Karen Clark Sheard singing Higher

[nosliwkcirteze]

is she for real,wowwwwwwwwww she is crazy baddd I love her voice

[musicfactory101]

that just defines real singing when you can kill a song by reading it off paper thats just unreal

[luhkelsgoinhard93]

Lmfao The man at 1:54 threw his towel in the air after she did that run. Dude was done with her. Lol

[DDDD1980]

Ok so Karen killed this she added a little Anita and a lot of her big sis Dorinda, love it! The girl is just annointed!

[gdad79]

First of all, Miss. Thick Madame 41. I am so sick of you'll hating on my aunts I bet u all can't/want say what u all put on here 2 they faces & also the reasin she has paper & didn't no the words cause orginally they were going to sing something else but just the selections of songs 20mins., before this service started...

[laurenluvsinging]

@gdad79 She was giving her a compliment, not dissing her lol.

[luvthelordnclarksis]

i love this vid...she killed it...............i just love old clips like this also..............sometimes i wish now was like back then............in a music way.....i mean like i like the new kind but its just something bout back than

[kurbypinky]

OH LORD. she lookin at the lyrics on the paper during the performance. i feel a lil better na. I thought only my choir director did that :D

[bry504lsjmbs]

beasted as usual

[Godzchildac7]

Im mad how he took the mic and didnt help her down the steps lol crazy

[shanja2]

i just downloaded this song on itunes... the post production is so funny. like it almost doesnt sound anything like the video. all these extra horns and bongos lol

[dayday303]

hey please get back to me as fast as possible....i need the lyrics to this song...its killing meh!!!!!!!!!!!! nobody can tear this song upp like Karen Clark Sheard

[alckpcitc3]

That's a HYMN. Why didn't she know the words again????

[Vocellist2010]

@alckpcitc3 maybe she doesn't know all of the words to all of the hymns in the hymnal...

[anstilahryz531]

woooow...she is a beast!!!

i use to listen to this song on the radio

who know she was reading the words as she was singing..

[polll111]

she need to buss that moving the mic arroung her moth now

[mrsupergodschild10]

I love it she..can sing any song...is there any lyrics to this song

[Brittany1908]

Karen sounds like Twinkie a lot through this song.

[MarkEthanTV]

CAINT NOBY SANG LIKE KAREN! She is always singing lookin @ words!

[ant2019]

@MarkEthanTV that is so true

[SeanFitz08]

She killed this song while readin a lil folded up piece of paper... Lol... Love Karen

[aliquebjjolion]

I love 2:59-3:12 i d0n't know why it'z just raw to me.

[rthomas7]

Paper or not Karen beasted this song!!!!!! I wouldn't have ever known she had paper seeing this video and I've listened to this song several times!! True professional!!

[1mamabmc]

Love it, paper and all!

[SeanFitz08]

A Gospel Great

[Mystyque1]

omg....my mom sung on rwf&f 3 thru 5 & i had the pleasure of singing on ff5 since i was finally old enough...lol...i was 6 years old when this came out & i can still remember it like it was yesterday...it turned into a straight up revival! & thats ALL THE WAY LIVE right there...back in the days when folk used to take the paper up with them & end up tearin the song up like they had rehearsed for weeks...aaaahhhh the good ole days...

[nemesisjq]

What can't she sing? lol. I LOVE YOU KAREN....YOUR VOICE IZ 2 BLESSED!!!

[nemesisjq]

Thank you so much. I been looking for this for a while

[facesion]

dude behind is just as tickled as I am...lol. Love me some Karen!

[msscott73]

This was my favorite song from the album. I use to just play it over and over again. I tore up my walkman when it tried to eat the tape, but I rescued it and it still works. It was unfortunate that my Ron Winans family & friends II cassette didn't. I still have that cassette by the way. I'm glad that the Winans' production studio used high quality matterial for such a high quality sounding choir :-).

