Say It Loud - I'm Black And I'm Proud (Pts.1 & 2) - James Brown
James Brown
Uh with your bad self
Say it louder (I got a mouth)
Say it louder (I got a mouth)
Here some people say we got a lot of malice
Some say it's a lotta nerve
I say we won't quit moving
Till we get what we deserve
We've been buked and we've been scourned
We've been treated bad talked about
Sure as you're born
But just as sure as it take
Two eyes to make a pair huh
Brother we can't quit until we get our share
Say it loud
I'm black and I'm proud
Say it loud
I'm black and I'm proud one more time
Say it loud
I'm black and I'm proud huh
I've worked on jobs with my hands
But all the work I did was for the other man
And now we demands a chance
To do things for ourselves
We tired of beating our heads against the wall
And working for someone else
Say it loud
I'm black and I'm proud
Say it loud
I'm black and I'm proud
Say it loud
I'm black and I'm proud
Say it loud
I'm black and I'm proud oowee
Ooowee you're killing me
Alright uh you're out of sight
Alright so tough you're tough enough
Ooowee uh you're killing me oow
Say it loud
I'm black and I'm proud
Say it loud
I'm black and I'm proud
Now we demand a chance to do things for ourselves
We tired of beating our heads against the wall
And working for someone else
A look a here
One thing more I got to say right here
Now we're people like the birds and the bees
We rather die on our feet
Than keep living on our knees
Say it loud
I'm black and I'm proud hu
Say it loud
I'm black and I'm proud hu
Say it loud
I'm black and I'm proud Lord'a Lord'a Lord'a
Say it loud
I'm black and I'm proud ooooh
Uh alright now good Lord
You know we can do the boog-a-loo
Now we can say we do the Funky Broadway
Now we can do hu
Sometimes we dance we sing and we talk
You know I do like to do the camel walk
Alright now hu alright
Alright now ha
Say it loud
I'm black and I'm proud
Say it loud
I'm black and I'm proud let me hear ya
Say it loud
I'm black and I'm proud
Say it loud
I'm black and I'm proud
Now we's demands a chance to do things for ourselves
We're tired of beating our heads against the wall
And working for someone else hu
Now we're our people too
We're like the birds and the bees
But we'd rather die on our feet
Than keep a'living on our knees
Say it loud
I'm black and I'm proud
Say it loud
I'm black and I'm proud let me hear ha' huh
Say it loud
I'm black and I'm proud hu
Say it loud
I'm black and I'm proud
Oooow oowee you're killing me alright
Uh out sight alright you're out sight
Ooowee oh Lord
Ooowee you're killing me
Ooowee ooowee ooowee ooowee ow
Say it loud
I'm black and I'm proud hu
Say it loud
I'm black and I'm proud Lord I feel it
Say it loud
I'm black and I'm proud
Say it loud
I'm black and I'm proud