Say It Loud - I'm Black And I'm Proud (Pt. 1)

Uh, with your bad self

Say it loud - I'm black and I'm proud

Say it loud - I'm black and I'm proud

Look here

Some people say we got a lot of malice, some say it's a lot of nerve

But I say we won't quit movin' until we get what we deserve

We've been buked and we've been scorned

We've been treated bad, talked about sure as you're born

But 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 feet and my hands

But all the work I did was for the other man

And now we demand a chance to do things for ourselves

We're tired of beatin' out head against the wall

And workin' 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, oh

Ooh-wee, you're killin' me

Alright, uh, you outta sight

Alright, so tough, you're tough enough

Ooh-wee, you're killin' me, oh

Say it loud - I'm black and I'm proud

Say it loud - I'm black and I'm proud

Now we demands a chance to do things for ourselves

We're tired of beatin' out head against the wall

And workin' for someone else

Look here, there's one more thing I got to say right here

Now, now we are people, we like the birds and the bees

We'd rather die on our feet than keep livin' on our knees

Say 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, Lordy, Lordy, Lordy

Say it loud - I'm black and I'm proud, oh

Uh, alright now, Lord

You know we can do the boogaloo

Now we can sing, we'll do the funky Florida way