[momoshemon]

She might not have known the song before she sang, but trust me darling she wrote it after singing it!!! KAREN A TRUE PRO FOR CHRIST!!!

[rthomas7]

@momoshemon Indeed!! Karen be smashing!! I can never get tired of hearing her voice!

[44altecz]

shes reading off the paper because she just learned the song and didn't know the lyrics to the song at the time

[msscott73]

yeah thats right. Many arts will do that if they have been picked to lead the song at the last minute. This is common at choir reharsals at convention and district meeting in many African-American Churches.

[ladyjmk20]

why she readin off the paper lol

[MrRiteisrite]

did anybody see Pastor Marvin Winans in the audiance when Karen did that run at 1:52??????????? lol

[rthomas7]

@MrRiteisrite I just peeped that!...LOLOLOL Thanks for pointing that out!

[MrRiteisrite]

i remeber i use to set in my room as a kid and listen to this song constatly.. love youtube.

[2009NinaPooh]

Karen COLD!!!!!!!

[MrRCollinsIII]

Brondo....funny thing is that was HOTT back in the day...LOL! They looked like some clowns! LOL! But one thing we know if we don't know nothing else....is that this woman literally ate this song to shreads......SHE WAS FAH SAAANGING!!!

[brondo1012]

wow she does look like Jill Scott here!!!.. Well I guess Jill looks like her lol

[kmaur21]

The funny part is Karen was hoarse.

[brondo1012]

CHIIIIIILE..... Im just glad her fashion sense has evolved!!! LMAO... I love this song and ALWAYS HAVE... She's so ridiculous.. especially back then... she's a lil more refined now and I can appreciate that too... but WTH are those things on her feet wit dem white stockings?? LMFAO!!!

[Tron1993]

they act like they dead. let that had been my church. we would've been right along with her on 3:06- 3:10 and 3:42-3:54

[dabible]

karen Torre it up!!!!!!! she went higher!!!!!!!

[WoodeytheBigEyedOne]

1:44 just shows that Karen's creative ear is crazy! she is very aware of how to use the microphone and prjectiong sound! She was/is a beast! I love her!

[kmaur21]

@WoodeytheBigEyedOne Shun Pace does the same thing with the mic!

[sunev7]

What I love about Karen is: she is forever evolving. Each decade she comes out with something different. Some people are still doing the same thing........ she keeps evolving: AMAZING!

[ThickMadame41]

I love these old clips of her..she was crazy back then..she still is but back then..oh lawd have mercy..and she didn't even know this song that well..R U kidding me??!!! good Lord!

[andalite24]

Yeah I agree 100% with you. I think in the early 90s, Karen was simply nasty at the mike. She's toned down some, but I think thats more so the fault of the record labels and their changing interests over time. Afterall, Karen, the recording artist, still has to conform to what the record labels tell her in order to stay with her label. Though, last I heard, she's starting her own label. So who knows what we'll year in the coming year?

[jetit]

She did not Know the song but she did good for to be reading the words. for all the People Hating on her. love me some Karen

[titeyungin]

she NEEDS to be arrested for what she did to this song!!.. 3:30-3:34 was STR8 SERIAL CEREAL and SURREAL KILLER!!!!!!!!!!!

[anjevonne]

NONE LIKE HER!!!

[will1588]

Between 2:55-3:00, the cameraman showed Bishop Andrew Merritt.

[Littlejohn2121]

This women is so amazing!!! Her vioce is strong and fill with power. God has blessed her with an amazing voice.

[songbird8604]

It would be under normal circumstances but she got the request either the night before or that day. So did her sister Dorinda the same night. I think it a testament to the talent & anointing they posses!

[ddoddy76]

yeah but she still beasted it...prolly had alot goin on,but still pulled it yo!!!

[ddoddy76]

thats not true, my mom is singing up there, and that was not the reason

[ddoddy76]

yeah i have the whole recording on dvd, but the reason why it didnt come out had nothing to do with the clarks, it was a plethora of reasons, they could just got them stands for there words, that would have been noth to fix

[incomparablekcs]

How can you ask whether he/she has a copy? Don't you see the video from it posted on Youtube? What in the world? roootfl.

