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Proud To Be Black

This version of Proud To Be Black was released by Run Dmc in 1986.

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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

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!

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

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., 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!

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!!

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!!

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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