10/25/24: Walter was a master of music: singing, performing ,directing and writing. The words to his songs are classic gospel songs they don't write them like this anymore.
Still listening in January 2021! Awesome song sung by the Hawkins Family! I’ve been listening to the later version sung at GE Patterson’s tribute with Shontelle Norman and Stefanie Bolton, and I’m so glad I finally discovered the original here!! Thank you Bishop Walter Hawkins! RIP
❤ yess carrying on this profoundly inspiring song in 2024 everyday and night . Our world is in peril this song keeps me inspired and gives me strength to go forward in Jesus name.❤❤
What ever it is, I'm just in a Walter Hawkins mood this rainy morrning. One of my all time Walter Hawkins songs. I believe this is the first time seeing this live version. Just WOW!
Love this song taken me through through those times. Still has the same effectiveness back then as right now. Love love the sweet anointing that spreads to reach the hearts and lives of people. Still touched by the love and inspiration of this song.
I'm glad I had the honor to meet him My pastor years ago right before he passed away he came to Arizona for a few days to dedicate our church he was our Bishop and my pastor took me with him to his funeral.iits to much to tell but I got a chance to meet Tramaine and Carlton Pearson and a lot of great gospel singers I will never forget it ❤❤❤
His ministry was incredible. Truly a gift to us from God. He wrote some of the most powerful Gospel music ever created in my opinion. Forever RIP Bishop Walter Hawkins.
I miss this era 1980's and 1990's. This era had a clear-cut message about Jesus. Bishop Hawkins and Edwin S Hawkins left a legacy of music to radiate throughout eternity. Play that organ!! Lady Tramaine and Lynette - beasts all by themselves.
I was introduced to #walterhawkins music as a boy then my Mother Lillian Parks started singing with the Hawkins Singers in 1980 and sang on their Love Alive 4 project. She traveled with the Hawkins Singers and shared the stage with many other Gospel singers and I knew who they were and how amazing their voices were (I was and am a fan) #clark sisters #shirleycaeser #mightycloudsofjoy #darylcoley.
Forever Gospel RIP Bishop Walter Hawkins you live on through many......I love for sharing your talent with us and Lord thank you for using him to reach ME personally...
All of the Hawkins singers are talented, but when you look at Tramaine, in the back or on lead...very few singers that touch your spirit..that i her. I heard this when i was out in the world and i remember hearing her stirred something in me, later i found that is was the God speaking throughher voice....we need more of that today.
Walter is so smooth in his music. Nobody is directing anybody. Walter isn't making signals or getting overly sweaty. The singers are tight as well as the musicians. I hate to sound like I'm looking down on today's music but something is missing in Gospel music.
The first time I saw Love Center perform in person, they opened for the Winans at Center of Hope Church. I kept looking for a choir director but there wasn't one. From the organ, just a tilt of his head or a nod and that great choir was on que.
I came to know the Lord because of Bishop Walter Hawkins and had the blessed privilidge of being a member of Love Center Ministries from 1994 to the present. I love you and miss you greatly, Bishop. Rest peacefully.
What a marvelous thing God did in Bishop Walter L. Hawkins. God stirred up the gifts in our pastor. I am thankful to God for loaning him to us for the time. My pray today as we give honor to whom honor is due on his birthday, that we move forward and remember what we've been taught. Put into action the messages he shared of Christ's love. Lord, Give Us Time.
I grew up in Chicago during the sixties listening to herb Kent on the radio. He would close each night with this song. What a blessing it is to still listen to this anointed song.
OMG!!!! Thank You for posting this!!!! From the Late 78 / 79ish!! The choir that brought me into Gospel Music! Walter Hawkins & The Love Center Choir . The very First Gospel Album I purchase 2....1 for me the other for Gwen McDuffie!
The Holy Spirit is that inner gut-wrenching feeling that makes the mouth utter. What is this won't let me hold my peace letting others know: God is Real!
The best Gospel Music IMHO was from the late 70's starting with Andre Crouch, the Hawkins Family, the Clark Sisters, the Winans Family, Vanessa Bell Armstrong, Commissioned, Witness, Yolanda Adams and it ended with Fred Hammond as a solo artist. I wouldn't walk across the street to hear much more than these that I just named. No, not even for FREE. Just a few more people happened to slip through the crack such as; Tonex, Kim Burrell, Donnie McClurkin Kikki and LeAndria Johnson who IS the best thing to happen in Gospel since the early 2000's when Kim & Donnie showed up.
