vigorofthepeople:

SAY IT LOUD!!!!  There is nothing wrong with being black.  Any form of black.  Long hair.  No hair.  Straight hair.  Curly hair.  Thick and thin.  Light and dark.  Brown and damn near white.  Fat lipped and small lipped.  English speaking, Spanish speaking, French speaking, whatever.  Say it loud.  Black and proud.  We will not be told that our features make us ugly.  We will no longer be the exceptions.  We will not feel inferior.  Proud of who we are.  Proud of what we can do.  Proud to contend.  Proud to descend from struggle.  Proud of our rhythm and rhyme.  Proud of our innovations.  Proud to be me.  Proud to be you.  Say it loud.  I’m Black and I am proud.

“SAY IT LOUD (I’M BLACK AND I’M PROUD)” | JAMES BROWN