James Brown - Say It Loud - I'm Black And I'm Proud (Live At Dallas Memorial Auditorium / 1968)

Uh! Your bad self!Say it loud! I'm black and I'm proudSay it louder! I'm black and I'm proudLook a-here!Some people say we got a lot of malice, some say it's a lotta nerveBut I say we won't quit movin' until we get what we deserveWe've been buked and we've been scournedWe've been treated bad, talked about as sure as you're bornBut just as sure as it take two eyes to make a pair, huh!Brother we can't quit until we get our shareSay it loud, I'm black and I'm proudSay it loud, I'm black and I'm proudOne more time, say it loud, I'm black and I'm proud, huh!I've worked on jobs with my feet and my handsBut all the work I did was for the other manAnd now we demands a chance to do things for ourselvesWe tired of beatin' our head against the wallAn' workin' for someone elseSay it loud! I'm black and I'm proudSay it loud! I'm black and I'm proudSay it loud! I'm black and I'm proudSay it loud! I'm black and I'm proud, oh!Ooh-wee, you're killin' meAlright, uh, you're out of sight!Alright, so tough you're tough enough!Ooh-wee uh! you're killin' me! oow!Say it loud! I'm black and I'm proudSay it louder! I'm black and I'm proudNow we demand a chance to do things for ourselvesWe tired of beatin' our heads against the wallAnd workin' for someone else look a-hereThere's one thing more I got to say right hereNow, now we're people, we're like the birds and the beesWe rather die on our feet than keep livin' on our kneesSay it loud, I'm black and I'm proud huh!Say it loud, I'm black and I'm proud huh!Say it loud, I'm black and I'm proud Lord-a, Lord-a, Lord-aSay it loud, I'm black and I'm proud, ooh!Uh! alright now, good GodYou know we can do the boogaloo