The Legend I grew up with the Hawkins music they we're the best we will never get anything as great as this again I miss bishop Walter Hawkins and Edwin Hawkins true legends ❤❤
Truly amazing singers! His was a beautful instrument for Christ. No other voice like Walter Hawkins. He was by far my favorite gospel performer/singer. Still get happy every time I hear him sing! I grew up to the Hawkins Family, the Clark Sisters and Shirley Ceasar, true gospel legends. Anointed and truly blessed. RIP Bishop Walter Hawkins! Your music will live on forever!, a testimony in itself!
The Hawkins family will always be my favorite Gospel Singing family until death takes me away. I have followed them for soooooo long and will continue to do so.
Wow.. Nostalgia at it's best.. I remember when this song was released..(the good ol days) loved it! Dude on the Hammond was Killin it! Who was he?? ..and Tremaine OMG!! One hot sexy-singing beautiful black woman.. love her!! .. and her very powerful unique voice. I can never get tired this song.. and if you can bear witness to the wordings of this song, that makes it all the more better!
Oooohh!! I haven't heard this song is many, many years! For me ... before the Richard Smallwood singers (whose music I adore) there was the Hawkins!! Thanks for this upload!!
Feeling thankful tonight for a lot of things, including those that are mentioned in this song by Walter Hawkins and the Hawkins Family. I saw them perform this song and the entire album that’s titled “The Hawkins Family” during a concert in West Virginia in the fall of 1981. What a blessing *that* was! I found out about this concert through members of the Shiloh Baptist Church choir. I was part of that choir and attended that church during the year I lived and worked in/near Charleston, WV. They even convinced me to lead a song once. *Once*…
Rest in Peace my Christian Brother, Let our Lord take you in His Kingdom and bless you and allow you to sing your beautiful songs that He annointed you with.. God Bless you..........
A gem of a song from Walter Hawkins RIP. As we note his passing, we are reminded we give thanks for his legacy, his life and music that touched all of us and will live on via all the vehicles of communication that we have today. AMEN AMEN.
What a performance! I can totally see what D'Angelo got from listening to Walter Hawkins as a little kid. So much soul, intensity, and passion! I'm not a religious person by any means, but this performance really did move me.
I feel like I have lost family. God used Walter Hawkins music to draw me to the Lord Jesus Christ. My prayer is that God will grant peace and comfort in their time of great lost.
Holla Lujah... Give thanks and Praise. For finding this Love Alive and at this time and in these conditions working it out for GoOD. Just what life called for what I needed right when I needed! What Ever it IS that Ive found I want to Share it with Who Ever You Is. The Legendary Walter Hawkins Bless His Soul Lord!!!! Condolences
This is one of my favorite gospel songs. This is a clear illustration of the struggle with black people trying to separate their sensual and spiritual lives. In our original spirituality, before being colonized, we didn't separate the two. We didn't "know" being naked was sinful/shameful because we were not aware of the Jewish scripture (i.e. Genesis, original sin) It is a long complex story, but, Whatever It Is, hopefully we will figure it out.
Whether I'm going through something or not, I just have to give Jesus thanks as I awake, all throughtout my day, & before I go to sleep. This song & the annointed (Bishop Walter Hawkins & the wonderful singers) gives me hope that all is not lost , God has the final say, & the Devil can & will be defeated. This song brings a calmness to my heart, & a relief over my soul. I love this song. may God bless Bishop Hawkins & his family. Amen.
my ,my,my. what an anoiting and moving sing. what a gift that we had in our mist. Bishop Hawkins your music ministry will continue to move people and bring them into the kingdom of God.all of these song are bringing back wonderful memories of my teen years. thanks and may you ,R.I.P. love,peace and joy. i pray that God will bring peace of mind and joy to your family.
Such a beautiful song with a beautiful message. Bishop Hawkins makes you think for a moment, "What is this...that makes me want to love my enemies? What is this that makes me wanna do right when I want to do wrong?" My own answer to those questions is nothing but the blood of Jesus - which He shed for me to have the will power to either choose to follow and serve Him or follow and serve the Devil or man, who's fallible in all senses.
