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