To be ungifted and black
Oh, what a lovely, precious dream
To be ungifted and black
Open your heart to what I mean
Open your heart to what I mean
Open your heart to what I mean
Cause you know
In this whole wide world
There's a mystery
There's a million
A million boys and girls
Who are young
Gifted and black
That's a fact
Oh, yes it is
To be ungifted
And black
We must begin to tell our young
Don't you know
That there's a whole world
A whole world waiting
For you
Haven't you heard
The quest
Has just begun
Don't you know
That the joy
The joy
The joy of today
Is the day that we all
That we all
Be proud to say
That we are
That we are
Gifted
Gifted and black
And it's shown up
Where it's at
Oh, yeah
Do you believe it
I've said it's shown up
Where it's at
Oh, yeah
Can I get somebody to help me
To say it's shown up
It's shown up
Ooh
Yeah
Yeah
Yeah
Yeah
Yeah

Don't you know it's shown up
It's shown up
Oh, yeah
Oh, yeah
I ain't trying to bring down nobody else
But I know it's shown up
It's shown up
It's shown up
Oh, yeah

Oh, yeah
Oh, yeah
I don't think you believe me
Can I say it again?
That's all
Yeah
I've said it's all
Now
Yeah