Holla .Lujah Bless his soul and thank you in all gratefulness for finding this Love Alive in this time for no other reason but GoODnESS! give praise and Song for th lif gifted to you and yOURS! Condolences!
Oh yes........I have asked that same question! What is this? What a wonderful, beautiful, explosive feeling. I just can't hold my peace and I work in an enviroment where I have ALL KINDS OF PEOPLE, with all kind beliefs and emotions. By the grace of God, it lets me deal and I find myself being kind and praying for those people.
I miss Walter Hawkins! But, I'm glad that he has overcome this world. I thank God for using him to minister to the world. I'm glad Walter's music is here for all time. I pray every generation will experience it and be blessed by it. 15nov17
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Still listening to this in 2024❤
Me too 👏 ...
Me too!!!
My parents served Jesus and played his music. Now with Jesus now❤ Thank you Jesus . Thank you Momma and Daddy
Praise The Lord... Rest in peace.❤
tramaine hawkins has one of the richest voices ever. it's so beautiful.
I totally agree.
And I agree with you both.
Out of all gospel singing virtuosos, she is my absolute fav!!!!💖🖤
Yes!!
She always used the voice to God's glory, could have went into secular music.
The Hawkins Family Are The Greatest Gospel Singers Of All Time‼️PERIOD‼️💯💯
HIS MUSIC WILL ALWAYS BE "TIMELESS".
JESUS... Please God take us back to this type of Gospel music. It had a stronger message. #Timeless
+Entertainment Lust No problem. This song really took me back to when gospel music was this sweet.
Not just sweet,bu actually had meaning. You wanted to do right! Thank both of you!!!
you all have validated points,,todays gospel is strange sounds and strange dancing
Karress Yvette amen
hahahahahahahahahahahah
10/25/24: Walter was a master of music: singing, performing ,directing and writing. The words to his songs are classic gospel songs they don't write them like this anymore.
We need more songs like this. No show or fashion just loving on God. :-)
amen
That's not say they must look shabby to fit our religious obligations....
Walter Hawkins, Lynette Hawkins Stephens, Tramaine Hawkins and Edwin Hawkins are the most richest Purest Gospel voices in Gospel History
I agree Walter, Edwin, Tramaine, Lynette best gospel voices to me until this day. Natural gifted voices
After all this time, Bishop Hawkins is still relevant!
Still listening in January 2021! Awesome song sung by the Hawkins Family! I’ve been listening to the later version sung at GE Patterson’s tribute with Shontelle Norman and Stefanie Bolton, and I’m so glad I finally discovered the original here!! Thank you Bishop Walter Hawkins! RIP
Listening 6/7/2022: Aloha from Hawaii👍🏾 Maranatha!!! RAPTURE READY2022
January 2023
Maranatha
❤ yess carrying on this profoundly inspiring song in 2024 everyday and night . Our world is in peril this song keeps me inspired and gives me strength to go forward in Jesus name.❤❤
Brings back my Sunday mornings listening to the radio as a teenager… great timeless music 👏👏👏
I was so privileged to meet Walter Hawkins once and to tell him how much his music meant to me. Rest in peace, Angel Walter.
This just doesn't get old....which indicates to me just how inspired by Him this must be. Makes me want to shout about it!
I'm here in 2023 🙂
I'm here in 2024
Listen to this song daily.
What ever it is, I'm just in a Walter Hawkins mood this rainy morrning. One of my all time Walter Hawkins songs. I believe this is the first time seeing this live version. Just WOW!
I am too. Started with "Hold on old soldier " and now I can't stop...👏
This one was written by Edwin Hawkins. We lost him today at 74. Both brothers are resting in Heaven now. What a legacy!
My god! Walter had some serious vocals.
Love this song taken me through through those times. Still has the same effectiveness back then as right now. Love love the sweet anointing that spreads to reach the hearts and lives of people. Still touched by the love and inspiration of this song.
Yes, the man was bad. He's one of a kind.
What is this(HOLY SPIRIT)...makes me want to RUN ON IN JESUS NAME; HALLELUJAH 😇💃🏾🦁❤🤣🤗!!!
Amen I to love his music.
