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