[Sc0rpion]

@lockman77 What kind of question is does he have a copy? How in the world did he upload THIS to youtube then? ROTF.

[clark8301]

But think about it...they did better with the paper than anybody else did without the paper. So it still would have been worth watching. Actually they made this recording what it was. I would have been yawning otherwise.

[tulipandshaq]

@lockman77 you were there that night?

[KevinDukekmd]

reading the paper while singing shows commitment. That is one characteristic of being a professional

[KevinDukekmd]

reading the paper while singing shows commitment. That is one characteristic of being a professional and she is willing to take on even the challenge of singing without knowing the words by heart..

[IsaiahRaymondDyer09]

Karen is just a Murderess legalized with a mic lol

[titeyungin]

OMG thats SOO true.. cuz they used to sing tghis song at my chucrh and it was SOOO LAME.. then WHAM!! Karen MURDERED it. Im talkin bout STABBED it with her riffs runs and that GROWL @ 3:30-3:35!!.. (cause of death?.. sung by Karen)

[lusschisone]

you know...i really don't think she needed that paper.

man,she ripped that song as if she's been practicing it all week.

[devonteberry]

Who do u know that can rip a song with the words on paper nobody but KCS gotta lvu them TCS

[KBCREW]

this song is such a blessing to me!!!!

[BronxQT]

I just love the Karena and Dorinda. They hardly ever know the words to a song but they always kill it anyway

[tyronh2]

Who's directing the choir?

[abenjam2]

what choir is this?

[ddoddy76]

ronald winans family and friends choir

[alexasloan]

My favorite Vickie Winans lead on the family and freinds albums was "Wash me". She killed it. I love all of the family and freinds albums.

[barbarasboi]

my favorite vickie winans lead on the family and freinds recording was the first one "Coming Again"..she killed it, especialy in the end!..oh, and twinkie clark and marvin on "The Word of GOD"

[ddoddy76]

actually the project with coming again and twinki is the 2nd project...but yeah vickie killed coming again.but my fav project is the first one i wish i could get my hands on dat video

[barbarasboi]

you know what? your absolutely right. the first project was the pink cover..and the second project was the burgendy cover with the drawing with vickie coming again. do you remember on the first project beloved and abundant life..those were hot!...and debra winans duet..what was it?.."He'll Never Change" i love debra winans voice

[ddoddy76]

well remeber the first cover was a picture of the whole choir in the choir stand and it opened up with "just as i am", the 2nd had no pic it was black cover that jus had the words o it but the 3rd project where this song higher was the pink cover an had ronald on it...

[barbarasboi]

yea..your right again..lol. the alto's and soprano's has on all black and the tenor's black & white. what it is i was thinkin of the backdrop behind the picture of the choir on the cassatte tape. it's pink and ron winan's name is in a pink block with blue letters. also the album cover for RWFF II was burgendy with gold writing and a gold drawing of a women singing...thats the one i have, maybe there's different covers!

[barbarasboi]

by the way, how in the world can i forget cece winans song "I Have A Father"...that song use to make this man cry..lol. hey, do you know what she is sayin when she ablibs near the end of the song..."He can speak to the wind..speak __ __ ..save__ __" ..something something..lol.

[ddoddy76]

ooooo i havent pulled that cd out in a min...i switched all my tapes to cd's...i call it the archives of gospel...i gotta listen to that...yeah i think mine had the outlined of women on it as well...i wish i woulda kept all them old tape covers..ima listen to that end doe an get back witcha!

[barbarasboi]

yea..thats wassup, get back at me with that one. it's fun to chat with someone who has a great love for the Ron Winans Family & Friends recordings!

[yeslordkeepsringingi]

doubt it but who knows...

[jadaru86]

This is one my favorite Karen performance since the early 90s when this was recorded. One of the best to ever do it. So many people study her and her sisters.

