To Be Young, Gifted and Black (Live at The Troubadour, Los Angeles, CA) Donny Hathaway

[Intro]
This is dedicated to who it may concern

[Verse 1]
To be young, gifted, and Black
Oh, what a lovely precious dream
To be young, gifted, and Black
Open your heart to what I mean, to what I mean

[Bridge]
'Cause you know
In this whole wide world, whole wide world
There's a million, a million boys and girls
Who are young, gifted, gifted, and Black
And that's a fact, yes, it is

[Verse 2]
To be young, gifted, and Black
We must begin to tell our young
Didn't you know that there was a whole world
Whole world waiting for you
Haven't you heard that the quest has just begun, yeah, yeah
Didn't you know that the joy, the joy, the joy of the today, yeah
Will be the day that we all, that we all be proud to say
That we're young, gifted, gifted and Black
It's sho'nuff where it's at, yeah