A7 Say it loud: I'm black and I'm proud!A7 Say it loud: I'm black and I'm proud! [Verse 1]A7 Some people say we've got a lot of maliceA7 Some say it's a lot of nerveA7 But I say we won't quit moving until we get what we deserveA7 We have been 'buked and we have been scornedA7 We've been treated bad, talked about as sure as you're bornA7 But just as sure as it takes two eyes to make a pair, haA7 Brother we can't quit until we get our share [Chorus]A7 Say it loud: I'm black and I'm proud!A7 Say it loud: I'm black and I'm proud!A7 Say it loud: I'm black and I'm proud! [Verse 2]A7 I worked on jobs with my feet and my handsA7 But all the work I did was for the other manA7 Now we demand a chance to do things for ourselvesA7 We're tired of beating our head against the wallA7 And working for someone else [Chorus]A7 Say it loud: I'm black and I'm proud!A7 Say it loud: I'm black and I'm proud!A7 Say it loud: I'm black and I'm proud!A7 Say it loud: I'm black and I'm proud! [Bridge]D7 Ooh-wee, give it to meD7 All right, you're out of sightD7 All night, so toughD7 You're tough and roughD7 Ooh-wee, uh, you're killing me [Chorus]A7 Say it loud: I'm black and I'm proud!A7 Say it loud: I'm black and I'm proud! [Verse 3]A7 We demand a chance to do things for ourselvesA7 We're tired of beating our head against the wallA7 And working for someone elseA7 We're people, we like the birds and the beesA7 We'd rather die on our feetA7 Than be living on our knees [Chorus]A7 Say it loud: I'm black and I'm proud!A7 Say it loud: I'm black and I'm proud!A7 Say it loud: I'm black and I'm proud!A7 Say it loud: I'm black and I'm proud! [Bridge 2]D7 All right now, good GodD7 You know we can do the boogalooD7 Now we can say with the funky talk, and we doD7 Sometimes we sing and we talkD7 You know we jump back and do the camel walkD7 All right now, all rightD7 All right [Chorus]A7 Say it loud: I'm black and I'm proud!A7 Say it loud: I'm black and I'm proud!A7 Say it loud: I'm black and I'm proud!A7 Say it loud: I'm black and I'm proud! [Verse 4]A7 We demand a chance to do things for ourselvesA7 We're tired of beating our head against the wallA7 And working for someone elseA7 We're people, we like the birds and the beesA7 We'd rather die on our feetA7 Than keep living on our knees [Chorus]A7 Say it loud: I'm black and I'm proud!A7 Say it loud: I'm black and I'm proud!A7 Say it loud: I'm black and I'm proud!A7 Say it loud: I'm black and I'm proud! [Bridge 3]D7 Ooh-wee, you're killing meD7 All right, you're out of sightD7 All right, you're out of sightD7 Ooh-wee, ahD7 Ooh-wee, you're killing meD7 Ooh-wee, ooh-wee, ooh-wee [Chorus]A7 Say it loud: I'm black and I'm proud!A7 Say it loud: I'm black and I'm proud!A7 Say it loud: I'm black and I'm proud! A 7 N.C. Say it loud: I'm black and I'm proud!
Say It Loud - Im Black And Im Proud Pts 1 And 2
James Brown
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