Young, Gifted & Black, de Bob & Marcia

Young, Gifted And Black Bob (Andy) & Marcia (Griffiths)
[Irving/Simone] Popularitzada originalment per Nina Simone 1969/70

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 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
Yours is the quest that's just begun
When you feel really low
Yo, there's a great truth you should know
To be young, gifted and black
Your soul's intact

Oh, young, young, gifted and black
Oh, how I long to know the truth
There were times when I look back
And I am haunted by my youth
Oh, but my joys of today
Is that we can all be proud to say
To be young, gifted and black
Is where it's at

Young, gifted and black
We must begin to tell our young
There's a world waiting for you
Yours is the quest that's just begun
When you feel really low
Yeah, there's a great truth you should know
When you are young, gifted and black
Your soul's intact

Oh, young, young, gifted and black
Oh, how I long to know the truth
There were times when I look back
And I am haunted by my youth
Oh, but my joys of today
Is that we can all be proud to say
To be young, gifted and black
Is where it's at, is where it's at, is where it's at
Is where it's at, is where it's at ....

Traducció:

Jove, dotat i negre
Oh quin adorable i preciós somni
Ser jove, dotatat i negre
Obre el cor al que vull dir
En tot el món, saps,
Hi ha milions de nois i noies
Que son joves, dotats i negres
I és un fet!

Jove, dotat i negre
Hem de començar a dir als joves
Hi ha un món que t'està esperant
Teva és la búsqueda que tot just ha començat
Quan et sents molt desanimat
Hi ha una gran veritat que hauries de saber
Ser jove, dotat i negre
La teva ànima és intacta

Oh, jove, jove, dotat i negre
Oh com ansio saber la veritat
Hi havia vegades que mirant enrera
m'obsessiona la meva joventut
Oh, però les meves alegries d'avui
És que tots podem dir, orgullosos,
Ser jove, dotat i negre
Es on està.

Jove, dotat i negre
Hem de començar a dir als joves
Hi ha un mon esperant per tu
...

Oh, jove, jove, dotat i negre
Oh com ansio saber la veritat
...