Young, Gifted and Black I To be young, gifted and black Oh what a lovely precious dream. To be young, gifted and black Open up your heart to what I mean 'Cause you know in this whole wide world There's a million, A MILLION boys and girls Who are young, gifted and black And that's a fact! II To be young, gifted and black We must begin to tell our young Don't you know there's a whole world waiting for you? Don't you know the quest has just begun for you? Haven't you heard that the joy- -The joy! -The joy of the day is That one day that we all be proud to say That we were young, gifted and black And it's sho' 'nuff where it's at!