--- title: "3 Years Black Quotes by 3 authors" description: "Browse 3 Years Black quotes by 3 authors. Discover the best Years Black sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e51/ray-charles-6406_ass_i-d-like-to-think-that-when-i-sing-a-son_171841.jpg" --- > [I'd like to think that when I sing a song, I can let you know all about the heartbreak, struggle, lies and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-charles/i-d-like-to-think-that-when-i-sing-a-song-i-can-let-you-know-all/) [Ray Charles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-charles/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e51/ray-charles-6406_ass_i-d-like-to-think-that-when-i-sing-a-son_171841.jpg) > [“You who came of age in the past decade have had eight years of a Black U.S. president, and that gloss looked…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mohja-kahf/you-who-came-of-age-in-the-past-decade-have-had-eight-years-of-a/) [Mohja Kahf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mohja-kahf/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/35e/mohja-kahf-29549_black-lives_you-who-came-of-age-in-the-past-decade-h_190931.jpg) > [After the first couple of years of on 'Black-ish,' my wife and I actually broke up. We got back together, and it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kenya-barris/after-the-first-couple-of-years-of-on-black-ish-my-wife-and-i/) [Kenya Barris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kenya-barris/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c65/kenya-barris-8436_back_after-the-first-couple-of-years-of-on-bl_1211363.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/years-black/#itemlist", "name": "Years Black Quotes", "numberOfItems": 3, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I'd like to think that when I sing a song, I can let you know all about the heartbreak, struggle, lies and kicks in the ass I've gotten over the years for being black and everything else, without actually saying a word about it.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ray Charles" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-charles/i-d-like-to-think-that-when-i-sing-a-song-i-can-let-you-know-all/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e51/ray-charles-6406_ass_i-d-like-to-think-that-when-i-sing-a-son_171841.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e51/ray-charles-6406_ass_i-d-like-to-think-that-when-i-sing-a-son_171841.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e51/ray-charles-6406_ass_i-d-like-to-think-that-when-i-sing-a-son_171841.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I'd like to think that when I sing a song, I can let you know all about the heartbreak, struggle, lies and…” — Ray Charles", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“You who came of age in the past decade have had eight years of a Black U.S. president, and that gloss looked good, and there were even a few inches gained on some issues such as health care, and maybe that can cause a person to relax a bit. 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