Chip Days, "Lift Every Voice & Sing"

[ivorytunes]

lol... I'm mad he didn't already know the words haha

[cumvibewityagurl101]

this is my favorite version of this song on youtube so far!!!!! it was beautifully sung...and my a nice lookin man to top it off!!!! plus he sings all three verses....takes me back to when i was in private school in the second grade and they taught us this song!!!!! i love it great job Mr. Chip Days!!!! i love a man that can sing mmm mmm :)

[Isolation00]

I love this song and his voice is amazing. C:

[praisingg123]

good job!!!!!



[praisingg123]

good job!!!



[candola87]

the dude can definitely blow...the only problem I had with this was him not knowing the words to at least the first verse by heart. Jokers don't go out with paper for the Star Spangled Banner why should we have paper for our anthem?

But enough of the shade...i'm looking forward to see what else he has.

[Backatwon]

Wow beautifully done ......bravo!!!!

[captainterrible525]

you bring out the power in these words

[captainterrible525]

LUV IT!!!! you better sing that song man

[neverenvious2008]

Def enjoy ur rendition of the song! great voice!

[SweetBrwnSuga]

... okay... you can SANG! i wasnt expectin that to come out, i thought ur voice was gonna be aight, i was wrong.

[mattk37917]

DAMN! This man can sing! when is his next performance??? I wanna go!

[AfrinetNYC]

You were born to sing...B E A U T I F U L!!!

[DallasCowboys0422]

Chip I am sending love from S.C. You should have won on half n half and I have all of your music on my phone from iTunes. You're awesome

[iluvrachellef]

WOW!!!!!This is the bruh that was on Half N Half when Mona's rec label was gonna sign an artist.Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis were on there and this bruh didnt even win,i was very disappointed.

[1nOnlyDesiree]

i love love love your voice!!!!!

check out my videos too.... :))

God Bless

♥Desiree

[dellabrook]

nice job brother

[NightStarLionClan]

He is a great singer. I love this song. <3

[achampa1]

Beautiful voice. :), Gave me goosebumps.

[imthingy]

that was purely beautiful!

[carrington45]

The Black National Anthem.

[carrington45]

The best I've ever heard it sung.

[Jawharrah]

He Has an amazing voice IT IS GORGOUS

[dittoheadAZ]

This guy has a great voice - we sang this in church a long time ago, and we as a choir weren't as good as this guy!

Keith - you should be proud to be an AMERICAN. Period.

[SHaWtii2KrazZii]

love it.  flawless singer.

[jebeja]

MVMWordlwide, THANK YOU SO MUCH, AS THE SPEAKER SAID, I CAN NOT REMEMBER THE LAST (OR FIRST) TIME I HEARD THIS SONG (ONE OF MY ALL TIME FAVORITES) SANG ALL THE WAY THROUGH. God has really 'gifted' this young man's voice.  Thanks and God bless.

[loveroflife365]

Most people sound awful without music accompaniament ... NOT CHIP DAYS! Very soulful and moving .... WOW!

A die-hard Chip Days fan forever,

a.k.a. Pinkiebelle

[chipdaystv]

@loveroflife365 THANKS!! SUBSCRIBE TO CHIPDAYSTV FOR MORE UPDATES AND VIDEOS.... THANKS AGAIN FOR ALL THE LOVE!!

[Keith15B]

Wow, you are a very good singer. I, not being musically inclined, have a great respect for those who can express themselves in song, great job. And, of course, I am proud to be African American!

[acolyuri24]

James Weldon Johnson is one of our greatest negro writers of all time, and he wrote the lyrics in 1899 to the black national anthem

[honeybrown200]

Amazing!!! His voices is ridiculous! Please tell him to call me!

[dalpal2011]

yo..

You mad me get chills..

Do dat boy...

[loveonesheat1]

go head wit ya bad aself.i sang this at james logan hight skoo in union city..well im soon to be and ur video just made me juiced for thursday.go head like isaid and u keep singing and keep ya head upcause u got a gift.and when u got a gift like urs u bettah sing ya hair off 4real.l0l

[BrickBryan10]

i like chocolate milk

[truthbtold4]

sing the song boy

[yu1P3]

LUK ADT DAT WiTE DUDE...!!!! :L

[shoobedoorocketship]

i have come back to this pages several times, even though there are some passages i have slight faults with, the more i play this clip, the more i like it. and its really nice to hear the whole anthem, truly among the best of its kind in the world.

