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