<Ul> <Li> The NBC television comedy The Fresh Prince of Bel - Air twice used the song for comedic effect . In the first instance, Will Smith's character sings the song after he and his cousin Carlton Banks are thrown into prison (Smith sings the first two lines, Banks sullenly provides the refrain, then a prisoner sings the final four lines in an operatic voice .) In the second instance, Banks is preparing for an Easter service and attempts to show off his prowess by singing the last two lines of the chorus; Smith replies with his own version, in which he makes a joke about Carlton's height ("...Let my cousin grow!"). </Li> <Li> The song is sung in the miniseries The Spies of Warsaw (2013). </Li> <Li> Della Reese sings it in Episode 424, "Elijah", of Touched by an Angel, which Bruce Davison sings "Eliyahu". </Li> </Ul> <Li> The NBC television comedy The Fresh Prince of Bel - Air twice used the song for comedic effect . In the first instance, Will Smith's character sings the song after he and his cousin Carlton Banks are thrown into prison (Smith sings the first two lines, Banks sullenly provides the refrain, then a prisoner sings the final four lines in an operatic voice .) In the second instance, Banks is preparing for an Easter service and attempts to show off his prowess by singing the last two lines of the chorus; Smith replies with his own version, in which he makes a joke about Carlton's height ("...Let my cousin grow!"). </Li> <Li> The song is sung in the miniseries The Spies of Warsaw (2013). </Li> <Li> Della Reese sings it in Episode 424, "Elijah", of Touched by an Angel, which Bruce Davison sings "Eliyahu". </Li>

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