[SimoneGervais]

this song never meant as it means to me now after January.20,2009

[nb342]

beautiful

[tjon90]

Chip has a great voice with a great vocal range like justin timberlakes

[DCWYT08]

He sounded really really good, but its like....the rhythem....i dont there was something weird about the rhythem

[Anthemless]

Amazing

[xanniedonniex]

amazing!!!

the white guys face was liek HOLY SH*T!! LOL

[14Paris2008]

you're great

[000GreenApple000]

lol look at that white man. he looks at him like so amazed with his voice maybe :) he's good

[ShiroMori777]

lol yea. The white guy looks happier than all the black ppl there.

[aokka]

im glad this is posted very few people know that this is the NBA argo the NATIONAL BLACK ANTHEM hopefully when barak gets sworn in thew will do away with the old 1 and this will be the offical song of the nation this and mircales by mambo sauce

[tyroneturner]

Chip, well done, my brother. Much success to you in your music career.

[Fallinangel621]

You sung this song so beautifully, i am almost in tears, one more time through will do the trick !!

[brigetskidz]

Chip,

Because of our new president-elect, I have been feeling very connected to our ancestors and their struggle. This song and your voice blessed me this morning! Rarely do we hear all three verses...and it needs to be sung. I am going pass this on.

briget

[milovy]

He has such a beautiful clear tone. Along with Lisa Leuschner one of the best voices not to make it into AI finals.

[hOtTiE101343]

great voice simply beautiful

[RedPanda79]

Beautiful song and voice. I would love to see him sing this again facing the cam and with a tripod.

[wilcrest1234]

This has to be in my favs!Chip......Great job!

[kenreekus]

chip you really did it up. this is danny pooler, kelvin pooler brother, the one that taught yall cats football and wouldn't let yall quit when u got hit a little harder than u wanted to. keep on singing, your voice is amazing

[Arianne73]

May I just say that in addition to your incredible voice, you are GORGEOUS!

[CommieThreat]

I love this video, I think its the best on youtube so far, so many people are just posting this song. Does anybody know if there is a church version of this posted somewhere on here though? Whether on the piano or the organ?

[belikejcn08]

this was beautiful, also check out the version by the soul children of chicago

[crackdaddy911]

Im white and this is my favorite song!!!

[2qllhannibal]

I love this song! It is rare to hear the entire song, and I love all the verses! James Weldon Johnson and his brother, surely wrote in my estimation one of the finest pieces of music in the history of this country.

[corryngf]

i agree this song is so powerful and the third verse is my favorite and it is like never sung

[SamGillian]

Beautiful! I get the shivers everytime I hear it and sounds amazing! I haven't heard the whole thing in a long time, but we had to learn the first verse for school too. Thank you!

[libragurl101586]

he sounds so good...

[randyjsing]

that was incredible...wow...

[salimah2]

chip how come you dont have a record deal that was awesome, i was in tears i love this song so beautifully written i was so pleased to hear you sing all verses i encourage all our young people to learn this song great job

[horsesaremyworld1204]

ugg I messed up

just forget it

[horsesaremyworld1204]

sry

"sing a song full of the faith that the dark past has taught us. Sing a song that the present has brought us"

[horsesaremyworld1204]

this is different then ours. We do

"

[Armyrida]

Wow so beaautiful

[chocolatecookie5]

thanks i had to learn this for school it really helped

[jatirpi]

fanfuckentastic!!!

[zappurgirl]

i am doing this n me scull play

[jsnworthy]

damn good

[SWIMSTAR15]

i sing so wonderful nd especalli 2 sing da whole song

[bitchybrat123]

pink yamaka..... o me gawd

[bitchybrat123]

this was wonderfull im stuck singing supprano at my skool i wanted to be alto becuase its one chord lower

[HunterMann]

great song and this man has good pipes. Keep singing!

[stylelist24]

good job

[nytimes19992000]

Did anyone notice that the graphic at the beginning lists the song as "Life Every Voice and Sing" instead of "Lift"?

[TaichouInkei]

Damn..

[Xclusivenig9a]

Nice voice.. but I would be able to sing the whole song if I HAD LYRICS, ALSO! And he had the nerve to still mess the words up.... as a fellow "black"... I feel disrespected... and you all should to

[deucyz]

Yeah..umm.. you need to get a life.. A lot of "blacks" don't even know that a "black national anthem" so give him a break

[erich168]

I'm white and I know all the lyrics. I think that was incediblely lame that he had to read the lyris and still messed them up.

Great voice... Terrible performance.

[SuchAFolkebrant]

Where did he mess up?

(I'm actually wondering.. not trying to be rude..)

[grownassman81]

this is very foolish instead of lifting the young man up you pick him apart. Its sad that a song written to unify us ALL as 1 nation could be butchered the way that all that commented in a negative light have done. this is not for sake of performance it was done to minister to our spirits and here we sit like this is American Idol JUST CLOSE YOUR AND LISTEN UNTIL YOU HEAR THE SPIRIT OF THOSE THAT PAVED THE PATH FOR US TO MARCH! I think theyed be happy.

