Say It Loud: I’m Black and I’m Proud
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Say It Loud: I'm Black and I'm Proud by James Brown
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James BrownAbout
One of the Godfather’s most important and historic tunes, this 1968 number has been sampled and referenced countless times in hip-hop. As an ironic side note, most of the children recorded for this song were white and Asian – only a few were black
This song is a huge meme – even Gucci Mane La Flar...
Say It Loud: I’m Black and I’m Proud Lyrics
Uh! With your bad self!
[Hook]
Say it loud: I'm black and I'm proud!
Say it loud: I'm black and I'm proud!
[Verse 1]
Some people say we've got a lot of malice
Some say it's a lot of nerve
But I say we won't quit moving until we get what we deserve
We have been 'buked and we have been scorned
We've been treated bad, talked about as sure as you're born
But just as sure as it takes two eyes to make a pair, ha
Brother we can't quit until we get our share
[Hook]
Say it loud: I'm black and I'm proud!
Say it loud: I'm black and I'm proud!
[Verse 2]
I worked on jobs with my feet and my hands
But all the work I did was for the other man
Now we demand a chance to do things for ourselves
We're tired of beating our head against the wall
And working for someone else
[Hook]
Say it loud: I'm black and I'm proud!
Say it loud: I'm black and I'm proud!
[Bridge]
Ooh-wee, give it to me
All right, you're out of sight
All night, so tough
You're tough and rough
Ooh-wee, uh, you're killing me
[Hook]
Say it loud: I'm black and I'm proud!
Say it loud: I'm black and I'm proud!
[Verse 3]
We demand a chance to do things for ourselves
We're tired of beating our head against the wall
And working for someone else
[Verse 4]
We're people, we like the birds and the bees
We'd rather die on our feet
Than be living on our knees
[Hook]
Say it loud: I'm black and I'm proud!
Say it loud: I'm black and I'm proud!
[Bridge 2]
All right now, good God
You know we can do the boogaloo
Now we can say with the funky talk, and we do
Sometimes we sing and we talk
You know we jump back and do the camel walk
All right now, all right
All right
[Hook]
Say it loud: I'm black and I'm proud!
Say it loud: I'm black and I'm proud!
[Verse 3]
We demand a chance to do things for ourselves
We're tired of beating our head against the wall
And working for someone else
[Verse 4]
We're people, we like the birds and the bees
We'd rather die on our feet
Than be living on our knees
[Hook]
Say it loud: I'm black and I'm proud!
Say it loud: I'm black and I'm proud!
[Bridge 3]
Ooh-wee, you're killing me
All right, you're out of sight
All right, you're out of sight
Ooh-wee, ah
Ooh-wee, you're killing me
Ooh-wee
[Hook]
Say it loud: I'm black and I'm proud!
Say it loud: I'm black and I'm proud!
Say It Loud: I’m Black and I’m Proud Q&A
Who wrote Say It Loud: I’m Black and I’m Proud's ?
Say It Loud: I’m Black and I’m Proud was written by The James Brown Orchestra & Pee Wee Ellis & James Brown.
Who produced Say It Loud: I’m Black and I’m Proud's ?
Say It Loud: I’m Black and I’m Proud was produced by James Brown.
When did James Brown release Say It Loud: I’m Black and I’m Proud?
James Brown released Say It Loud: I’m Black and I’m Proud on Wed Aug 07 1968.
When was it released?
This song was released on January 1st, 1968. Interestingly, Brown had little to do with civil rights or black nationalism prior to 1968. See this annotation for more details.