Uh! 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 scourned 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, oh!
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! oow!
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 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 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 Lord-a, Lord-a, Lord-a Say it loud, I'm black and I'm proud, ooh!
Uh! alright now, good God You know we can do the boogaloo
Uh! 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 scourned 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, oh!
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! oow!
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 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 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 Lord-a, Lord-a, Lord-a Say it loud, I'm black and I'm proud, ooh!
Uh! alright now, good God You know we can do the boogaloo
