Créditos
AUSFÜHRENDE KÜNSTLER:INNEN
James Brown
Künstler:in
The James Brown Orchestra
Orchester
KOMPOSITION UND LIEDTEXT
James Brown
Songwriter:in
Alfred Ellis
Songwriter:in
PRODUKTION UND TECHNIK
James Brown
Produzent:in
Letras
[Intro]
Huh
With your bad self
[Chorus]
Say it loud
(I'm black and I'm proud)
Say it loud
(I'm black and I'm proud)
[Verse 1]
Look here
Some people say we got a lot of malice
Some say it's a lot of nerve
But I say we won't quit movin'
Until we get what we deserve
We've been buked
And we've been scorned
We've been treated bad, talked about
As sure as you're born
But just as sure as it take two eyes to make a pair, huh
Brother, we can't quit
Until we get our share
[Chorus]
Say it loud
(I'm black and I'm proud)
Say it loud
(I'm black and I'm proud)
One more time
Say it loud
(I'm black and I'm proud)
Huh
[Verse 2]
I've worked on jobs
With my feet and my hands
But all the work I did was for the other man
And now we demand a chance
To do things for ourselves
We're tired of beatin' our head against the wall
And workin' for someone else
[Chorus]
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)
Say it loud
(I'm black and I'm proud)
Oh
[Bridge]
Ooh-wee, you're killin' me
Alright, uh, you outta sight
Alright, so tough, you're tough enough
Ooh-wee, you're killin' me, oh
[Chorus]
Say it loud
(I'm black and I'm proud)
Say it loud
(I'm black and I'm proud)
[Verse 3]
Now, we demand a chance to do things for ourselves
We're tired of beatin' our head against the wall
And workin' for someone else
Look here, there's one more thing I got to say right here
Now, now we are people, we like the birds and the bees
And we'd rather die on our feet than keep livin' on our knees
[Chorus]
Say it loud
(I'm black and I'm proud), huh
Say it loud
(I'm black and I'm proud), huh
Say it loud
(I'm black and I'm proud)
Lordy, Lordy, Lordy
Say it loud
(I'm black and I'm proud)
Oh
[Bridge]
Uh, alright now, Lord
You know we can do the boogaloo
Now we can say we do the funky talk, now we do
Sometimes we dance, we sing and we talk
And know how to jump back and do the camel walk
Alright now, alright
Alright now
Huh
[Verse 4]
Say it loud
(I'm black and I'm proud)
Say it loud
(I'm black and I'm proud)
Let me hear you
Say it loud
(I'm black and I'm proud)
Say it loud
(I'm black and I'm proud)
[Verse 5]
Now, we demand a chance to do things by ourselves
We're tired of beatin' our heads against the wall
And workin' for someone else
You know, we are people too
We like the birds and the bees
But we'd rather die on our feet than keep livin' on our knees
[Chorus]
Say it loud
(I'm black and I'm proud)
Say it loud
(I'm black and I'm proud)
Let me hear you
Say it loud
(I'm black and I'm proud) huh
Say it loud
(I'm black and I'm proud)
Ah
[Verse 6]
Oh-wee, you are killing me
Alright, huh
Out of sight
Alright, you are out of sight
Oh-weee
Oh no, Oh-wee
You are killing me
Oh-wee, oh-wee
Oh-wee, oh
[Chorus]
Say it loud
(I'm black and I'm proud)
Say it loud
(I'm black and I'm proud)
God I feel it
Say it loud
(I'm black and I'm proud)
Say it loud
(I'm black and I'm proud)
Written by: Alfred Ellis, James Brown