[yeslordkeepsringingi]

she reminds me so much of jill cott in this clip for some reason!!! anybody else think so?!?!?! how you turn a fast churchy choir song into some experimental groove....wow karen, u did it in this one, she gets my props

[MinBJ08]

Yes, She DOES! Looks Just like her. Do you think Jill studied under her???

[thesofreshcrew]

Sorry this performance was HOTT!!!

All these wack comments saying it was okay....

I think this woman is the best...

Anybody else would have sung this song without the dramatic vocal cords!!!

Remember Karen Mimicks many instruments...

She is the female Singer int he world....and Tonex is holding it down for Best male...

[CodEisfresh]

you ever notices that most guest performances that she does she reading the lyrics

[unvkpf]

I hate when singers dont learn the songs. I make an effort to learn every song I sing onstage.

[kiwilarue]

It's one thing to get on stage not know the words, and mess a song up. But to get on stage not know the words and it sound as if u created the song urself is pure talent a true blessing. Catch that!

[ddoddy76]

dude it is what it is...point is she wrecked it better than sum ppl who do know the words to their songs!ha

[Crjeno1]

and i bet you don't sound this good even on your most 'nointed Sunday mornin! Karen's worst performance will make you a Sunday FACE!

[ddoddy76]

lol right.ppl haters yo.

[sangboi79]

I haven't heard this sound in so long lol.........i never knew she wasn't reading the words lol.........

[sangboi79]

yeah she doesn't sound like neither shun or vickie, where did that come from. lol.

[cogic07]

This is too cute - pretty round face Karen. Now they have the monitors so we don't have to use the papers !!!!! CLASSIC

[againboi]

YOU KNOW THT SONG SHE DID COMING AGAIN

[marfulton]

Karen did not sing "Coming Again" That was Vickie singing that on ron Winans Family and friends 2,and she killed it! I wish someone would post that song...Vickie's range was soooo high back then and she worked that song out!

[ddoddy76]

u are correct!! and vickie killed wash me on the first one as well... i listen to those all the time!

[againboi]

DID U EVEN READ MY 1ST COMMENT

[cameron270]

The lady at 2:11 is in a worship!

[DaOriginalMiracle]

All right for the Vintage Karen! Look at that Hair! LOL...Where is Da Song Dorinda did that night?

[LCVU]

You go higher Karen......

[sunev7]

Karen you are my reason!  Keep singing for Jesus!

[UdontKnow8]

I agree...Simular to Lashaun Pace

[viz1]

She doesn't sound like Vickie or Lashun she sounds like vintage Karen. I don't understand the comparison with either of the two.

[UdontKnow8]

She does sound like a more smoother Lashaun!! You really need a ear for music and singers to see the comparison, you should listen to some of Lashaun's stuff, then watch this again... Now Vickie...i dont see it..nor hear it..

[againboi]

1:43 DOES SOUND LIKE VINTAGE VICKY

[titeyungin]

udontknow.. u REALLY DONT KNOW ur music.. Because NEVER EVER will Karen sound LIKE anyone.. if its anything.. PEOPLE TRY SOUNDING like HER.. She is PHENOMENAL in her OWN right and SPIRITUALLY well off.. to be HERSELF and sing as SHE pleases.. So get that one together..

[ddoddy76]

gotta disagree...sounds noth like shun!!! if anything shun ws tryna sound like her back in the day...lol

[marfulton]

If you don't have the video, would you please be so kind and download the song on here"Coming Again" I have it on tape and I don't know how to put it on here...You just don't know how much I would appreciate that!

[MoSvivor]

That's so true.

[viz1]

I have an ear for music maybe one day I will share my myspace page so you can hear for yourself. Again Lashaun never has a and never will sound anything like KCS.

[themuppets]

lashuan...

[digbarbbp]

Is this Vickie Winans or Lashun Pace?

[mzsophiesticated]

Its Karen Clark Sheard!!

