Now this one dedicated to all
the black men in the world
who don't proud to be black
Because black people in this world
we should be proud to be black
And I'm gonna tell you why,
hey, hey
Anything me say, unno say?
Proud to be black
Anything me say, unno say?
Proud to be black
Anything me say, unno say?
Proud to be black
Anything me say, unno say?
Proud to be black
Because proud to be black,
proud to be black, black, black
Proud to be black, proud to be black,
follow me now
Proud to be black, proud to be black,
black, black
Proud to be black or I be
proud to be black
Cause Marcus Garvey make
me proud to be black
And Bob Marley make me
proud to be black
And Nelson Mandela
make me proud to be black
And Martin Luther King
make me proud to be black
But you have some black people
dem na proud to be black
When you ask them if dem black,
dem will tell you say dem brown
Dem black race and culture
dem try fi disown
Some powder up dem skin fi
make it look light at all
I used to know this girl
by the name of Joan
Whose mother and father
came from back home
She was blacker than Frank
Bruno's dressing gown
She had the curly and she lip long down
But one thing about the girl
she was a nice looker
One of the nicest girl me said inna the area
Say one day man me say
me go fi check her
Me say hey darling you really look super
Do you want to come to dance
with me the news reader?
She say no thank you
I'm going out with Roger
And I only check guys who
have white collar
Same night they went to a pop
club called Tropicana
Me say, she and the boy weh
dem call Raja Raa
And the door was two big bouncers
One look like Big Daddy,
the famous wrestler
Say Raja and John was about to enter
When they heard the words
from the biggest bouncer
He say, you can call me Mike,
but not that n***a
We don't want veh, so they trouble me
Cause the next day the girl come
fi cry pon me shoulder
Let me tell her,
move and go where you shoulda,
proud of your colour
Because, proud to be black,
proud to be black, black, black
Proud to be black, proud to be black,
follow me now
Proud to be black, proud to be black,
black, black
Proud to be black, proud to be black
Cause Mike Tyson make
me proud to be black
And Light Honigan make me
proud to be black
Muhammad Ali make me proud to be black
And John Bonzi make me proud to be black
But you have some black man
with funny mentality
And dem are the ones who a hold back,
we
Cause when me hear dem,
boy, me get angry
Cause certain things dem
say a pure stupid, a see
If a white man own a Rolls,
everybody say him rich
A black man buy the same one,
dem say him teethed
If a white man have a shop,
dem talk how him cheap
Black shop with same price,
dem would ball how him cheap
A white man wean off gold,
dem say he's a actor
If a black man wean off gold,
dem say him sell ganja
If a white man mug a girl,
he no inna paper
What a black man do that he
dip on front cover
That's why, proud to be black
we should be proud to be black, black
Proud to be black we should be proud to be black,
follow me now
Proud to be black,
proud to be black, black
Proud to be black we should
be proud to be black
Because, Jesse Jackson
make me proud to be black
And, Whitney Houston
make me proud to be black
The actor Bill Cosby
make me proud to be black
And, Stevie Wonder
make me proud to be black
The Reverend Desmond Tutu
make me proud to be black you