We have been 'buked and we have been scorned
We've been treated bad, talked about as sure as you're born
from James Brown – Say It Loud – I'm Black and I'm Proud Lyrics on Rap Genius
Meaning
These two lines are a paraphrase of the old spiritual “I’ve Been Buked”, which was famously sung by Mahalia Jackson at the 1963 March on Washington
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