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
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