REGAL, CLASS, DIGNITY, STYLE & SOPHISTICATION at it's Best!!
I'm glad I had the honor to meet him My pastor years ago right before he passed away he came to Arizona for a few days to dedicate our church he was our Bishop and my pastor took me with him to his funeral.iits to much to tell but I got a chance to meet Tramaine and Carlton Pearson and a lot of great gospel singers I will never forget it ❤❤❤
His ministry was incredible. Truly a gift to us from God. He wrote some of the most powerful Gospel music ever created in my opinion. Forever RIP Bishop Walter Hawkins.
I miss this era 1980's and 1990's. This era had a clear-cut message about Jesus. Bishop Hawkins and Edwin S Hawkins left a legacy of music to radiate
throughout eternity. Play that organ!! Lady Tramaine and Lynette - beasts all by themselves.
My absolute FAVORITE Hawkins song!!!! The singing,the harmony,music, lyrics everything just incredible!!!
i listen to this song over and over, 30 years after this was recorded.
Real Gospel Music and anointed vessel of God, Bishop Walter Hawkins and Hawkins Singers,
I was introduced to #walterhawkins music as a boy then my Mother Lillian Parks started singing with the Hawkins Singers in 1980 and sang on their Love Alive 4 project. She traveled with the Hawkins Singers and shared the stage with many other Gospel singers and I knew who they were and how amazing their voices were (I was and am a fan) #clark sisters #shirleycaeser #mightycloudsofjoy #darylcoley.
I know what it is
It makes me fill soooooo
Good on the inside it is Jesus !!!!!
That makes me happy
Lord Have Mercy !!!!
Walter was an absolute musical genius! He totally inspired my life.
Forever Gospel RIP Bishop Walter Hawkins you live on through many......I love for sharing your talent with us and Lord thank you for using him to reach ME personally...
Ahhhh! So classy! There is none like the Hawkins Singers!
All of the Hawkins singers are talented, but when you look at Tramaine, in the back or on lead...very few singers that touch your spirit..that i her. I heard this when i was out in the world and i remember hearing her stirred something in me, later i found that is was the God speaking throughher voice....we need more of that today.
What is this is one of my favorite songs. Walter Hawkins and the Love Alive Choir did a fantastic job! R.I.H.Walter Hawkins. Gone but never forgotten.
Walter is so smooth in his music. Nobody is directing anybody. Walter isn't making signals or getting overly sweaty. The singers are tight as well as the musicians. I hate to sound like I'm looking down on today's music but something is missing in Gospel music.
The first time I saw Love Center perform in person, they opened for the Winans at Center of Hope Church.
I kept looking for a choir director but there wasn't one. From the organ, just a tilt of his head or a nod and that great choir was on que.
It's the real instruments not the new Age technology instrument the realness of that makes the singer sang a little bit harder too me
I came to know the Lord because of Bishop Walter Hawkins and had the blessed privilidge of being a member of Love Center Ministries from 1994 to the present. I love you and miss you greatly, Bishop. Rest peacefully.
What a marvelous thing God did in Bishop Walter L. Hawkins. God stirred up the gifts in our pastor. I am thankful to God for loaning him to us for the time. My pray today as we give honor to whom honor is due on his birthday, that we move forward and remember what we've been taught. Put into action the messages he shared of Christ's love. Lord, Give Us Time.
I grew up in Chicago during the sixties listening to herb Kent on the radio. He would close each night with this song. What a blessing it is to still listen to this anointed song.
sorry but Herb Kent closed with the song by the Gospel Clefs.....Open Our Eyes
+Cecelia Dardon open our eyes wow!! classic too
To me the Hawkins Family will always be the First Family of Gospel. Love this. So beautiful.
The whole family have a great voice and Bishop Walter sang until he couldn't anymore, he's singing in heaven.
sounds like Sunday morning!!
REMEMBERING WALTER HAWKINS (MAY 18, 1949 - JULY 11, 2010 [07/11/2015]
LOVE LOVE LOVE this song! I loved Tramaine's adlibs along with Walter at the end. Hawkins singers #GOSPELGOATS
OMG!!!! Thank You for posting this!!!! From the Late 78 / 79ish!! The choir that brought me into Gospel Music! Walter Hawkins & The Love Center Choir . The very First Gospel Album I purchase 2....1 for me the other for Gwen McDuffie!
