Chris Brown used his Twitter page to reminisce about the better days of his relationship with ex-girlfriend Rihanna; before their relationship came to an abrupt end over charges that he assaulted her.

Brown, who has a restraining order preventing him from communicating with Rihanna, tweeted Sunday, “IM SORRY YALL. JUST HAD TO POST IT,” with a link to a YouTube video entitled The Way We Used To Be, showing him and RiRi as a couple.  [Scroll down to watch.]

He followed up the tweet with this: “FOR THE FELLAS: showing emotion doesn’t make u weak… BEING HONEST MAKES U STRONG.”