Chris Brown performing “Crawl” & “With You” at SOS Help Haiti Telethon
More than three weeks after the earthquake in Haiti and following mammoth relief efforts by the music industry — from “Hope for Haiti Now” to “We Are the World” — artists again came out to raise money and awareness on Friday night (February 5). BET’s “SOS Saving Ourselves: Help for Haiti” brought together Justin Bieber, Wyclef Jean and Diddy for an evening of performances at American Airlines Arena in Miami. Around 9:30 pm ET, Chris Brown took the stage to perform two singles from his last two albums, Exclusive and Graffiti. Wearing a gray jacket and black pants, the R&B singer began by belting out “Crawl,” one of his newer singles, beneath a collection of American flags. The single is widely thought to be about his former girlfriend Rihanna, though the lyrics also at times seemed to fit the evening’s focus, like when Brown sang, “If we crawl till we can walk again/ Then we’ll run until we’re strong enough to jump.” Brown infused a measure of live-show intensity to the proceedings. At times he ran across the stage while singing and paused to lead the audience in a group clap. “We want to thank all y’all for coming out here tonight,” Brown said as the song came to an end. “Do whatever y’all can to support. For you all watching at home, do whatever you can — donate!” Then stripping off his jacket to reveal a short-sleeve black button-down, Brown busted into “With You,” a cut from Exclusive. Produced by Norwegian heavyweights Stargate (the duo behind hits from Ne-Yo, Rihanna …
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u better dammit do it chris wit ya bad ass…u cumn back boo
i fm love him omg you go boi ily for life no matter wat happenes uhps and downs im there
CHRIS BROWN IS THE BEST!! GO CHRIS BREEZY!
Ive been a true Chris Brown since the day he came out and i NEVER left his side and i NEVER will. He means more than the world to me and he always will.i wuldnt wanna be alive without him. This video makes me cry cause it just shows how strong he is and how much music means to him. Even tho he got all the criticism from wat he did he never gave up and he stayed strong. i supported him through the whole thing and i will continue to. to me chris is the best dancer and singer EVER. thank God 4him
he killed this performance!
u better sang chris breezy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I luv Himm so Much n people talkinn bout he dont have no fans almsot everybody in that crowd was yellin when he came on stagee.!!!! and after he finished singing.!!!
Hey everybody, come check out my cover of this song and many others!
he gives me chills . love him alot !
Love you so much ChrisBrown words cannot discribee
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i love chris brown ,but ive lost total respect for him after what he did to rihanna, and will happily listen and buy his music
MIstakes happen and Chris has learned from it. He is still a legend. He’s awesome
@srathey you like guys beating up girls?…I think you would probably think in another way if your daughter would be his girlfriend…
chris brown is the best
@snoopsgirl43 OH yeah
If you forgive CB give me an OH yeah!
Amazinnnnnnn! YOURE THE BEST CHRIS
sounds great in this wonderful performance
uh mazinggg !!
there still alot of chris brown fans huh?
i lovee thys song. so glad he’s bakk <333
I am so glad that he is back and S T R O N G as ever. I cried durin the with you performance because it reallt touched me what haiti went thru and also because he had a good performance and it just really touched me. AND IT SEEMED LIKE IT REALLY TOUCHED HIM. I LOVE YOU CHRIS BROWN
I love Chris Brown!
Amaaaaazing :X
i love you soo much chris everybody go through they problems…he is only human…i am glad you back in i wish you well in your upcoming shows