For this week's jukebox music theme, Many Colours, here is "To Be Young, Gifted, and Black", written by Nina Simone and Weldon Irvine, sung by Nina Simone. "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. You are 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're feeling really low, There's a great truth, that you should know, When you're young, gifted, and Black, Your soul intact. How to be young, gifted, and Black Oh, how I long to know the truth. There are times when I look back And I am haunted by my youth. Oh, but my joy of today Is that we can all be proud to say, "To be young, gifted, and Black Is where it's at!" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B9NHZMoMYRs #JukeboxFridayNight #ManyColours