Say It Loud - MNP & SMALL WHITE

Let's arise And all act now Create a new Africa Together today Don't be afraid No! to die Be afraid not to live Be afraid to be wasted Arise And all act now Create a new Africa Together today Don't be afraid Be determined Dream it, See it And move in Make (Make) all the changes you want Whoa, Say it out loud Yeah, Yeah, Yeah Yeah, Yeah, Yeah Whoa, Say it out loud Yeah, Yeah, Yeah Uuu Shtada dadidadi Shtada dadidadada Shtada dadidadi Uuu Shtada dadidadi Shtada dadidadada Shtada dadidadi I am black I am bold I am beautiful I am powerful Man of colour Intelligent, bold Beautiful I am powerful I am black and intelligent Bold Beautiful, Beautiful I am powerful Say it out loud Yeah, Yeah, Yeah Yeah, Yeah, Yeah It is my time Yeah, Yeah, Yeah Whoa, it's our time Yeah, Yeah, Yeah Shtada dadidadi Shtada dadidadada Shtada dadidadi Uuuu Shtada dadidadi Shtada dadidadada Shtada dadidadi So don't hold yourself back Walk the talk Bring it on Young and free Won't hold myself back I'm the light I'm the key Young and free Yeah, yeah, yeah o It's our time It's my time Say it out loud It's our time Yeah, Yeah, Yeah Say it out loud Say it out loud Yeah, Yeah, yeah Say it out loud (loud) Yeah, yeah, yeah And Intelligent, bold I am Beautiful I am powerful Man of colour Bold, Beautiful, Beautiful Powerful Say it out loud for the ones in the back We had that moment And it's not coming back We bring it to you like the truth Every word is a fact So get up Raise those hands Get into it and clap You're beautiful and powerful And can't nobody take it from you Even if you feel they might be doubting you They hate to see us succeeding For no reason But we stick together Through the power of Jesus (Loud) Loud Through the power of Jesus Loud It's our time Loud

Uh! Watch your bad self Say it loud (I'm black and I'm proud) Say it louder (I'm black and I'm proud) Look a-here Some people say we got a lot of malice Some say it's a lotta nerve But I say we won't quit movin' Until we get what we deserve We've been 'buked, and we've been scorned We've been treated bad, talked about as sure as you're born But just as sure as it take two eyes to make a pair, huh! Brother, we can't quit until we get our share Say it loud (I'm black and I'm proud) Say it loud (I'm black and I'm proud) One more time, say it loud (I'm black and I'm proud), huh I've worked on jobs with my feet and my hands But all the work I did was for the other man And now we demands a chance to do things for ourselves We tired of beatin' our head against the wall An' workin' for someone else 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 (I'm black and I'm proud) Ooh Ooh-wee, you're killin' me Alright, uh, you're out of sight Alright, so tough, you're tough enough Ooh-wee, uh, you're killin' me Ooh! Say it loud (I'm black and I'm proud) Say it louder (I'm black and I'm proud) Now, we demand a chance to do things for ourselves We're tired of beatin' our heads against the wall And workin' for someone else Look-a here, there's one thing more I got to say right here Now, now we're people, we're like the birds and the bees We'd rather die on our feet than keep livin' on our knees Say it loud (I'm black and I'm proud), huh! Say it loud (I'm black and I'm proud), huh! Say it loud (I'm black and I'm proud), Lordy, Lordy, Lordy Say it loud (I'm black and I'm proud) Ooh! Uh! Alright now, good God You know we can do the boogaloo Now, we can say we do the funky part Now we do, huh Sometimes we dance, we sing, and we talk You know I do back, I do the camel walk Alright now, huh, alright Alright now, huh Say it loud (I'm black and I'm proud) Say it loud (I'm black and I'm proud), let me hear ya, yeah Say it loud (I'm black and I'm proud) Say it loud (I'm black and I'm proud) Now we're the men of chance and do thing for ourself We're tired of beating our heads against the wall And working for someone else, huh You know, we are people too, we're like birds and the bees But we'd rather die on our feet than keep living on our knees Say it loud (I'm black and I'm proud) Say it loud (I'm black and I'm proud), let me hear ya, huh Say it loud (I'm black and I'm proud), huh Say it loud (I'm black and I'm proud) Ooh! Ooh-wee, you're killing me Alright, huh, out of sight Alright, you outta sight Ooh-wee, ooh no! Ooh-wee, you're killing me Ooh-wee, ooh-wee Ooh-wee, ooh-oh Say it loud (I'm black and I'm proud), huh Say it loud (I'm black and I'm proud), God, I can feel it Say it loud, huh (I'm black and I'm proud) Say it loud (I'm black and I'm proud)

She's standing at the front door With her suitcase in her hand I'm staring down the hallway Frozen where I stand I know she doesn't love me anymore Oh Lord, what can I do It's gonna take a miracle to make her stay That's why I'm asking you So, please don't you have a miracle Just lying around One small miracle nobody needs Send it on down I'll never make it through this night Thinking she's with someone else Please don't you have just One small miracle left I know I haven't been a saint And asking you for anything takes nerve 'Cause you've already blessed me With so much more in life than I deserve But if you can make a blind man see And change the water into wine Well, surely you can keep her from Tearing out this old heart of mine So, please don't you have a miracle Just lying around One small miracle nobody needs Send it on down I'll never make it through this night Thinking she's with someone else Please don't you have just One small miracle left Please don't you have just One small miracle left

Isn't it strange that you used to know me? All the highs and lows and in-betweens And now you see me and just say, "Hey" Isn't it weird that you've seen me naked? We had conversations 'bout forever Now it's 'bout the weather, okay And I just can't believe We went from strangers to lovers to strangers in a lifetime Now just memories We've gone from strangers to lovers to strangers Acting like we never met Faking like we just forget We were lovers And now there's nothing left but small talk Had every inch of your skin There's nowhere your hands haven't been Ain't it funny? 'Cause now there's nothing left but small talk Small talk Now now there's nothing left but Small talk Small talk yeah yeah Now now there's nothing left but Small talk Isn't it wild that I know your weakness? And everybody at the party thinks That you're the best since sliced bread And isn't it awkward I got a new somebody? And honestly it'll probably be a while before we can just be friends I just can't believe We went from strangers to lovers to strangers in a lifetime Now just memories We've gone from strangers to lovers to strangers (Small talk) Acting like we never met Faking like we just forget We were lovers And now there's nothing left but small talk Had every inch of your skin There's nowhere your hands haven't been Ain't it funny? 'Cause now there's nothing left but small talk Small talk Now now there's nothing left but Small talk Small talk yeah yeah Now now there's nothing left but Small talk I just can't believe We went from strangers to lovers to strangers Oh no Acting like we never met Faking like we just forget We were lovers We were we were lovers Now there's nothing left Now there's nothing left