Proud to Be Black (Explicit)
Run-DMC"Proud to Be Black (Explicit)" is a song by Run-DMC, released in 1986 in the Pop genre. The song is 2:47 long and contains 71 lines and 493 words.
0:00You know I'm proud to be black y'all
0:02And that's a fact y'all
0:04And if you try to take what's mine
0:05I take it back y'all - it's like that
0:10Licki-licki-licki-licki-licki-licki-licki-licki-
0:13Listen party people here's a serious song
0:15It's right not wrong I should say right on
0:18I gotta tell you somethin
0:19That you all should know
0:20It's not a mystery it's history and here's how it go
0:23Now Hariett Tubman was born a slave
0:26She was a tiny black woman when she was raised
0:29She was livin to be givin
0:30There's a lot that she gave
0:32There's not a slave in this day and age
0:34I'm proud to be
0:35Black god damn I'm tired my man
0:38Don't worry bout what color I am
0:39Because I'll show you how ill this man can act
0:43It could never be fiction cause it is all fact
0:46And if you get in my way I will not turn back
0:49I'm proud of my name my name is Darryl Mack
0:52I'm black and I'm proud and I'll say it out loud
0:55I'll share my story with the whole crowd AUUUGHH
1:02You know I'm proud to be black y'all
1:04And that's a fact y'all
1:05And if you try to take what's mine
1:07I take it back y'all - it's like that
1:15DJ Run and I run these things
1:17You can hear it loud and clear
1:19Like when the schoolbell rings
1:20Like Martin Luther King I will do my thing
1:23I'll say it in a rap cause I do not sing
1:26D M C the man that's causin the beef
1:28I got a message for the world
1:30So listen up it's brief
1:31Like Malcolm X said I won't turn the right cheek
1:34Got the strength to go the length
1:35if you wanna start beef
1:37Start beef
1:42You know I'm proud to be black y'all
1:43And real brave y'all
1:45And motherf**ker I could never be a slave y'all
1:48So take that
1:55We're gonna tell ya somethin
1:55Put your mind in a swirl
1:57God bless the next
1:58Baby that comes in this world
1:59The world's full of hate discrimination and sin
2:02People judgin other people by the color of skin
2:05I'll attack this matter in my own way
2:08Man I ain't no slave
2:09I ain't reelin no hay
2:11Written a deposition in any condition
2:14Don't get in my way cause I'm full of ambition
2:16I'm proud to be black (and I ain't takin no crap)
2:19I'm fresh out the pack
2:21(and I'm proud to be black)
2:22SO TAKE THAT
2:28There was a man - an inventor -
2:29Who invented so well
2:31He invented a fortune - for a man named Bell
2:33George Washington Carver
2:35Made the peanut great
2:36Showed any man with a mind could create
2:39You read about Malcolm X -
2:41In the history text
2:42Jesse Owens broke records Ali broke necks
2:45What's wrong with ya man
2:46How can you be so dumb
2:47LIKE DR KING SAID WE SHALL OVERCOME
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 motherf**ker 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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