[digbarbbp]

She sounds like Vickie or Lashun. I know its Karen.

[ddoddy76]

what?

[mssweet1love]

i have been wanting to her this song for a long time....thank you for posting it

[carterboy66]

Ms. Clark is killin this song. I would have never know from the CD that she didn't know the words. Luv you Ms. Karen Clark ......Sheard

[truejayb]

I love this song and Karen Singing it!!! I dont think no one else could do this song the way that Karen does it...

I have to say the reason why I like Karen because... She has the voice that everyone dreams of having or hearing...

It can be Huge, soft, high or low...

It is SOOOO Amazing... I thought no one could have grasp this gift... God Blessed her!!!

[monell07]

I wanna go too...Can you pick me up? lol

[inhiswill83]

You betta sing with that paper in your hand.

HIGHER!!!

[Vocellist2010]

Uh Uh where was Mattie when the paper was in the hand??? LOL, you know you're the best when..

[dtp8806]

Uh, the paper? Winans, why'd ya'll set her up with a song she didn't know?

[midnitehour]

It happens alot at concerts and conventions. The Clarks are known for killing impromtu performances. Karen especially, you can always count her to bring it.

[viz1]

1:07 - 1:11 Run was sick

[UdontKnow8]

She really lost her mind on this song...Like for real...SANG KAREN!!!

[tra1993]

The older fashions made people look old any way.

[GodBlessUTube]

I feel sorry for the person that led the next song.

[DariusDThorn]

If it was me, I would have played sick and asked if I could do mine in the studio(LOL)

[GodBlessUTube]

AAAAHHH!!!! THAT IS TOO FUNNY!!!

[murice11]

Karen what a voice!! I don't care what female singer comes out they will not touch her vocally. God gave her and her sisters the gift to sing!

[siwel86]

I believe this is either 1990 or 1991...I think its 1990...lol! She's truly amazing!!!

[BRITTANYLEWIS93]

wat year is this

[ddm5683]

WOAH--- GO KAREN

[mac48203]

LOL...karen is good for singing with words in her hand and still KILLING the song...I love that lady, she's such and inspiration!!!!!!!

[BRITTANYLEWIS93]

she truly is lol

[mac48203]

LOL...karen is good for singing with words in here hand and still KILLING the song...I Love that lady, she's such and inspiration!!!!!!!

[HezekiahCOGIC]

So nice!

[autrybelljr]

She looks like Twinkie here...So beautiful! Sang Karen!

[matthew5and9]

Her and Dorinda really sound like each other on this one.

[sexyblack103]

also look alike..... they look pretty now then back in the days.

[clark8301]

Yeah they look younger as they older

[sexyblack103]

thats weird though lol

[jessicalm145]

i know and also with kirk franklin.

[wdmcmill]

does anyone know where i can find the words to this song... i have to try this song... in my church

[motownbaby]

This is an old hymn...you can problaby google it or find it in a Hymnal at church! She killed it...didn't she? I have this on cd...but never saw it. I don't know where these people find all of these Clark performances, but they are a blessing! Thanks for posting.

[ccaramel2002]

this is just sick!! how does she do that and not even know the words. this is just crazy

i love you karen

[wdmcmill]

sick isnt the word for this.....

jus blessed...and highly favored...

[Gioblu]

HER EAR IS REMARKABLE!!!

[MoSvivor]

OMG....I KNOW, right?!?!?!? I'm like, taken aback by this. This is my first time viewing this and she str9 MURDERED THIS song to SHREDS!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[UdontKnow8]

Thats onlii cuz she wants to go HIGHYAH!!!

[sephyr2006]

that mic trick....God blessed her with so much creativity and bravery

[Kinfolk68]

she has that bravery because shes the youngest and if someone say something to her her Husband, Sisters , rest of her family, and most importantly God will defend her... so shes covered

[misterd229]

this is why you have to love karen....2 not know a song and still kill it! i love her!