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

Lyrics for Say It Loud - I'm Black And I'm Proud, Pt. 1

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)