Black Man's Pride

When the Black man's word was spoken, yes

And the white folks thought it was a token, whoa-oh

We have suffered our whole lives through

Doing things that you're not supposed to do, no

We were beaten till our back was black and blue

Oh, I, I was born a winner

Oh, I, I was born a winner

Because I'm a Black man

I was living in my own land

And I was moved because of white man's plan

And now, I am living in a white man's land, land

We don't want no war or fighting, oh, no

All we need is love and some living, whoa-oh

We must try and live with each other

Knowing that we were made by one Father

We have suffered our whole lives through

Oh, I, I was born a winner

Oh, I, I was born a winner

Because I'm a Black man

Now, I was living in my own land

And I was moved because of white man's plan

And now, I am living in a white man's land, land

Hey, said I'm living

Oh, well, said I'm living

I've got to try to take it off

No matter what they do, not proud I've gotta take it, oh

As Black as I am, yeah, I'm living, oh