Oh oh, oh oh, oh oh oh oh oh oh Oh oh, oh oh (Look) Let me tell you about pride The struggle to survive Living every day with your loving under fire People questioning the ways that you self-identify And who you choose to date is it never on your mind? And that's why people so - fascinated, they passive hating Y'all repeat the rhetoric just like a class was taken But I bet we could settle it just if the past were traded And y'all were born a certain way and told you had to hate it I'm doing me, y'all can disagree But, people paid to talk, and y'all do it for free But, you can see me walking, up and through the streets (Look) I'm still gonna sing I will not be ashamed This is just who I am, who I was meant to be No mistakes And right here I stand, I'm out on my own two feet No, you will not tear me down No, my heart will not be bound Singing loud, say it loud, I'm Proud Oh oh, oh oh, oh oh oh oh oh oh (I'm proud) Oh oh, oh oh, oh oh oh oh oh oh (I'm proud) Oh oh, oh oh, oh oh oh oh oh oh (I'm proud) Oh oh, oh oh, oh oh oh oh oh oh (I'm proud) I think it's time that we respect each other Just being realistic, why do we expect each other to be the same And if we aren't, then we reject each other As if the way I use my heart will make me less than others I lace up my shoes and walk in my truth Cause being myself ain't nothing taboo I go through the world with nothing to prove Cause I've heard it all, man, I'm bulletproof This ain't political, this is pivotal Let me draw you up a visual of knowing who you are I mean it's visceral, and then you open up and manifest it in the physical Take a giant step but in the world, you're still invisible I will demand that you understand And you will respect the person I am Cause I'm not afraid, look I do exist I insist I will not be ashamed This is just who I am, who I was meant to be No mistakes And right here I stand, I'm out on my own two feet No, you will not tear me down No, my heart will not be bound Singing loud, say it loud, I'm Proud Oh oh, oh oh, oh oh oh oh oh oh (I'm proud) Oh oh, oh oh, oh oh oh oh oh oh (I'm proud) Oh oh, oh oh, oh oh oh oh oh oh (I'm proud) Oh oh, oh oh I'm proud, I'm proud, let me hear you say it (hear you say it) I'm proud, I'm proud, no more hesitating (don't you hesitate) I'm proud, I'm proud, let me hear you say it I'm proud, I'm proud Let them know sis I will not be ashamed This is just who I am, who I was meant to be No mistakes And right here I stand, I'm out on my own two feet No, you will not tear me down No, my heart will not be bound Singing loud, say it loud, I'm Proud Oh oh, oh oh, oh oh oh oh oh oh (I'm proud) Oh oh, oh oh, oh oh oh oh oh oh (I'm proud) Oh oh, oh oh, oh oh oh oh oh oh (I'm proud) Oh oh, oh oh I'm Proud