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  • NICE GLASS OF WINE A YANKEE CANDLE IT'S ON

  • she is THE TRUTH!!!!!!!!!

  • this is rael music

  • i love this song i get teary eyed it reminds of my bestie tears god bless the troops

  • This song makes me cry everytime!

  • this song is such a beautiful tribute to or soilders may God bless them but this song also remind me of when two years ago i was informed me that i had cancer i came home and crieed my eyes out and played it for my husband bravo india bravo

  • I hope I'll have children with my sweetheart, so I can tell them that their daddy is a good man.

  • This song is my parents:(. 2 young people that fell so deep in love in 1997, got married in 2000, and then my dad died in the Navy at the age 21 in 2001. I was 2 at the time but i remember the naval casualties coming to our home early in the morning to tell me and my Mother that the day before my father had died(sept 23rd 2003) All I have of my father is pictures, videos , and stories that my mother shares with me from time to time. This song truly touches close to home. RIP Daddy Brian Luke

  • i cn never listen to this song without tearing up

  • this is REAL music.

  • @goons61

    no man this is bullshit..I prefer lil wayne and tpain using autotune....hahahah nah man just jokin..I LOVE INDIA ARIE she is so....no words ..

  • how can a person not like this song. an unattractive person nobody wants and never been in love. do yall feel like if yall died nobody would say some of these good things bout you?

  • best part about it is they are my cousins and my little sister. it makes me wanna put my fears and have a daughter of my own

  • im a guy 20 years old. and love this song and lot of her music... to all the women out there i apolgize for everything we as men put u thru i know first hand cause ive had to raise multiple little girls and they are my world id die for them in an instant ... her music is wat real music is and im 6'3 and dark as night with piercings and happily admit her music is amazing ^_^

  • @SHADHOMIE Thank yu!

  • @SHADHOMIE good form! you are a true modern man.

  • hes a good man!!!!!!VVVVVVEEEERRRRRRRRRYY­YYY GOOD MAN!>3 YOU

  • This is how i feel about my boyfreind and BETTER feel the same way lolz!!!!(im dead serious)

  • i love her music

  • My father died in 2006, i cannot listen to this song without crying. Love you Daddy.

  • this brings out the sista in me like no otha

  • I have tears in my eyes for this song! I love it! I am so sorry for all of the YouTube commenters who have lost a good man in their life. My heart cries for all of you. My love is with you! I am so sorry! I have prayed that Christ can bring me a good man in my life- that will love me for who I am no matter the circumstances. Thank you, Christ Jesus, for the good men you have blessed this world with!

  • R.I.P Rashard addison

    3-14-97~12-2-07

    truly missed

    

  • A beautiful soul can only crate beautiful music…

  • @fallingrain71 i kno right i love this song it makes me cry evertime cuz i got a friend her father died evertime a boy talks to her GOSH!! but still aww i love this song though

  • i LOVE THIS SONG. THROUGH UPS AND DOWNS WITH MY HUSBAND I HAVE COME TO KNOW WHAT A GOOD MAN IS. I LOVE YOU SO MUCH K.B. FOR BEING A GOOD MAN. 19YRS TOGETHER 14 YR ANNIVERSARY COMING UP. LOVE U ALWAYS

  • @LADY1STKAY....I have to agree with your statement regarding husband. Mine is definitely a good man! Not only good but great too. He became a father to my son and loves him as if he were from his seed. I thank and praise Abba Father for sending him to me. We've been married 24 years soon to hit 25 and just like you said thru the ups & downs he's shown me what a good/great man is! My dad was a good/great man, father and devoted husband to my mom. Great song!

  • Whenever I hear this song I think of all my aunts and my mom (r.i.p).. and how they had to do it without a man. I thank God for being the good man in my life and giving my many "parents" strength. I pray that when I grow up I have the type of man described in the song because my dad never cared enough to come around and when I did see him he was abusing my older sister. I also commend the very few men in the world who actually handle their responsibilities We need more like you.

  • I cry to this. He was a blessing, there was no guessing. I know the Lord has a good reason for taking him though..

  • I love her music because not only does she inspire younger children but she makes them listen and want to change.

  • This song made me cry... my fiance passed away on March 28th 2009 and he meant the world to me... R.I.P Larry Darnell Howard

  • This song made me cry...

  • i just can not listen to this song without crying. reading some of the stories people have put on here are remarkable. its amazing that through tragedy you can listen to this song and feel some peace about it. there are so many soul healing songs that India Arie makes and i love her for that. we really need music like hers in these times. God bless all of you who i read about losing someone. i couldn't imagine losing the good man God gave to me.

  • @lulallybayb i CRIED SO HARD JUST NOW. wOW, WHAT A BEAUTIFUL SONG

  • @MaiyaCasiano1 yeah.. i do every time that i listen to this song.

