Aretha Franklin’s rendition of Nina Simone’s “Young Gifted and Black”. When your soul is intact, you can be young, gifted and black. And white. A mighty, important and swinging song by the lady of soul herself: Aretha Franklin.
This is a message to our young gifted black children to pursue their dreams with their souls intact and without compromise. There's no limit to how far you can go.
Well I am almost 50 years and I am young and black and gifted to I love Aretha my mother please stop talk bad thing about her I am coming for u all leave her alone I am going to be somewhat like her next boy it hurts so badd
As a young protester we sang this song for strength and unity…Love, love, love being, but, no longer young and gifted, but appreciative of a stirring time
I am a Jewish woman from The Ghetto. I have always found this song to be so important. I shall miss Ms. Aretha will all my heart and soul. As my guys say: May She Be Most Happiest in Paradise! Baruch HaShem. <3
How come only black entertainers? There are gifted blacks in other spheres such as science, business, politics. Gifted blacks are not only singers and dancers smh.
She can sign every genre
A Fabulous song by a Fabulous artist that we all love
To be very honest, Aretha's version is nothing compared to Miss Simone's heart warming original version.
Beautifully song. The one and only Queen of Soul! Rest In Paradise Queen Aretha! GoneButNeverForgotten
She's for sure gifted.
Awesome!
If this doesn't touch your inner soul then like Joe Biden bitch ass say then you ain't BLACK…..
Black Lives Matter my friends❤❤
Also, this was a beautiful slideshow -thank you
I think i'm Black and I'm proud is on the same page!!!
I'm white and am surprised that there are only 115k views to this?
RIP AND HAIL TO THE LATE GREAT GIFTED& AND BLACK QUEEN OF SOUL ARETHA FRANKLIN STILL LISTENING IN 2019!
This is a message to our young gifted black children to pursue their dreams with their souls intact and without compromise. There's no limit to how far you can go.
Aretha good so Goood xx
love this video, thank you. I LOVE Aretha's version of this song the best.
Well I am almost 50 years and I am young and black and gifted to I love Aretha my mother please stop talk bad thing about her I am coming for u all leave her alone I am going to be somewhat like her next boy it hurts so badd
My PEOPLEEEEE!!!!
HOW could I want to be Anything else but Melanated?!!!!
Such a BLESSING from tha Mos HIGH
Love this song and this video
As a young protester we sang this song for strength and unity…Love, love, love being, but, no longer young and gifted, but appreciative of a stirring time
'92 Interlude at 1:49
Sing Aretha it's so heart breaking we don't have singers like these left.
Rest In Peace a True Queen in every sense of the word RESPECT.A beautiful song forever relevant forever True.
I forgot about this song,,my mom used 2 play it
Thank you for posting and for carefully curating the photos. Lovely work.
I am a Jewish woman from The Ghetto. I have always found this song to be so important. I shall miss Ms. Aretha will all my heart and soul. As my guys say: May She Be Most Happiest in Paradise! Baruch HaShem. <3
Great job with the slideshow. Nina Simone and Weldon Irvine wrote it.
Thank you!!! Aretha Franklin!!! Well done RIP
What is so sad is many figures portrayed in this collage died that way: young, gifted, and black!
RIP, Aretha. Bless all the children of Pastor C.L.
R.I.P Queen! You will be celebrated!
Rest in peace queen
Who ever gave this video a thumbs down, I hope they sing this song at your funeral.
Thank you Queen of Soul!!!
Rest easy.
#respect
Amazing song!!! I’ve loved it since I was a child!!!! Listen to “Cuban link kings” by cappadonna…..they flipped this sample so divine! Superb!!!!
How come only black entertainers? There are gifted blacks in other spheres such as science, business, politics. Gifted blacks are not only singers and dancers smh.
May God's mercy and love surround Aretha. August 13, 2018
Lord have mercy. Aretha, Aretha, Aretha!
Higher learning,y'all!!!
I'm a Latino woman , when I ear this song for first time it was 10 years old , I never forgot how much this sing was impacted me in my early youngest