#Americans #Blacks
In places like Selma, Alabama, Kids say, In places like Chicago and New York...
I was so sick last night I Didn’t hardly know my mind. So sick last night I Didn’t know my mind. I drunk some bad licker that
I would liken you To a night without stars Were it not for your eyes. I would liken you To a sleep without dreams
In an envelope marked: PERSONAL God addressed me a letter. In an envelope marked: PERSONAL
Remember The days of bondage— And remembering— Do not stand still. Go to the highest hill
Listen! Dear dream of utter aliveness— Touching my body of utter death— Tell me, O quickly! dream of aliv… The flaming source of your bright…
Tell all my mourners To mourn in red — Cause there ain’t no sense In my bein’ dead.
I got to leave this town. It’s a lonesome place. Got to leave this town cause It’s a lonesome place. A po’, po’ boy can’t
I look at the world From awakening eyes in a black fac… And this is what I see: This fenced—off narrow space Assigned to me.
'Me an’ ma baby’s Got two mo’ ways, Two mo’ ways to do de Charleston!… Da, da, Da, da, da!
Goin’ down the road, Lawd, Goin’ down the road. Down the road, Lawd, Way, way down the road. Got to find somebody
I know I am The Negro Problem Being wined and dined, Answering the usual questions That come to white mind
I went down to the river, I set down on the bank. I tried to think but couldn’t, So I jumped in and sank. I came up once and hollered!
How still, How strangely still The water is today, It is not good For water
I catch the pattern Of your silence Before you speak I do not need To hear a word.
