To Be Young, Gifted And Black

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 Cause you know In the whole wide world There's a million, a million boys and girls Who are young, gifted, gifted, and black...and its sho'nuff where its at To be young, gifted, and black We must begin to tell our young That there's a whole world, a whole world waiting for you Haven't you heard the quest has just begun Don't you know the joy, the joy, the joy of the today Is the day that we all... that we all be proud to say That we are young, gifted, gifted and black... and its sho'nuff where its at