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Uh! Your bad self! |
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Say it loud! I'm black and I'm proud |
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Say it louder! I'm black and I'm proud |
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Look a-here! |
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Some people say we got a lot of malice, some say it's a lotta nerve |
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But I say we won't quit movin' until we get what we deserve |
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We've been buked and we've been scourned |
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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 take two eyes to make a pair, huh! |
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Brother we can't quit until we get our share |
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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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One more time, say it loud, I'm black and I'm proud, huh! |
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I've 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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And now we demands a chance to do things for ourselves |
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We tired of beatin' our head against the wall |
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An' workin' for someone else |
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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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Say it loud! I'm black and I'm proud |
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Say it loud! I'm black and I'm proud, oh! |
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Ooh-wee, you're killin' me |
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Alright, uh, you're out of sight! |
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Alright, so tough you're tough enough! |
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Ooh-wee uh! you're killin' me! oow! |
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Say it loud! I'm black and I'm proud |
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Say it louder! I'm black and I'm proud |
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Now we demand a chance to do things for ourselves |
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We tired of beatin' our heads against the wall |
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And workin' for someone else look a-here |
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There's one thing more I got to say right here |
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Now, now we're people, we're like the birds and the bees |
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We rather die on our feet than keep livin' on our knees |
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Say it loud, I'm black and I'm proud huh! |
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Say it loud, I'm black and I'm proud huh! |
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Say it loud, I'm black and I'm proud Lord-a, Lord-a, Lord-a |
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Say it loud, I'm black and I'm proud, ooh! |
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Uh! alright now, good God |
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You know we can do the boogaloo |