To Be Young, Gifted And Black Lyrics - A Donny Hathaway Collection - Donny Hathaway

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 

In the whole world you know 

There are billion boys and girls 

Who are young, gifted and black, 

And that's a fact! 

Young, gifted and black 

We must begin to tell our young 

There's a world waiting for you 

This is a quest that's just begun 

When you feel really low 

Yeah, there's a great truth you should know 

When you're young, gifted and black 

Your soul's intact 

Young, gifted and black 

How I long to know the truth 

There are times when I look back 

And I am haunted by my youth 

Oh but my joy of today 

Is that we can all be proud to say 

To be young, gifted and black 

Is where it's at