Donny Hathaway — To Be Young Gifted and Black

[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 There's a million, a million boys and girls Who are young, gifted, and Black That's a fact, oh, yes it is [Verse 2] To be young, gifted, and Black We must begin to tell our young Don't you know that there's a whole world A whole world waiting for you Haven't you heard the quest has just begun, mhm [Bridge] Don't you know that the joy The joy, the joy of today Is the day that we all, that we all be proud to say That we are young, gifted, gifted and Black And it's sho'nuff where it's at [Outro] Oh yeah Do you believe it? I said it's sho'nuff where it's at Oh, oh yeah Can I get somebody to help me? I said it's sho'nuff... Yeah, yeah, yeah, 'cause you know it's sho'nuff Oh, oh, oh yeah I ain't tryna bring down nobody else But I know it's sho'nuff, oh oh oh, oh yeah yeah yeah I don't think you believe me, ooh-hoo Woo-hoo-hoo, yeah, yeah yeah Can I say it again? Woo-hoo-hoo, ooh, ooh, yeah, yeah yeah That's all, yeah I said it's sho'nuff, oh oh oh