  • i have literally been sitting here trying to make it through this song for the last 10 minutes without crying. It is something so powerful and effortless in her voice. Whenever i get to 1:40 i crack!!

  • I'll tell my kids about you when they're old enough to understand...I'll tell them that their Papi was a Good Man...(Rip Lloyd Todd) Love you and Miss you...

  • what beauty in words and rhythem...truely remarkable and left me with tears in my eyes, i'll sing this to my wife someday...someday...:')

  • This song makes me think of the people in Congo. So sad.

  • I love this song, it has so much meaning in the words. I sing this song all the time to my kids.

  • I cry every time I hear this song, She moves me!! ** SO INSPIRATIONAL**

  • This song brings tears to my eyes. We don't wanna think that our loved ones will one day not be here with us but its reality. This is truly a beautiful song !

  • For My baby Chris. ..i love you babe So Much. Ima Tell our son his daddy IS/WAS a good man.

  • EVERYTIME I LISTEN TO THIS SONG IT GIVES ME CHILLSZ ♥... :/

  • R.I.P. Bo

  • the bestest !

  • wow this is such a powerful song i also went to a funeral where a close friend los her husband and this was the first time i heared this song man i was so touched god bless u tube for making me find it gonna make a cd now so i can remember all my loved one present and past

  • Beautiful song for the good husbands and fathers out there!

  • Such a beautiful song, makes my heart feel different

  • @theREALchelle- same here...no matter what...sometimes i can listen other times i cannot stand to-two children my husband passed unexpected 5 years ago...i will pray for you and yours...be strong...sometimes it is just unbelievable.....

  • @flibuttah I understand your struggle. It's been 3 years for me. This was one of our favorite songs. I'll be praying for all of you. It is absolutely unbelievable.

  • This song came out years after my fiancée died and and 8 years later it still has the power to bring me to tears and make me think about him. I love this song so much

  • @theREALchelle4236 Now thats love.

  • @Kydspazznout Yea it was and young real love. I was only 22 when he died and had just had a baby the year before. I think that is why it was so touching because of having a young baby who was only 15 months old and his death so unexpected but yet peaceful at the same time.

  • i've always dedicated this song to my big brother

  • So many worthless guys out there, this is a GREAT song to praise those that are AMAZING to their womens & children!!! @ my kids father Walter...you're THE BEST

  • i love this omg i love it she always touch me

  • wow, this is good music and im a hiphop fanatic. Good lyrics in this song.

  • @Lawdadel this isn't at all hiphop....... it's neo-soul . :)

  • @devibabyx416 im all late with this reply but what i was referring to was the lyrical content of the song. Im not all into r&b to much although if I was this song would be at the top of my list because its well written. I probably didnt make myself clear enough.

  • touching song...lovely

  • what genre would this be considered?

  • @sollysed the good music genre lol

  • @sollysed this is Soul Music, dear.

  • @GalHelen

    Neo-soul to be exact.

  • @y384 that's it ;)

  • this womans music is beautiful!!!!

  • This song reminds me of a man that died last week.. a friend of the family... he was only 44.. an excellent father and spouse... this is in memoriam to Mr. Sam Mciver.. a goodman

  • how can anyone dislike this song....crazy ppl

  • i lost my boyfriend and we had a daughter together and i was pregnant wit another one and my kids barely know there father this made me cry for days lookin at my daughter.

  • GREATEST SONG EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • My fiancée has to go to war soon, we met 8years ago we were so young but I knew I loved him, stumbled up on this song and started crying .. May God keep him safe and bring him back to me ...we have a wedding to plan :-)

  • @melitimo My love is with you and your fiancee!

  • @melitimo You're going to have that grand wedding to! God is a good God! I will definitely keep you in my prayers. (:

  • @hershaljv1 Thank you so much that means a lot :-) he has 3days left on the battle field.

  • @melitimo I dont know you or him but i will pray aswell

  • my mother crys to this song everyday i lost my dad a month ago and i also

    i lost my fiancee a year ago and i was pegnant with his child that i lost a month after he died so when i listen to this its makes me cry

  • @dionahastie1 keep you head up ssweetie

  • @dionahastie1 sorry to hear about you and you familys lost .

  • :)

  • I lost my fiance 2 months ago. We have a one year old son. This song, these lyrics, are so moving that i cant listen without crying. I can recall the video to this song, and my story happend the exact same. Left the house for what was suppose to be only 15 minutes...... Never came back.

  • @Sade8 I am so sorry for your lost. I cannot imagine what that must have been like. You are a very strong person for sharing your story. May God bless you!

  • i love this song and i have always dedicated it to my big ed

  • First time hearing this song and i actually tear a little. The lyrics are so meaningful.

  • i love dis woman she is so beautiful n anybody who dosent kno her should ! she is the meaning of music! REAL MUSIC

  • Let the black men stand up!