Pure anointing and pure vocal excellence. None better
The Holy Spirit is that inner gut-wrenching feeling that makes the mouth utter. What is this won't let me hold my peace letting others know: God is Real!
This was my mother's jam!!!! God rest her soul, I came to ters hearing this thinking about my precious mother
Reminds me of waking up Sunday mornings getting ready for church and my jamming this I miss those days
I love this song I can listen to this all day and on some days I do
The best Gospel Music IMHO was from the late 70's starting with Andre Crouch, the Hawkins Family, the Clark Sisters, the Winans Family, Vanessa Bell Armstrong, Commissioned, Witness, Yolanda Adams and it ended with Fred Hammond as a solo artist. I wouldn't walk across the street to hear much more than these that I just named. No, not even for FREE. Just a few more people happened to slip through the crack such as; Tonex, Kim Burrell, Donnie McClurkin Kikki and LeAndria Johnson who IS the best thing to happen in Gospel since the early 2000's when Kim & Donnie showed up.
He and his brother brought a lot to gospel music. Another soldier gone home.
When you have a personal relationship with GOD you understand the song completely
This song puts a HUGE smile on my face.
The Legend I grew up with the Hawkins music they we're the best we will never get anything as great as this again I miss bishop Walter Hawkins and Edwin Hawkins true legends ❤❤
one of the greatest gospel songs
Truly amazing singers! His was a beautful instrument for Christ. No other voice like Walter Hawkins. He was by far my favorite gospel performer/singer. Still get happy every time I hear him sing! I grew up to the Hawkins Family, the Clark Sisters and Shirley Ceasar, true gospel legends. Anointed and truly blessed. RIP Bishop Walter Hawkins! Your music will live on forever!, a testimony in itself!
My grandmother approved -- truly a testament to the value of this music! Still causes me to simply sit and listen for the message.
The Hawkins family will always be my favorite Gospel Singing family until death takes me away. I have followed them for soooooo long and will continue to do so.
Wow.. Nostalgia at it's best.. I remember when this song was released..(the good ol days) loved it! Dude on the Hammond was Killin it! Who was he?? ..and Tremaine OMG!! One hot sexy-singing beautiful black woman.. love her!! .. and her very powerful unique voice. I can never get tired this song.. and if you can bear witness to the wordings of this song, that makes it all the more better!
He has a very beautiful voice.
Thank you Jesus!!! This feeling I have is deep down inside of me!
I praise The Lord for his worthy servant.
Oooohh!! I haven't heard this song is many, many years! For me ... before the Richard Smallwood singers (whose music I adore) there was the Hawkins!! Thanks for this upload!!
God bless Bishop Walter Hawkins.
I was honored to play this wondrous hit while hosting "Gospel Gold" in NY back in the day.
Feeling thankful tonight for a lot of things, including those that are mentioned in this song by Walter Hawkins and the Hawkins Family. I saw them perform this song and the entire album that’s titled “The Hawkins Family” during a concert in West Virginia in the fall of 1981. What a blessing *that* was! I found out about this concert through members of the Shiloh Baptist Church choir. I was part of that choir and attended that church during the year I lived and worked in/near Charleston, WV. They even convinced me to lead a song once. *Once*…
Timeless classic
Walter and Lynnette not only look similar but they sound similar. I gre up on the Hawkins fam
Rest in Peace my Christian Brother, Let our Lord take you in His Kingdom and bless you and allow you to sing your beautiful songs that He annointed you with.. God Bless you..........
This song gets me threw the day its deep inside me oh how I LOVE GOD
A gem of a song from Walter Hawkins RIP. As we note his passing, we are reminded we give thanks for his legacy, his life and music that touched all of us and will live on via all the vehicles of communication that we have today. AMEN AMEN.
2022 in the house. Definitely a top 10 gospel hit for me. Hallelujah!! 🙌🏽🎶😌
Man listen to Daniel on that organ. Man I love the concerts we opened up with them back in the day.
What a performance! I can totally see what D'Angelo got from listening to Walter Hawkins as a little kid. So much soul, intensity, and passion! I'm not a religious person by any means, but this performance really did move me.
