Young, Gifted And Black

To be young, gifted, and black;
Oh, what a lovely precious thing...
Oh, when youre... yes, yes, when youre...
When youre young - yeah, thank you, Jesus! - gifted and black!
Open your heart, is all I need...
In this whole world, you know,
Theres a millions of boys and girls
Who are young, gifted and black,
With their souls intact - and thats a fact!
'You are young, gifted and black,' we must begin to tell our young,
'Theres a world waiting for you - Yours is the quest thats just begun...'
When you feelin real low,
Heres a great truth that you should remember and know:
That youre young, gifted, and black!
You got your soul intact - oh, and thats a fact!
(Youre young, gifted, and black...)
Oh, its a mighty sweet thing, yes, it is now...
(Young, gifted, and black...)
Oh, my sisters!
(Young, gifted, and black...)
Youre young and youre black, you got your soul intact,
You got the future, dont you know its a fact?
(Young, gifted, and black...)