To Be Young, Gifted and Black-Donny Hathaway

[00:09.45]To be young, gifted and black, [00:10.50]Oh what a lovely precious dream [01:06.03]To be young, gifted and black, [01:29.43]Open your heart to what [01:30.30]I meanIn the whole world you know [02:03.30]There are billion boys and girls [02:20.55]Who are young, gifted and black, [03:00.12]And that's a fact! [03:00.48]Young, gifted and black [03:06.84]We must begin to tell our young [03:18.63]There's a world waiting for you [03:25.26]This is a quest that's just begun [04:54.48]When you feel really low [04:55.74]Yeah, there's a great truth you should know [05:14.31]When you're young, gifted and black [05:15.33]Your soul's intact [05:28.20]Young, gifted and black [05:29.25]How I long to know the truth [05:46.89]There are times when [05:47.28]I look back [06:00.00]And I am haunted by my youth [06:01.59]Oh but my joy of today [06:17.61]Is that we can all be proud to say [06:18.57]To be young, gifted and black [06:19.26]Is where it's at