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