Uhh, uh huh, yeah, yeah, yeah 
Uh huh, come on, check it out, check it out, what? 
Brand Nubian "I'm black and I'm proud" 
Uh, like that, like that, what? "Say it loud" "I'm black and I'm proud" 
Come on, come on, come on, come on "Say it loud" 

We made men in this world, digging for bones 
The untraceable ones come with no clones 
A hundred years from now y'all can still get this bomb 
On the Brand Nubian dot com 
My name should be mentioned with the Portier, not the Gualtier 
Although it smell good, I still get mad at Rosewood 
A Nubian card member since that faithful December 
In the eighty years, from tears to cheers, things we did should be listed 
In a pyramid, studied by a little kid 
Talked about by old jacks with slacks 
Can I move the black is my first and foremost 
Can I get a little land for me and mine? 
Grow vegetables, maybe make a little wine 
Build with the Gods and the bright sunshine 
Before we save others we gotta save our own kind 

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"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" 
"Say it loud" 

Now did you know it was you who was first to walk the Earth 
Gave birth to the Universe, uh 
Afflicted with the curse of the slave 
Predicted to inherit the earth in the last days 
Now as we take you home, what we make our own 
It's written in stone like Commandments 
Read them every now and then or when you get the chance 
Catch a glance through the power lens, see if you could see us advance 
G-O-D in the dance, reporting freelance 
Fought for a chance, got you hanging by the seat of your pants 
Our immediate stance when we came to the game 
Was completely advanced so no one sounds the same 
Seven and one-half ounces of brain 
When we around make sure you bow down to the king 
Brand Nubian style is how we do our thing 
So if you feel good, real good 
Scream it out loud if you black and you proud 

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Feel me now, check my style 
A brother's resume run longer than the Nile 
Justice cipher born to teach man, woman and child 
In the land of the lost where my people went foul 
Do the knowledge, black, look at the way that we act 
Smoking crack or each other with the gat 
The only race of people who kill self like that 
I deal with actual facts to keep my mind on track 
I love y'all that's why I say these things 
Watch me transform chickenheads to queens 
Rhymes full of protein like rice and beans 
Brand Nubian cats here to change all that 
The maker, the owner, the cream of the Earth 
Proud to be black because the black man's first 
My flow frequency is at a million megahertz 
So when I spit my verbals I'm heard around the Universe (Yeah, yeah, yeah) 
So don't front, say it loud, I'm black and I'm proud 

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