[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 to what I mean, to what I mean

[Bridge]
'Cause you know
In this whole wide world, whole wide world
There's a million, a million boys and girls
Who are young, gifted, gifted, and Black
And that's a fact, yes, it is

[Verse 2]
To be young, gifted, and Black
We must begin to tell our young
Didn't you know that there was a whole world
Whole world waiting for you
Haven't you heard that the quest has just begun, yeah, yeah
Didn't you know that the joy, the joy, the joy of the today, yeah
Will be the day that we all, that we all be proud to say
That we're young, gifted, gifted and Black
It's sho'nuff where it's at, yeah

[Outro]
Oh, I wish I could this evening
Do you believe me out there?
I said it's over, oh honey
See if I can prove that, y'all, yeah
Can I get me a voice to sing this for me right here?
This world's intact, yeah
Can I get me another voice to sing this for me?
This world's intact, oh yeah
Men, can I get you to sing this for me right now? Uh-huh, yeah
This world's intact
Can I get everybody to sing together right now?
'Cause it's sho'nuff, yes, it is
(This world's intact) Yeah, yeah
I ain't tryna play out nobody else but I know it's sho'nuff, yes, it is
(This world's intact) Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
It's sho'nuff, yeah
(This world's intact)
Can I get you to stand on your feet? Stand up, sho'nuff
(This world's intact)
Oh yeah, I know it's sho'nuff, hey, hey, hey, hey
It's sho'nuff, sho'nuff, sho'nuff, sho'nuff, sho'nuff, sho'nuff, sho'nuff
Sho', sho'nuff where it's at, yeah
Yeah, yeah