My People

Lyrics

[Intro: Sample] My people! (Yeah!) My people! (Yeah!) The foundation of the United States Rests on the sweat of my people Every enemy of the USA Has had to face my people on the front lines [Verse 1: Angie Stone] People, my people are dyin' And we see it all the time Don't know where our future would be If he's not here, how do we stay strong? [Pre-Chorus: Angie Stone & James Ingram, Angie Stone] Only we can save us (Can save us) from us (Oh yeah) Bring about change we will show our people love (Show our people love, oh yeah, my people) [Chorus: Angie Stone & James Ingram, Angie Stone] My people, hold your head up (Hold your head up) My people, don't get fed up (Don't you get fed up) My people rise, my people fight (Rise) My people do alright (My people) My people walk with pride and We're marchin' side by side and (We're doing alright) My people laugh, my people cry My people ride and die [Verse 2: James Ingram] People, my people, keep striving There's a greater master plan We need to know our history We were kings and queens of the greatest dynasty [Pre-Chorus: Angie Stone & James Ingram, James Ingram] Only we can save us from us (Bring about change) Bring about change we will show our people love (My people, my people, my people, my people) [Chorus: Angie Stone & James Ingram, James Ingram] My people, hold your head up My people, don't get fed up (Don't get fed up) My people rise, my people fight My people do alright My people walk with pride and (Side by side) We're marchin' side by side and (Laugh and cry) My people laugh, my people cry My people ride and die (Woo-hoo, ooh) [Bridge: Angie Stone, James Ingram, Both] Uh-huh (Hey, hey) Uh-huh, uh-huh (Oh) Sing along, ah-ooh-ayy-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh (Shoo-doo-doo-doo-doo, doo-doo-doo-doo-dow) Sing along, ah-ooh-ayy-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh Sing along, yeah Sing along, ah-ooh-ayy-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh (Shoo-doo-doo-doo-doo, doo-doo-doo-doo-dow) Sing along, ah-ooh-ayy-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh My people [Chorus: Angie Stone & James Ingram, Angie Stone] My people, hold your head up (Come on and hold your head up) My people, don't get fed up (Don't you get fed up) My people rise, my people fight (Come on, rise) My people do alright My people walk with pride and (Woo-hoo) We're marchin' side by side and My people laugh, my people cry My people ride and die [Interlude: Children, Angie Stone] Who are my people? Dr. Vernon Johns Dr. Martin Luther King, Rosa Parks Nelson Mandela, Malcolm X Bishop Desmond Tutu, Muhammad Ali Sidney Poitier, Quincy Jones Colin Powell, Oprah Winfrey Barack Obama, Spike Lee Michael Jordan, Venus and Serena Williams Tiger Woods, The Rutgers Women's Basketball Team We are my people, we are the future (My people) [Chorus: Angie Stone & James Ingram] My people, hold your head up My people, don't get fed up My people rise, my people fight My people do alright My people walk with pride and We're marchin' side by side and My people laugh, my people cry My people ride and die My people, hold your head up My people, don't get fed up My people rise, my people fight My people do alright My people walk with pride and We're marchin' side by side and My people laugh, my people cry My people ride and die [Outro: Angie Stone & James Ingram] Harriet Tubman, Shirley Caesar Miss Jane Pittman, Juanita Bynum Maya Angelou, Bishop T.D. Jakes Madam C.J. Walker, Bishop Noel Jones Moms Mabley, Reverend Blake Scott Aretha Franklin, Reverend Jamal Bryant Dorothy Dandridge, Richard Pryor Lena Horne, Samuel Jackson Nancy Wilson, Magic Johnson Mahalia Jackson, Smokey Robinson Sugar Ray Robinson, Nikki Giovanni Adam Clayton Powell, Afeni Shakur The Funk Brothers, Miles Davis Mr. James Brown, 2Pac Bob Marley, Biggie Smalls Billie Holiday, Cathy Hughes Charlie Parker, Betty Shabazz Denzel Washington, Coretta Scott King Morgan Freeman, Angela Davis James Earl Jones, Nat King Cole Curtis Mayfield, Bob Johnson Marvin Gaye, Johnnie Cochran Berry Gordy, Nat Turner Michael Jackson, Bill Cosby Cuba Gooding Jr., Dick Gregory Chris Tucker, Langston Hughes Reverend Al Sharpton, Katherine Dandridge Jesse Jackson, Debbie Allen Woo! Gregory Hines Benjamin Zephaniah, Robert Pele Kofi Annan, Luther Vandross Tyler Perry, Wynton Marsalis Zadie Smith, Charles White Pele, Romare Bearden Robert Mugambi, Gordon Parks Omar, John McLean Mariam Makeba, Susan Taylor Soul II Soul, Thom Bell Antwan Fuqua, Damien Marley Trevor McDonald, The Black Stars Angie Stone, Count Basie Duke Ellington, Jackie Robinson Bill Clinton, that's right I said it Y'all know that was the first Black man in the White House Ha ha ha