[camile101]

i love his voice

[Pherrix]

Pretty much every time I get on the computer, I listen to this. You did a breathtaking job. Thank you.

[HillariWeezywife]

hes singing such a powerful song, damn i wish he had more of a soulful church voice, or i wish a black woman couldve sang this song.

[XxeastsidesFINESTxX]

u are a good singer for a man

[louchurchin]

Um..what does that mean? I don't get that comment. lol

[chriskardos]

what a beautiful song! J.W. Johnson wrote a great song.

[chicagolvr]

My jaw dropped throughout the entire song---standing ovation! your voice is incredible! CHIP DAYS will you marry me?! and serenade me at our wedding!!!!

[Pogue76]

Well for all, I know this Hymn in our Epscopalien Hymnal and I love this hymn. I hope all wont think bad about the hymn sung on this vid. It's A true Hymn. It was wrote by to Negroes, one composed the music and the other the lyrics. I loved this vid. so much It brought tears to me. Any chanch I have to sing this hymn, I'll take it ASAP. God Bless All !!!!!!!!!!

[emokid232]

kdstorms,u suck ass,fuckin racist,he did sing the first line,idiot,i wanna see you sing better than that

[junebugjenn]

y do u spose he's a racist

[mizzsweetie012]

amazing

[biafra83]

wow he is good.

[MPreSSIve]

I had this song memorized by 2nd grade! Seeing this brought back memories! :) Loved it!

[gina23451]

LOVE IT. iRep GOD AND BEING 100 PERCENT BLACK.

[J5MARLON]

Please Rise for the African American national anthem. Right fist in the air

[kougagirl79]

his voice is cute but i dont think he is cute

[RXSXEX]

you have visited the destiny

[kdstorms]

he can sing but how the hell this nigga don't know the first line of the song every black person should know that

[kougagirl79]

his voice is fine!!!!!!!sexy!!!

[mizztrishgb08]

first of all, we as black people have come too far to refer to ourselves as "niggas". That means ignorance, therefore only those who are ignorant use that word. Secondly, he didn't forget the first line...the video is just cut off.

[ltlangstonhughes]

dude it was the person who recorded it fault for recording a little late

[haitianxchic]

that was wonderful!!! :)

[mzmuzikluvr]

kudos to james weldon johnson for writing such a beautiful and enduring ode to our struggle. excellent job, mr. days! (young people, if you are watching this video, PLEASE memorize the lyrics before you perform this song in public!)my K-5 students are required to memorize all THREE verses to this song. if they can recite the lyrics to their favorite r&b and hip hop songs, they can learn this one, too!

[Heykariblue]

is that Fred Price?

[datfreakboi69]

Great voice!!!!

[trinilee93]

dis is mah graduation song 2....but onlii da first verse

[PREETYANGEL485]

I AM SINGING THIS 4 MY GRADUATION TOMORROW I LUV THIS SONG

(im graduating from 6th grade)

[da3sywiduRa]

this will be my graduation song too..!! i'll sing this song with my other friends next week.. it's a nice songg.. ^^

[candymanblackchocola]

Nigga can sing

[Xone7]

Brotha can sing.

[Xone7]

BRILLIANT! I had to find all the lyrics and read along as you sang. I have trails of tears on my cheeks.

Thank you for blessing us with this.

[tincredible]

a lot of young people, including myself, don't know all three verses. The fact that he does is impressive. Best I have heard thus far!!!

[NPC1trueviet]

i love this song...it was the first song i ever sang graduating to go to a new school....it was the best.

[mszcammy]

we sang this for our 5th grade graduation in ps181<3, i reali luv dis song =)

[madsinger798]

OMG this rocks awsome voice and cute 2

[Lybbia1999]

Beautiful tribute to the African American National Anthem. It made me cry tears of joy.

[michelle144]

damn he can sing

[madsinger798]

isnt he good?

[madsinger798]

i listen 2 this all the time

[madsinger798]

love the voice

i mean i can sing but i would love to sing with him

[yougoboydc]

that was incredible! the absolute best rendition of this piece

[zemry]

That was great!

[freeandaccepted357]

WOW!!!

[keoshaluvsher1stluv]

That was beautiful it brought tears to my eyes!

[Dazjae]

Beautiful.

[08mj18]

That's my Cousin!! Do it Chip!!!

[bronxday]

great JOB

[madeinthephilippines]

he should've won!

[madsinger798]

i think so 2

[madeinthephilippines]

we sang this in our schooollll HE IS TOO GOOD TO NOT HAVE WON

[PsychoTangerine]

Wow, he should've gotten into the top 12 at least. Very impressive.