Say It Loud - I'm Black and I'm Proud -- James Brown

with your bad self   Say it louder   Say it louder Look a'here, some people say we got a lot
of malice    Some say it's a lotta nerve  I say we won't quit moving  Til we get what we deserve   We've been buked and we've been scourned  We've been treated bad, talked about  As just 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   we demands a chance   To do things for ourselves 
we tired of beating our heads against the wall   And working for someone else 

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 you're killing me   Alright uh, you're out of sight 
Alright, so tough, you're tough enough   Ooowee uh, you're killing 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 beating our heads against the wall   And working for someone else 
A look a'here,   One thing more I got to say right here   Now, we're people like the birds
and the bees  We rather die on our feet,  Than keep living on our knees 

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alright now, good Lord   You know we can do the boog-a-loo 
Now we can say we do the Funky Broadway  Now we can do, hu 
Sometimes we dance, we sing and we talk  You know I do like to do the camel walk 
Alright now, hu alright,   Alright now, ha 

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As the title suggests, this song is about black pride. Brown was a leader in the black community, and encouraged his people to stand up for their rights. The '60s was a tumultuous time for race relations in America, and this song became an anthem for the black power movement.                                                             (songfacts)

         

Black Power is a political slogan and a name for various associated ideologies. It is used in the movement among people of Black African descent throughout the world, though primarily by African Americans in the United States. The movement was prominent in the late 1960s and early 1970s, emphasizing racial pride and the creation of black political and cultural institutions to nurture and promote black collective interests and advance black values. "Black Power" expresses a range of political goals, from defense against racial oppression, to the establishment of social institutions and a self-sufficient economy.                    (wikipedia)