To Be Young, Gifted and Black-Nina Simone

[00:05.65]To be young, gifted and black [00:11.38]Oh what a lovely precious dream [00:17.97]To be young, gifted and black [00:23.51]Open your heart to what I mean [00:30.55]In the whole world you know [00:35.39]There are billion boys and girls [00:41.22]Who are young, gifted and black [00:47.96]And that's a fact! [00:54.30]You're young, gifted and black [00:59.35]We must begin to tell our young [01:05.84]There's a world waiting for you [01:10.97]This is a quest that's just begun [01:17.86]When you feel really low [01:22.29]Yeah, there's a great truth that you should know [01:28.88]When you're young, gifted and black [01:35.12]Your soul's intact [01:47.30]Young, gifted and black [01:52.79]How I long to know the truth [01:59.23]There are times when I look back [02:04.51]And I am haunted by my youth [02:11.10]Oh but my joy of today [02:17.09]Is that we can all be proud to say [02:21.83]To be young, gifted and black [02:28.22]Is where it's at