 Genius Meanings
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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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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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Elton John – Young, Gifted & 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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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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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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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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Aaron Cohen (Writer) – Aretha Franklin's "Amazing Grace" (33 1/3 excerpt)
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An excerpt from Aaron Cohen’s book on Aretha Franklin’s album Amazing Grace, part of Bloomsbury’s 33 1/3 series.
You can buy the book here
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Wale – Love Me Nina / Semiautomatic
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[Intro: Nina Simone] / And to me, we have a culture that, uh, is surpassed by, by, by, by no other civilization, but we don't know anything about it. / So again, I think I've said
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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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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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Nina Simone – Who Knows Where the Time Goes?
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[Verse 1] / Across the morning sky, all the birds are leaving / How can they know when it's time to go? / Before the winter fire, we'll still be dreaming / I do not count the time
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Nina Simone – Funkier Than a Mosquito's Tweeter
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[Verse 1] / You're nothing but a dirty, dirty old man / You do your thinking with a one track mind / Keep talkin' about heaven glory but / On your face is a different story / Clean
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Rapsody – Laila's Wisdom
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The opening and title track to Laila’s Wisdom finds Rapsody channeling the wealth of advice, morals and guidance passed on from her maternal grandmother, Laila. The most central
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Kemba – Caesar's Rise
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[Hook] / Does this shit make you intimidated? / Does this shit make you intimidated? / [Verse 1] / Please don't call me conscious / Don't call it political / Please don't deem this
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Nina Simone – I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free
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One of her most popular and iconic songs, Nina openly aspires and wishes she knew what it was like to live in a world without racism and segregation.
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