uh with your bad self say it loud i m black and i m proud say it loud i m black and i m proud 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 say it loud i m black and i m proud say it loud i m black and i m proud 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 say it loud i m black and i m proud say it loud i m black and i m proud 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 say it loud i m black and i m proud say it loud i m black and i m proud  we demand a chance to do things for ourselves we re tired of beating our head against the wall and working for someone else we re people we like the birds and the bees we d rather die on our feet than be living on our knees say it loud i m black and i m proud say it loud i m black and i m proud 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 say it loud i m black and i m proud say it loud i m black and i m proud we demand a chance to do things for ourselves we re tired of beating our head against the wall and working for someone else we re people we like the birds and the bees we d rather die on our feet than be living on our knees say it loud i m black and i m proud say it loud i m black and i m proud 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 say it loud i m black and i m proud say it loud i m black and i m proud 6