When I'm down low, He gives me a Song.
Love and grace is with this man.
I feel like I have lost family. God used Walter Hawkins music to draw me to the Lord Jesus Christ. My prayer is that God will grant peace and comfort in their time of great lost.
Beautiful. Really enjoyed this. Thanks for the upload. Thanks Hawkins Family. Thank you Lord for giving him inspiration to write beautiful music.
They had some real chemistry back in the day. What a blessing to so many.
He is definitely one of my favorite gospel singers. Favorite male gospel singer for sure!
Will never get old.
Nope listening in 2020
Hard to believe only 500,000 thousand views of this...I must account for 100,000 of them myself. Love this song!!!
Another legend gone home....My my oh heavenly Father that choir up there is the BEST! Frank Williams, James Moore and now Walter Hawkins!
Holla Lujah... Give thanks and Praise. For finding this Love Alive and at this time and in these conditions working it out for GoOD. Just what life called for what I needed right when I needed! What Ever it IS that Ive found I want to Share it with Who Ever You Is. The Legendary Walter Hawkins Bless His Soul Lord!!!! Condolences
What ever it is . Thank you Lord. Love how the Hawkins do this song.
This is one of my favorite gospel songs. This is a clear illustration of the struggle with black people trying to separate their sensual and spiritual lives. In our original spirituality, before being colonized, we didn't separate the two. We didn't "know" being naked was sinful/shameful because we were not aware of the Jewish scripture (i.e. Genesis, original sin) It is a long complex story, but, Whatever It Is, hopefully we will figure it out.
The best Gospel music singer....R.I.P. Bishop Walter Hawkins!
Is some is absolutely timeless.
All time favorite remember singing this song in church as a kid back in the chi
This was a truly magical time. I feel it was when the guard began to change.
Whether I'm going through something or not, I just have to give Jesus thanks as I awake, all throughtout my day, & before I go to sleep. This song & the annointed (Bishop Walter Hawkins & the wonderful singers) gives me hope that all is not lost , God has the final say, & the Devil can & will be defeated. This song brings a calmness to my heart, & a relief over my soul. I love this song. may God bless Bishop Hawkins & his family. Amen.
LOVE IT...I WANNA SHOUT ABOUT IT;-)
my ,my,my. what an anoiting and moving sing. what a gift that we had in our mist. Bishop Hawkins your music ministry will continue to move people and bring them into the kingdom of God.all of these song are bringing back wonderful memories of my teen years. thanks and may you ,R.I.P. love,peace and joy. i pray that God will bring peace of mind and joy to your family.
2022 still annointed
This song gives me joy,joy,joy thank you God.
Such a beautiful song with a beautiful message. Bishop Hawkins makes you think for a moment, "What is this...that makes me want to love my enemies? What is this that makes me wanna do right when I want to do wrong?" My own answer to those questions is nothing but the blood of Jesus - which He shed for me to have the will power to either choose to follow and serve Him or follow and serve the Devil or man, who's fallible in all senses.
The song is so awesomely beautiful
This song always makes me cry... Why I don't know, but I just love how it ministers to me... Thank God for Bishop Hawkins... RIP Man of God!
Holla .Lujah Bless his soul and thank you in all gratefulness for finding this Love Alive in this time for no other reason but GoODnESS! give praise and Song for th lif gifted to you and yOURS! Condolences!
This was my song back in the day, Donnie McClurkin use to sing this with his group in N.Y. a lot before he was known
Sing y'all, wow, takes me back. Sing Tramine!!
Oh yes........I have asked that same question! What is this? What a wonderful, beautiful, explosive feeling. I just can't hold my peace and I work in an enviroment where I have ALL KINDS OF PEOPLE, with all kind beliefs and emotions. By the grace of God, it lets me deal and I find myself being kind and praying for those people.
I miss Walter Hawkins! But, I'm glad that he has overcome this world. I thank God for using him to minister to the world. I'm glad Walter's music is here for all time. I pray every generation will experience it and be blessed by it. 15nov17
AND IT WONT LET ME BE ASHAMED TO TELL THE WORLD IVE BEEN BORN AGAIN!!!
The song whatever it is by Walter Hawkins is so amazing when I here him singhis song it's keeps me out of trouble when it comes to people