  • Makes me think about my dad.

    Happy Birthday and RIP Dad a.k.a A Good Man. <3

  • This song gets me to EVERY TIME...

  • I want a man like this..but im scared to love again

  • this song always gets me... 

  • ha love <3 is so deep. i don't wanna trust or love again..i have shed so many tears i have put on so many fake smiles all i want is to fall in love and to find the right one i put it all in God's hands.. im speechless i feel frozen.. </3

  • @blondie2014ivy same here

  • FEEL THIS WAY ABOUT MY HUSBAND AND THE FATHER OF MY CHILDREN AND I AM BLESSED TO STILL BE WITH HIM AFTER ALL MOST 4 YRS I LOVE YOU KOREY YOUR WIFE MICHELLE JOHNSON.

  • India Arie is the most underrated artist in the world her gobal work and music are truly helpin the world change. beauty is in the SOUL of the beholder!!!!!!!!!!!

  • Beautiful song that just brings me to tears!! Everytime I hear it.

  • ...I have almost no words after listening to this song. God Bless EVERYONE who's ever lost someone they love be it human or even animal. And may their loved ones souls, Good OR Bad, rest in peace forever for we are all God's children and deserve eternal peace and happiness even after life.

  • I found this song after my husband passed from cancer last year. He left behind me and two beautiful children. I believe it to sum up how I felt about this most wonderful man who is now in heaven. Oh how I love and miss him. Thank you India for writing such a beautiful song that touches so many hearts. Part of our healing.... their daddy was a good man....

    I spoke at his memorial but can't even imagine having the strength to sing. Eboni and I are sisters in a club no one else can understand.

  • 8 people must be extremely stupid because this song is beautiful!

  • this song is so touching.

  • I love her because she doesn't compromise her gift. Her soul shines through her music and that is what attracts me to her. Yes she is underrated, but I say this, mainstream seems to strip the soul away from truly good music. For true music lovers, we appreciate and recognize what an amazing gift she had....

  • love the lyrics and her voice...

    Normally I don't even listen to this kind of music... only hip hop because of the lyrics....

    but this is a exception... finally a some kind of love song with good and different lyrics...

  • I love this beautiful woman and her music.

  • Just I love it this song gonna make me cry :'( She have a nice voice :))) Congratulation you're so good singer :D:D<3<3

  • LOVE THIS SONG!!!!!!!!

  • Like i said in the last video.....there are very few songs that have ever made me cry or get teary eyed from....and this is one of em.......gets me everytime too....i can just envision something like this happening to me and my future wife telling my kids about me......I love you India....powerful song....one of my all-time favorites!

  • love

  • Im on a soul high this week erykah badu, lauryn hill, floetry, and of course India Arie! We are missing soul like this these days listening to this i jus drift off and make my own world.

  • for some reason this song makes me cry .. :'(

  • @PrettyyGirl1000 Me too man. Just listenin to the opening made me wanna cry. I haven't heard this one in a while. But I been singing it for the past few days.

  • There's something about her music and her voice and the emotion she puts behind her music that makes my soul smile.

  • @EBDyes perfect description!

  • I LOVE THIS SONG ... GO GURL SING DAT SONG

  • This song makes me cry almost EVERY time I listen to it .... so beautiful.

  • i heard a remix from a guys point of view , anyone know who it was ?

  • I swear I could listen to this forever <3

  • BRINGS TEARS TO MY EYES MAKES ME REALLY WONDER IF THERE IS SOME LOVE THAT EXIST IN THIS WORLD THATS THIS STRONG WANTING TO EXPERIENCE IT ONE DAY :)

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  • @AshleyNec0le YES IT DOES... MY FIANCE AND I LOVED THIS SONG AND DIDN'T KNOW WHY WE LOVED IT SO MUCH.... BUT NOW I KNOW... LAST APRIL 11 ,2009 HE WAS TAKEN FROM US AT THE AGE OF THIRTY...SO WE WONT C THE SEASONS CHANGE AGAIN.. WE WILL MEET ON THE OTHER SIDE... CUZ TRUE LOVE DON'T END... THEIR DADDY WAS TRUELY A REALLY, REALLY , GOOD MAN!!!!!! AND WE MISS HIM SO... BUT HAVE TO MOVE ON HE WOULD WANT US TO... BUT I REMIND THE GIRLS EVERY DAY THAT THEIR FATHER WAS A GOOD MAN!!!!!

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  • never anything bad to say about her ! shes perfect!

  • If you actually listen to tha words this song is super deep and super emotional , she is very talented and has a way of amking you think :)

  • This is a woman that god has truly blessed with talent

  • her music sooooo soulful and pure I Love Her MUSIC

  • i absolutely love India Arie.

  • i love her!!!

