T. Blanchard: Fire Shut Up in My Bones
Who you shooting at, boy?—So you've come back, boy
Charles?—Mama?—Boy, I tole you not to skip like that
Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Oleode Oshotse, Jon Luc Jobson-Larkin, Latonia Moore, The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Walter Russell III, Judah Taylor, Will Liverman, Cheikh Mbaye
Don't be in such a rush ta grow
Mama, can I come to work with you?
Will Liverman, Latonia Moore, The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Walter Russell III, The Metropolitan Opera Chorus, Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Hey Uncle Paul—Hey boy, How my baby?
Ryan Speedo Green, Angel Blue, The Metropolitan Opera Chorus, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Will Liverman, Walter Russell III, The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
Legs, thighs, breasts, wings
Denisha Ballew, Chauncer Packer, Norman Garrett, Terrence Chin-Loy, The Metropolitan Opera Chorus, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Latonia Moore, Briana Hunter
What 'chu doin' here, Spinner
Mama, look at me! I got muscles!
Walter Russell III, The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Latonia Moore, Will Liverman, Angel Blue, The Metropolitan Opera Chorus, Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Where did Love lose me?
Angel Blue, The Metropolitan Opera Chorus, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Latonia Moore, Will Liverman, Walter Russell III
I get on my knees, pray to the Lord to make me strong.
Chauncey Packer, Latonia Moore, Walter Russell III, Denisha Ballew, The Metropolitan Opera Chorus, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Briana Hunter
Sometimes you gotta just leave it
See how da ground pack hard and smooth
Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Ryan Speedo Green, Cheikh Mbaye, Oleode Oshotse, Judah Taylor, The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Jon Luc Jobson-Larkin, Latonia Moore, Walter Russell III, Denisha Ballew
Golden button, where you come from?
Roast beef, again?
Cheikh Mbaye, Jon Luc Jobson-Larkin, Chauncey Packer, Latonia Moore, The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Oleode Oshotse, Judah Taylor, Angel Blue, The Metropolitan Opera Chorus, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Will Liverman, Ryan Speedo Green, Walter Russell III
Chester, already?
The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Cheikh Mbaye, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Judah Taylor, Walter Russell III, Oleode Oshotse, Chauncey Packer, Latonia Moore
What? Cain't your mamma sing in the morning
Walter Russell III, The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Marguerite Mariah Jones, Latonia Moore, Oleode Oshotse, Chris Kenney
Chester! I'm almost forgot you were coming!
The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Judah Taylor, Cierra Byrd, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Walter Russell III, Ryan Speedo Green, Jon Luc Jobson-Larkin, Latonia Moore, Chris Kenney, Cheikh Mbaye, Oleode Oshotse
There was once a boy, of peculiar grace
Sweet...so sweet...
The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Will Liverman, Latonia Moore, Angel Blue, The Metropolitan Opera Chorus, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Chris Kenney, Walter Russell III
C'mon let's do what we did last night
Chris Kenney, The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Will Liverman, Walter Russell III, The Metropolitan Opera Chorus, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Cheikh Mbaye
Lift me up, Jesus
The Metropolitan Opera Chorus, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Will Liverman, Donovan Singletary, The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Briana Hunter
Take this stain from my memory
Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Will Liverman, The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Donovan Singletary
Which boy dat? Dat Nate?
The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Ryan Speedo Green, Terrence Chin-Loy, Will Liverman, Norman Garrett, Errin Duane Brooks, Calvin Griffin
Love with a laugh, with fun for a fight!
Terrence Chin-Loy, The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Norman Garrett, Errin Duane Brooks, Calvin Griffin, Latonia Moore, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Will Liverman
You can be free
Angel Blue, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Denisha Ballew, Will Liverman, The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Kimberli Render, Karmesha Peake, Jasmine Muhammad, Christine Jobson, Nicole Joy Mitchell
Lord, take this wanting from me.
Oh, hi. I hope I ain't disturbing you
Brittany Renee', Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Will Liverman, The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
Hey! I got somethin' to tell you!
Will Liverman, Norman Garrett, Errin Duane Brooks, Calvin Griffin, The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Terrence Chin-Loy
I was once a boy of peculiar grace
Terrence Chin-Loy, The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Norman Garrett, Errin Duane Brooks, Calvin Griffin, Will Liverman, Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Charles! You got accepted to Grambling!
Terrence Chin-Loy, The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, The Metropolitan Opera Chorus, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Latonia Moore, Will Liverman, Norman Garrett, Errin Duane Brooks, Calvin Griffin
A place where you can be just by yourself
Do you know what it means to have made the line?
Metropolitan Opera Ballet, Will Liverman, Chase Taylor, The Metropolitan Opera Chorus, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, David Morgans Sanchez, The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Donovan Singletary
Our roots are deep, we draw our strengths from slavery
Boy, get off that wall
Will Liverman, Angel Blue, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Donovan Singletary
Greta. Greta. What is this feeling?
I used to hate the night
When I was just a little boy
Hello...Mama, its me...Charles!
Will Liverman, The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Chris Kenney, Latonia Moore
So you've come back, boy... I knew you would.
Sometimes you gotta just leave it in the road.
The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Will Liverman, Walter Russell III, The Metropolitan Opera Chorus, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Latonia Moore