Great Heroes

And how is it that the American negro Who for so long has been a second-class citizen in the United States How is it that he contributed so much to the American culture? Well I would say that unquestionably, I am an American Born there, and my father slaved there Upon the backs of my people was developed the primary wealth of America Just put it another way We wanna be full citizens First class not second class We are of one mind on this We want our freedom We want our freedom The Africans and the American negro Have turned out to be an extraordinary-gifted people Great heroes Just like the Scottish-American is proud of being from Scotland I'm proud of being African And in our schoolbooks, they try to tell me that "All Africans were savages" 'Til I got demoted and found mostly Africans aren't even allowed to Oxford and Kings Which you know very well And uh, and learn their culture They're heroes of our people So I would say today That I am an American who is infinitely prouder to be of African descent No question about it I am an African-American And I don't need to hear Americans ever loosely again