uh with your bad self say it louder im black and im proud say it louder im black and im proud look ahere some people say we got a lot of malice some say its a lotta nerve i say we wont quit moving til we get what we deserve weve been buked and weve been scourned weve been treated bad talked about as just as sure as youre born but just as sure as it take two eyes to make a pair huh brother we cant quit until we get our share say it loud im black and im proud say it loud im black and im proud one more time say it loud im black and im proud huh ive worked on jobs with my feet and my hands but all the work i did was for the other man and now we demands a chance to do things for ourselves we tired of beating our heads against the wall and working for someone else say it loud im black and im proud say it loud im black and im proud say it loud im black and im proud say it loud im black and im proud oowee ooowee youre killing me alright uh youre out of sight alright so tough youre tough enough ooowee uh youre killing me oow say it loud im black and im proud say it louder im black and im 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 ahere one thing more i got to say right here now were people like the birds and the bees we rather die on our feet than keep living on our knees say it loud im black and im proud hu say it loud im black and im proud hu say it loud im black and im proud lorda lorda lorda say it loud im black and im proud ooooh uh alright now good lord you know we can do the boogaloo 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 say it loud im black and im proud say it louder im black and im proud let me hear ya say it louder im black and im proud say it louder im black and im proud now wes demands a chance to do things for ourselves were tired of beating our heads against the wall and working for someone else hu now were our people too were like the birds and the bees but wed rather die on our feet than keep aliving on our knees say it louder im black and im proud say it louder im black and im proud let me hear ha huh say it loud im black and im proud hu say it louder im black and im proud say it louder im black and im proud oooow oowee youre killing me alright uh outa sight alright youre outa sight ooowee oh lord ooowee youre killing me ooowee ooowee ooowee ooowee ow say it loud im black and im proud hu say it louder im black and im proud lord i feel it say it loud im black and im proud say it louder im black and im proud