Sydney Tompkins sings "Lift Every Voice and Sing"

Sydney Tompkins performs "Lift Every Voice and Sing" on LINK. Sydney was a student of Wayne Winston, director of Non-Stop Production (NSP,Inc.) in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn. LINK, everyday dramas in the lives of African Americans, is produced by La-Verne Cody Gittens.

'THE NEGRO NATIONAL ANTHEM'

Lift every voice and sing
Till earth and heaven ring,
Ring with the harmonies of Liberty;
Let our rejoicing rise
High as the listening skies,
Let it resound loud as the rolling sea.
Sing a song full of the faith that the dark past has taught us,
Sing a song full of the hope that the present has brought us,
Facing the rising sun of our new day begun
Let us march on till victory is won.

Stony the road we trod,
Bitter the chastening rod,
Felt in the days when hope unborn had died;
Yet with a steady beat,
Have not our weary feet
Come to the place for which our fathers sighed?
We have come over a way that with tears have been watered,
We have come, treading our path through the blood of the slaughtered,
Out from the gloomy past,
Till now we stand at last
Where the white gleam of our bright star is cast.

God of our weary years,
God of our silent tears,
Thou who has brought us thus far on the way;
Thou who has by Thy might
Led us into the light,
Keep us forever in the path, we pray.
Lest our feet stray from the places, Our God, where we met Thee;
Lest, our hearts drunk with the wine of the world, we forget Thee;
Shadowed beneath Thy hand,
May we forever stand.
True to our GOD,
True to our native land

James Weldon Johnson June 17, 1871 - June 26, 1938
http://www.africanamericans.com/NegroNationalAnthem.htm

Category:

Music

Tags:

• MNNTV spirituality
• freedom
• James Weldon Johnson
• youth
• protest
• faith
• hope

[sspsllc]

Good job, Sydney! Keep on keepin' on!

[LINKLaV]

Thank you for the encouragement. Sydney is a developing young artist. Beautiful clip of Ms. Ross.

[bajaburstqueen]

y did u think people expecially black people call lift every voice and sing the black national anthem the meaning of it is to acknowledge the struggle that black people went through and how we "have over come it" right? but didnt every body go through a struggle???????? and not just blacks??? example:jewish people,nazis, minorites of people right now of all races with the economy taxes financial problems etc....

[LINKLaV]

Great art comes from the soul of a people: any people. Great artists have divine talent and divine inspiration. No great art is always understood; sometimes it is condemned and ridiculed. But it lives, and leaves a permanent record of someone's story. If it's a universal story, sooner or later it is acknowledged. We acknowledge these great words now.

[LINKLaV]

Correction noted by viewers: " Sing a song full of the faith that the dark past has taught us..."

Thank you.

[bertmarx]

good job

[LINKLaV]

Thank you.

[lexiboo2cute4u]

to slow the song is way faster but she can sing

[myndae]

Let us march on, til victory is one...1...People need people...it was true when the creation myth was written...it is true today. Peace, Paz, Umoja

~one with all....

Thanks for posting :)

I just heard respect yourself by the Stapel Sisters...I love it (the song and message)

[MissijeleONE]

awww this is soo cute! keep on singing girl! i am a singer! much love and success** God bless!

[foxxselena01]

she 15 damn.... i thought she was at least 11 or 12, her voice is alright

[kandygurl4u]

I have known this song since i was required to learn it in a college class over 10 years ago and still to this very day it brings emotions so intense within my spirit in that it brings me to tears every time. Thank you James Weldon for this spirit fill melody for all Africans (living in and out of America) can lift to.... Ashe'

[imthatdeal18]

this girl should model.. her features are ridiculous

[SALLYANGEL2]

OUTSTANDING,,,BEAUTIFUL VOICE..THANKS FOR THIS VIDEO

[zwinkytwin]

Shee 15??? Shee Look Mad Yunq Butt Shee Did Really Gud

[MyEnglandDiaries]

aww she's cute :) Keep up the good work hunnie! :)

[tz3y07]

She did an awesome job! She has real talent. She needs a coach to help her refine her skills. She will no doubt exceed her teacher because she's a natural talent. WAY 2 GO BABY! Keep singing!! Let's hear more from you in the very near future!!