  • hi and a hole more stuff she has touched so many lives PROPS IA

  • this song is hella good see india isnt like other people talking bout pussy, dicks, drugs aka weed speed ect. and this girl gets all this shyt from racist people and being hella mean to people saying like who gives a fuk bout ur feellings and saying get out of here nigger and she has sum balls not punching the fuk out of them like people these days see this world is messsed up and if u think its not then step out of the house and go for a walk tell me you dont see rappingg, drunks, people gettin

  • @jamesyokela Why do we speak these words in order to get a point across.  We should have more respect for ourselves and for the sake of others. Rebuke the devil or he will destroy you.

  • Man this brought tears to my eyes...power in her groove...

  • I will walk down the aisle 2 one of her songs!!!!!!!! I love her down!!!! she's beautiful,phenomenal,spiritual­.

  • One of the best tracks of all time. It makes we want to smile and cry at the same time. Thank you.

  • INDIA ARIE IS THE BEST.

  • LOVE INDIA ARIE!!!!! :D

  • My cousin stood over her husbands coffin at his funeral and sang this song to him. It was one of the most beautiful and moving things I have seen at a funeral. She concluded it by singing to her child. The strength, power, and love she exhibited was inspirational and heart breaking at the same time. Her love for him came out so strong in the lyrics as she sang the words that he would say to her. BE Strong Eboni!!

  • @mzndrsn that is the most moving comment i have heard on youtube. my condolences to your cousin.

  • @mzndrsn wow SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO BEAUTIFUL!!

  • @mzndrsn I understand! My fiance used to play this for me and sing this to me all the time! He passed away 3 years ago and I just found his kids(my stepkids). I listen to this and think of him, through tears. Your cuz is a trooper and can handle anything. I'm inspired by her strength and eternal love for a Good Man. She's one hell of a woman and I'd love to have her as a friend.

  • love this song!...so sad tho.

  • I freakin love this song!!! omg thanks for puttin it up

  • damn she soo good!!! i feel every word!!

  • SHES SO ENGAGING

  • the sun came up........ ur not home and baby im stronger then ever lalala cryin ohhhhhhhh i loved u so much RIP

  • Does anybody have the instrumental to this song please!!!!!!!

  • OMG!!!!!!!

    This is like the all time best song!!!

    I cant belive not many know bout this women, she is so spiritual

  • omg this reminds me of my grandpa r.i.p

    this song makes me cry everytime i listen....

    she is so inspirational

    holla if you feel me

  • @fachonudig dig that

  • india arie is the queen of soul music!!!

  • I agree with myhappyness1. Ooh my! LOVE HER!! HUGE FAN

  • wow...amazing

  • I love this song, she is so talented. May God continue to bless her.

  • India's songs has brought light, healing, opened me up to forgiveness and challenged me to love. I have alot of respect for her and her talent.Thank God for artists like India who use their gift to touch and bless the lives of others.God bless her

  • This song reminds me of how music used to be..when you sit back and listen to it..it moves something in your soul..music today lacks depth and she really hits home with not only her lyrics but voice and the beats she use..it just goes to show just because you have amazing beats in the song you dont have to compromise the lyrics and actual talent lol...kudos to India..and I truely hope I grow up to reflect the peace that this amazing and beautiful black woman poses'

  • for Nick and Santina. RIP NICK

  • hope to find a good man like this myself one day.

  • my daughter and I lost her father 4 yrs ago.This song makes us feel close to him.The reality in this song is unimaginable

  • I personally don't believe in God, but I respect those that do (I'm agnostic, not atheist! but I support all faiths and beliefs, regardless of what they are, as long as you don't try to force me to believe something that I don't quite believe in, yet.) She is a very good singer, and this is the first song of hers that I have ever heard. But even so, I believe that she has a talent that needs to be appreciated. This is her calling, so lets all support her to the best of our abilities!

  • @1Shiva064 You should listen to her song called "God is Real". It's a good song.

  • I hope to one day find a good man!

  • I love this song ! My Man IS a GOOD MAN ! ily bby !

  • I love this song ! My Man IS a GOOD MAN ! ily bby !

  • i absolutly love this song it is a true tribute to my life my dad passed away when i was seven and that just makes this song so emotional for me

  • i CRY everytime i hear this song

    i heard this song ONCE at a very young age &+ remembered it for many years until i was able to find it

    that shows what an incredible artist &+ singer india.arie is. i love this song &+ india this song and all of her other creations are soo beautiful. we need more music in this world with meaning &+ tht touch the lives of many =)

  • Big Mike should have sung this song..it would be so relevant to his life

  • The lyrics should be: if the sun comes up

    and "I'm not home" not you are not home

  • she says it both ways. I'm not home is the first verse and then she says if you're not home second verse

  • what a lovely song from India Arie....:D...