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Say it loud: I'm black and I'm proud!
A7
Say it loud: I'm black and I'm proud!

[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

[Chorus]
A7
Say it loud: I'm black and I'm proud!
A7
Say it loud: I'm black and I'm proud!
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Say it loud: I'm black and I'm proud!

[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

[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 me
D7
All right, you're out of sight
D7
All night, so tough
D7
You're tough and rough
D7
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]
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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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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

[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 God
D7
You know we can do the boogaloo
D7
Now we can say with the funky talk, and we do
D7
Sometimes we sing and we talk
D7
You know we jump back and do the camel walk
D7
All right now, all right
D7
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]
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We demand a chance to do things for ourselves
A7
We're tired of beating our head against the wall
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And working for someone else
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We're people, we like the birds and the bees
A7
We'd rather die on our feet
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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 me
D7
All right, you're out of sight
D7
All right, you're out of sight
D7
Ooh-wee, ah
D7
Ooh-wee, you're killing me
D7
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!