Proud to Be Black - Crucial Robbie

[00:03.54]Now this one dedicate to all di black man inna di world who don't proud to be black
[00:08.6]Because black people inna dis world we should be proud to be black
[00:11.78]And I'm gonna tell you why
[00:13.91]Hey hey
[00:16.85]Anyting mi say unu say
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[00:19.63]Anyting mi say unu say
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[00:22.45]Anyting mi say unu say
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[00:25.21]Anyting mi say unu say
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[00:27.6]Because
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[00:31.78]Robbie proud to be black follow me now
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[00:37.33]Robbie proud to be black
[00:38.92]'Cause Marcus Garvey mek mi proud to be black
[00:41.71]And Bob Marley mek mi proud to be black
[00:44.51]And Nelson Mandela mek mi proud to be black
[00:47.29]And Martin Luther King mek mi proud to be black
[00:49.9]But you have some black people dem nuh proud to be black
[00:52.7]When you ask dem if dem black dem will tell you say dem brown
[00:55.65]Dem black race and culture dem try fi disown
[00:58.42]Some powder up di skin fi mek it look like a tone
[01:01.01]Like me used to know dis girl by di name of Joan
[01:03.99]Whose mother and father came from back home
[01:06.57]She was blacker than Frank Bruno's dressing gown
[01:09.54]She head did curly and she lip long down
[01:12.34]But one ting 'bout di girl she was a nice looker
[01:14.97]One a' di nicest girl mi said inna di area
[01:17.88]Say one day man mi say mi go fi check her
[01:20.53]Mi say Hey darling you really look super do you want to come to a dance and read the newsreader
[01:24.44]She said No thank you I'm going out with Roger and I only check guys who have white colour
[01:31.65]Same night they went to a pop club called Tropicana mi say
[01:34.95]She and di bwoy weh dem call Roger-r
[01:37.78]On di door was two big bouncers
[01:40.15]One look like Big Daddy the famous wrestler
[01:42.880005]Say Roger and Joan was about to enter
[01:45.509995]When they heard the words from the biggest bouncer
[01:48.36]He said You can come in mate but not that n***a we don't want their sort their trouble makers
[01:53.729996]The next day di girl come fi cry pon mi shoulder
[01:57.0]Mi tell her Move and go'way you shoulda proud a' yuh colour Because
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[02:03.68]Robbie proud to be black follow me now
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[02:09.21]Robbie proud to be black
[02:10.78]'Cause Mike Tyson' mek mi proud to be black
[02:13.6]And Lloyd Honeyghan mek mi proud to be black
[02:16.39]Muhammad Ali mek mi proud to be black
[02:19.38]And John Barnsey mek mi proud to be black
[02:21.8]But you have some black man with funny mentality
[02:24.94]And dem a' di one's who a' hold back we
[02:27.53]'Cause when mi hear dem bwoy mi get angry
[02:30.29001]'Cause certain tings dem say a' pure stupidity
[02:32.98]If a white man own a Rolls everybody say him rich
[02:35.92]A black man buy di same one dem say him t'ief it
[02:38.5]If a white man have a shop dem talk how him cheap
[02:41.27]Black shop wid same price dem would bawl how him t'ief
[02:44.26]A white man wear nuff gold dey say he's a actor
[02:46.87]If a black man wear nuff gold dem say him sell ganja
[02:49.66]If a white man mug a girl it nuh inna paper
[02:52.43]But a black man do that it there pon front cover
[02:54.88]That's why
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[02:58.33]Proud to be black we should be proud to be black follow me now
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[03:04.84]We should be proud to be black
[03:06.33]Because
[03:06.98]Jesse Jackson mek mi proud to black and
[03:09.64]Whitney Houston mek mi proud to be black
[03:11.91]The actor Bill Cosby mek mi proud to be black and
[03:13.97]Stevie Wonder mek mi proud to be black
[03:15.83]The reverend Desmond Tutu mek mi proud to be black