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Say It Loud "“ I'm Black and I'm Proud
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James Brown
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Uh! With your bad self!
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[Hook]
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Say it loud: I'm black and I'm proud!
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Say it loud: I'm black and I'm proud!
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[Verse 1]
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Some people say we've got a lot of malice
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Some say it's a lot of nerve
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But I say we won't quit moving until we get what we deserve
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We have been 'buked and we have been scorned
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We've been treated bad, talked about as sure as you're born
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But just as sure as it takes two eyes to make a pair, ha
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Brother we can't quit until we get our share
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[Hook]
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[Verse 2]
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I worked on jobs with my feet and my hands
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But all the work I did was for the other man
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Now we demand a chance to do things for ourselves
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We're tired of beating our head against the wall
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And working for someone else
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[Hook]
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[Bridge]
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Ooh-wee, give it to me
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All right, you're out of sight
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All night, so tough
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You're tough and rough
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Ooh-wee, uh, you're killing me
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[Hook]
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[Verse 3]
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We demand a chance to do things for ourselves
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We're tired of beating our head against the wall
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And working for someone else
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[Verse 4]
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We're people, we like the birds and the bees
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We'd rather die on our feet
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Than be living on our knees
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[Hook]
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[Bridge 2]
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All right now, good God
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You know we can do the boogaloo
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Now we can say with the funky talk, and we do
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Sometimes we sing and we talk
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You know we jump back and do the camel walk
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All right now, all right
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All right
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[Hook]
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[Verse 3]
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[Verse 4]
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[Hook]
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[Bridge 3]
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Ooh-wee, you're killing me
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All right, you're out of sight
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All right, you're out of sight
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Ooh-wee, ah
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Ooh-wee, you're killing me
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Ooh-wee
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[Hook]
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