Fashawn - Proud lyrics

[Intro] Let’s do some history, who is Malcolm X? A fighter for freedom George Washington Carver? A scientist Shirley Chisholm? First black congress woman Mary McLeod Bethune? An educator Marian Anderson? An opera singer Duke Ellington? A jazz composer [Verse 1] What about the life of Marcus Garvey, we all know Martin Wouldn’t have your light, if it wasn’t for my darkness Blacker than the panther on the jacket of Huey P. Newton And Bobby Seale, a few of us rotten still We built this country off blood and sweat Tear drops and pick cotton in mud we step Momma Harriet Tubman was a woman so real Only woman in history with a face on a bill Besides Hillary Clinton, who we speak of America Original man yet they treat us inferior I put that on the soul of Nat Turner The memory of Sojourner And the others no longer with us I’m admittin’ I’m black and I’m proud [Chorus] Sing it loud Sing it loud I’m black and I’m proud Sing it loud Sing it loud [Verse 2] Brother Clarence 13X was a hero to me

Felt like a Five Percenter was the thing to be In the wild wild west I still pray to the east MJ on the speakers MJ’s on my feet Before Mike and Mayweather came Muhammad Ali Only difference between ‘em, he did it with dignity Doctor Carter G. Woodson, found black history Doctor Vivien Thomas, the first heart surgery Kwame Ture used to be Stokely Carmichael Bagged Mariam Makeba definitely was a leader In his own right 'Keba was diva in her own light Before ‘Yonce married Jay, Ashanti, Brandy Keyshia Cole, Lauryn Hill if you’re speaking soul I fell in love with TLC when I was three years old Angela Davis bailed out by a Fresnan It was about community wasn’t about complexion Elijah and Fard, they were writin’ for Allah Pictures of Bob Marley and Sela**ie on my wall ‘Til the day they free [?], Max B, and Bobby Shmurda We all on trial eminently since a child I’m black and I’m proud [Chorus] Sing it loud Sing it loud I’m black and I’m proud Sing it loud Sing it loud