Intro: Grand Puba
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Uhh, uh huh, yeah, yeah, yeah
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Uh huh, come on, check it out, check it out, what?
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Brand Nubian "I'm black and I'm proud"
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Uh, like that, like that, what? "Say it loud" "I'm black and I'm proud"
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Come on, come on, come on, come on "Say it loud"
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Verse One: Sadat X
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We made men in this world, digging for bones
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The untraceable ones come with no clones
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100 years from now y'all can still get this bomb
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on the Brand Nubian dot com
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My name should be mentioned with the Portier, not the Gualtier
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although it smell good, I still get mad at Rosewood
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A Nubian card member since that faithful December
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In the 80 years, from tears to cheers, things we did should be listed in a
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pyramid, studied by a little kid
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Talked about by old jacks with slacks
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Can I move the black is my first and foremost
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Can I get a little land for me and mine?
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Grow vegetables, maybe make a little wine
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Build with the Gods and the bright sunshine
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Before we save others we gotta save our own kind
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Chorus: *variations with Jamar and Puba's shoutouts*
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"I'm black and I'm proud" "Say it loud" "I'm black and I'm proud"
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"Say it loud" "I'm black and I'm proud" "Say it loud" "I'm black and
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I'm proud"
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"Say it loud"
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Verse Two: Lord Jamar
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Now did you know it was you who was first to walk the Earth
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Gave birth to the Universe, uh
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Afflicted with the curse of the slave
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Predicted to inherit the earth in the last days
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Now as we take you home, what we make our own
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It's written in stone like Commandments
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Read them every now and then or when you get the chance
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Catch a glance through the power lens, see if you could see us advance
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G-O-D in the dance, reporting freelance
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Fought for a chance, got you hanging by the seat of your pants
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Our immediate stance when we came to the game
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was completely advanced so no one sounds the same
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7 and one-half ounces of brain
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When we around make sure you bow down to the king
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Brand Nubian style is how we do our thing
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So if you feel good, real good
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scream it out loud if you black and you proud
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Chorus
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Verse Three: Grand Puba
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Feel me now, check my style
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A brother's resume run longer than the Nile
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Justice cipher born to teach man, woman and child
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in the land of the lost where my people went foul
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Do the knowledge, black, look at the way that we act
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Smoking crack or each other with the gat
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The only race of people who kill self like that
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I deal with actual facts to keep my mind on track
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I love y'all that's why I say these things
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Watch me transform chickenheads to queens
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Rhymes full of protein like rice and beans
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Brand Nubian cats here to change all that
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The maker, the owner, the cream of the Earth
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Proud to be black because the black man's first
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My flow frequency is at a million megahertz
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So when I spit my verbals I'm heard around the Universe (Yeah, yeah, yeah)
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So don't front, say it loud, I'm black and I'm proud
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Chorus
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I'm Black and I'm Proud
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Brand Nubian |