James Brown's funk anthems: Say It Loud, I'm Black and I'm Proud (1968) and People, Get Up and Drive Your Funky Soul (1973)
Uh, with your bad self
Say it louder (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
I say we won't quit moving
Til we get what we deserve
We've been buked and we've been scorned
We've been treated bad, talked about
As just 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're tired of beating our heads against the wall
And working for someone else
People, Get Up and Drive Your Funky Soul, released 1973; remixed for the Motherlode album, 1988.
Raise up, get yourself together
And drive that funky soul
Get up, get yourself together
And drive your funky soul
They're doing it down in Nassau
Drive that funky soul
They're doing it by the beach, hah
Driving that funky soul
New York, get yourself together
And drive your funky soul
Let your body pop
And let your feelings flow
Raise up, get yourself together
And drive that funky soul
When I say Sagittarius
Drive that funky soul
When I say Pisces, holler
And drive your funky soul
When I say Gemini, heh
When I say Capricorn, WOAH!
Drive your funky soul
When I say Scorpio, Virgo
If I say Cancer
Can you drive that funky soul?
Raise up, get yourself together
And drive your funky soul
Slaughter, Get on up, get yourself together
Drive that funky soul
Leo, get yourself together
And drive your funky soul
Aquarius, get yourself together
And drive that funky soul
Get up, get yourself together
And drive your funky soul Fred, get yourself together
And drive that funky soul
Drivin' drivin, I need some money
Do you need some money?
Drive your funky soul
The cats on the corner
Drive that funky soul
The girl that's standing out there
Drive that
Raise up, get yourself together
And drive that funky soul
Fred, hit it!
Hit it!
(solo)
In Nassau and Germany, they're driving that funky soul
In Georgia, they're driving that funky soul
They're driving that funky soul in Washington and Baltimore
Philadelphia, Detroit, Chicago . . .
