"Say it loud,
I'm black and I'm proud.
Some people say we have a lot of matter,
some say it's a lot of nerve,
but I say we won't quit moving
until we get what we deserve.
We've been spooked and we've been scorn,
we've been treated bad and
talked about sure as you're born.
Just as sure as it takes two eyes to make a pair,
we won't quit until we get our share."

"Please, please please don't go,
honey please don't go,
baby I love you so."

"Pappa didn't cuss,
didn't make a whole lot of fuss.
but when we did wrong,
pappa beat the hell out of us.
I saw pappa cry,
when he thought I'd die,
said he had something in his eye,
I knew it was a lie.
Pappa was smart,
pappa had a whole lot of heart."

A salute to a great poet and performer.

James Brown

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