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Nina Simone – To Be Young, Gifted and Black
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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's a million boys
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Aretha Franklin – Young, Gifted and Black
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Nina Simone’s 1969 song “To Be Young, Gifted and Black” was taken to church with Aretha’s powerful vocals and piano skills on display in her 1972 gospel version. The song was
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Nina Simone – To Be Young, Gifted and Black Covers
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Nina Simone – To Be Young, Gifted and Black Samples
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Bob & Marcia – Young, Gifted And Black
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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's a million boys
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Donny Hathaway – To Be Young, Gifted and Black
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[Verse 1] / 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 / [Bridge] / 'Cause
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Nina Simone – To Be Young, Gifted and Black (2005 Remix)
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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's a million boys
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Big Daddy Kane – Young, Gifted and Black
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“To Be Young, Gifted and Black” was a Nina Simone song.
Kane explains how the WBLS promo Raw Attitude led to the creation of this song, and how the beat was originally intended
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Common (Ft. Lalah Hathaway) – We Are Young, Gifted & Black
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[Chorus: Lalah Hathaway] / Young, gifted and black / To be young, gifted and black / Young, gifted and black / To be young, gifted and black / [Verse 1: Common] / To be young
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Baby J (DJ) (Ft. Dynamite MC) – Young, Gifted and Black
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[Hook: Nina Simone & Dynamite MC] / Woo! / Oh what a lovely precious dream (I can't believe you Baby J!) / To be young, gifted and black, (You took me straight back to my childhood
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Big Daddy Kane – Young, Gifted and Black Samples
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Etana – Young Gifted and Black
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[Intro] / Yeah / Yeah, ayy-yeah, yeah / Oh, yeah, yeah / Ooh-ooh, yeah / [Verse 1] / Young, gifted, and black / Oh what a lovely precious dream / To be young, gifted, and black
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Bob & Marcia – To Be Young, Gifted And Black
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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
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Meshell Ndegéocello (Ft. Cody ChesnuTT) – To Be Young, Gifted And Black
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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's a billion
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Aretha Franklin – Young, Gifted and Black Samples
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Baby J (DJ) – Young, Gifted and Black Samples
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Aretha Franklin – Young, Gifted And Black (Alternate Longer Take)
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[Intro] / To be young / Gifted and Black / Oh, what a lovely, precious thing / Oh, when you're / Yes, yes, when you're / When you're young / Yeah, thank you, Jesus / Gifted and
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Donny Hathaway – To Be Young, Gifted and Black (Live at The Troubadour, Los Angeles, CA)
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[Intro] / This is dedicated to who it may concern / [Verse 1] / To be young, gifted, and Black / Oh, what a lovely precious dream / To be young, gifted, and Black / Open your heart
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Spotify – Black History Salute
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* = Page created but not yet scribed / *Martin Luther King, Jr. - Final Speech (April 3, 1968) / Nina Simone - Revolution (Pts. 1 and 2) / Marvin Gaye - Inner City Blues (Make Me
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Nina Simone – The Glory of Love
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[Verse 1] / You've got to give a little, take a little / And let your poor heart break a little / That's the story of, that's the glory of love / You've got to laugh a little, cry
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Nina Simone – Westwind
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"Hello, oh yeah, I'm glad to see you, glad to see you. They tell me it's a full house it's full / This is a good time to introduce you to the heart beat of our organization, the
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Rick Holmes – Remember to Remember
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[Chorus x2] / Pass the information / Extend the knowledge / John Coltrane said - A Love Supreme / I interpret that to - All Living Things / Donny Hathaway said - The Ghetto / Woody
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Faith Evans (Ft. Missy Elliott & Sharaya J) – I Deserve It
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[Intro: Missy Elliott] / Exclusive! Ay, yo, Faith! / We 'bout to make it hot for the summer, baby! / (Whoo! Ahh! New Faith, baby!) / Make it hot for the summer, make it hot! / Make
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