Proud to Be Black

Lyrics

You know I'm proud to be black y'all
 and that's a fact y'all
 And if you try to take what's mine
 I take it back y'all - it's like that
 Licki-licki-licki-licki-licki-licki-licki-licki-
 Listen party people here's a serious song
 It's right not wrong, I should say right on
 I gotta tell you somethin that you all should know
 It's not a mystery it's history and here's how it go
 Now Hariett Tubman, was born a slave
 She was a tiny black woman, when she was raised
 She was livin to be givin there's a lot that she gave
 There's not a slave, in this day and age
 I'm proud to be
 (D.M.C.)
 Black, god damn, I'm tired my man
 Don't worry bout what color I am
 Because I'll show you how ill, this man can act
 It could never be fiction cause it is all fact
 And if you get in my way, I will not turn back
 I'm proud of my name, my name is Darryl Mack
 I'm black and I'm proud, and I'll say it out loud
 I'll share my story with the whole crowd, AUUUGHH!
 (Run-D.M.C.)
 You know I'm proud to be black y'all
 and that's a fact y'all
 And if you try to take what's mine
 I take it back y'all - it's like that
 (Run)
 DJ Run, and I run these things
 You can hear it loud and clear like when the schoolbell rings
 Like Martin Luther King, I will do my thing
 I'll say it in a rap cause I do not sing
 (D.M.C.)
 D.M.C., the man, that's causin the beef
 I got a message for the world so listen up it's brief
 Like Malcolm X said I won't turn the right cheek
 Got the strength to go the length, if you wanna start beef
 Start beef!
 (Run-D.M.C.)
 You know I'm proud to be black y'all
 and real brave y'all
 And motherfucker I could never be a slave y'all
 So take that!!
 (Run)
 We're gonna tell ya somethin put your mind in a swirl
 God bless the next baby that comes in this world
 The world's full of hate discrimination and sin
 People judgin other people by the color of skin
 I'll attack this matter, in my own way
 Man, I ain't no slave, I ain't reelin no hay
 Written a deposition, in any condition
 Don't get in my way cause I'm full of ambition
 I'm proud to be black (and I ain't takin no crap)
 I'm fresh out the pack (and I'm proud to be black)
 SO TAKE THAT!!
 (Run-D.M.C.)
 There was a man - an inventor - who invented so well
 He invented a fortune - for a man named Bell
 George Washington Carver, made the peanut great
 Showed any man with a mind, could create
 You read about Malcolm X - in the history text
 Jesse Owens broke records, Ali broke necks
 What's wrong with ya man? How can you be so dumb?
 LIKE DR. KING SAID, WE SHALL OVERCOME!
 

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Song Details

Duration
03:15
Key
11
Tempo
170 BPM

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