Good and My phone was all messed up and scattered. But she got it. Mom "I Know u liked it!!! 🙂🙂🙂🙂
I can listen to this song all day over and over again and I cry through it all day, why does it pull me in so deep ,it may be the closest I can get to heaven without actually dying,
What is it about this song??? EVERYTHING IS PERFECT, his voice, the lyrics, the dancing, the background, I can’t stop listening to it. My #1 song of the year, and artist of the year!!!
This album was introduced to me 3 yrs ago by my son after I suffered a traumatic brain injury. It has been a blessing for easing ongoing anxiety & PTSD. It's amazing what Godly, anointed music can do for the spirit.
A beautiful tribute to the Black woman. The woman who is always there.
civilizeddiva, I love this song so I looked up why Gregory Porter wrote it. He said its because of how a woman treated him and pretty much kept him in a box and would only pull him out when she wanted to play with him.
Only if "there" refers to KFC
Yeah but he is married to a very non black woman
Thanks and to all be encouraged
@@hunneylippseso parte 😂
I fell in love all over again after hearing this song. thank you for making good music mr porter.
I was feeling a little blue and this song was exactly what I needed to hear. My heart was broken and now I feel better about loving again. Yeah!!!
It's January 2020 I am still rocking this tune😆 I have lived this song and I was the Lion this is so heartfelt❤.
One of the least pretentious jazz coated albums of all times. Love it.
+Mar Mascaró This is not "jazz coated" it is the essence of jazz vocal performance! You sound like a judgemental idiot talking about "least pretentious." Just because jazz music is over your tone deaf head does not mean it is "pretentious."
wow! wish i could escape to a world that beautiful........
This song changed my life in such a way....now I realize the simplest life is the easiest life too live...Thank you.
Ridiculously late-to-the-party for this, but oh so grateful. Thank you Gregory Porter.
I only learned of Gregory Porter after DL Hughley played this on his show after a discussion. What a treat he is and his entire album is BEAUTIFUL!
I learned about him via Kem w/ the 'Holding on' track they did together
That's a beautiful song as well!
Yes I've just learned of him and his voice is amazing, I can't stop listening💞