Say It Loud: I’m Black and I’m Proud lyrics

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!

Some people say we've got a lot of malice

Some say it's a lot of nerve

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

We have been 'buked and we have been scorned

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

But just as sure as it takes two eyes to make a pair, ha

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!

I worked on jobs with my feet and my hands

But all the work I did was for the other man

Now we demand a chance to do things for ourselves

We're tired of beating our head 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!

Ooh-wee, give it to me

All right, you're out of sight

All night, so tough

You're tough and rough

Ooh-wee, uh, you're killing me

Say it loud: I'm black and I'm proud!

Say it loud: I'm black and I'm proud!

We demand a chance to do things for ourselves

We're tired of beating our head against the wall

And working for someone else

We're people, we like the birds and the bees

We'd rather die on our feet

Than be living on our knees

Say it loud: I'm black and I'm proud!

Say it loud: I'm black and I'm proud!

All right now, good God

You know we can do the boogaloo

Now we can say with the funky talk, and we do

Sometimes we sing and we talk

You know we jump back and do the camel walk

All right now, all right

All right

Say it loud: I'm black and I'm proud!

Say it loud: I'm black and I'm proud!

We demand a chance to do things for ourselves

We're tired of beating our head against the wall

And working for someone else

We're people, we like the birds and the bees

We'd rather die on our feet

Than be living on our knees

Say it loud: I'm black and I'm proud!

Say it loud: I'm black and I'm proud!

Ooh-wee, you're killing me

All right, you're out of sight

All right, you're out of sight

Ooh-wee, ah

Ooh-wee, you're killing me

Ooh-wee

Say it loud: I'm black and I'm proud!

Say it loud: I'm black and I'm proud!

• Artist:James Brown
• Album:Say It Loud: I’m Black and I’m Proud (1969)