"Was It A Whisper", is one of the featured songs from Sydney new Live CD, "Just before Dawn". Sydney describes this original song this way. "If Norman Whitfield and Nina Simone had written a song together, this could be that song". " Was It A Whisper" is about that moment in every African-American's life when they discover that "White America" consider them different because of the color of their skin. Where were you when you learned? When did you find out? Where were you when you learned? When did you find out? Was it a whisper or was it a shout? Was it at school? Was it at an all white pool? Was it at the playground? With your friends all around? Where were you when you learned? When did you find out? Where were you when you learned? When did you find out? Was it a whisper or was it a shout? Did your mother explain it? Did it make sense? Did you understand it? Why there is a fence? Where were you when you learned? When did you find out? Where were you when you learned? When did you find out? Was it a whisper or was it a shout? Did you hang your head and raise your hand? Did you hang your head and raise your hand? When they called you boy instead of a man. When they called you boy instead of a man. Where were you when you learned? When did you find out? Where were you when you learned? When did you find out? Was it a whisper? Or was it a shout? Did you feel the difference, when you found out? Was it a whisper or was it a shout?