Nina Simone: "If I had my way, I'd've been a killer"

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Run time: 06:00 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SEX19zLQezU   Posted on YouTube: September 06, 2006 By YouTube Member: jmettes Views on YouTube: 198017   Posted on DU: January 15, 2007 By DU Member: seemslikeadream Views on DU: 665

 
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