Say It Loud - I'm Black And I'm Proud (Pts.1 & 2)

Uh!

Watch your bad self

Say it loud (I'm black and I'm proud)

Say it louder (I'm black and I'm proud)

Look a-here

Some people say we got a lot of malice

Some say it's a lotta 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 as 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 feet and 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 beatin' our head against the wall

An' 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)

Ooh

Ooh-wee, you're killin' me

Alright, uh, you're out of sight

Alright, so tough, you're tough enough

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

Ooh!

Say it loud (I'm black and I'm proud)

Say it louder (I'm black and I'm proud)

Now, we demand a chance to do things for ourselves

We're tired of beatin' our heads against the wall

And workin' for someone else

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

Now, now we're people, we're 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)

Ooh!

Uh!

Alright now, good God

You know we can do the boogaloo

Now, we can say we do the funky part

Now we do, huh

Sometimes we dance, we sing, and we talk

You know I do back, I do the camel walk

Alright now, huh, alright

Alright now, huh

Say it loud (I'm black and I'm proud)

Say it loud (I'm black and I'm proud), let me hear ya, yeah

Say it loud (I'm black and I'm proud)

Say it loud (I'm black and I'm proud)

Now we're the men of chance and do thing for ourself

We're tired of beating our heads against the wall

And working for someone else, huh

You know, we are people too, we're like birds and the bees

But we'd rather die on our feet than keep 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 ya, huh

Say it loud (I'm black and I'm proud), huh

Say it loud (I'm black and I'm proud)

Ooh!

Ooh-wee, you're killing me

Alright, huh, out of sight

Alright, you outta sight

Ooh-wee, ooh no!

Ooh-wee, you're killing me

Ooh-wee, ooh-wee

Ooh-wee, ooh-oh

Say it loud (I'm black and I'm proud), huh

Say it loud (I'm black and I'm proud), God, I can feel it

Say it loud, huh (I'm black and I'm proud)

Say it loud (I'm black and I'm proud)