#Americans #Blacks
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
Only dumb guys fight. If I wasn’t dumb I wouldn’t be fightin’. I could make six dollars a day On the docks
I, too, sing America. I am the darker brother. They send me to eat in the kitchen When company comes, But I laugh,
You say I O.K.ed LONG DISTANCE? O.K.ed it when? My goodness, Central That was then!
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!
Hold fast to dreams For if dreams die Life is a broken-winged bird That cannot fly. Hold fast to dreams
We passed their graves: The dead men there, Winners or losers, Did not care. In the dark
Go home and write a page tonight. And let that page come out of you— Then, it will be true. I wonder if it’s that simple?
You and your whole race. Look down upon the town in which y… And be ashamed. Look down upon white folks And upon yourselves
In an envelope marked: PERSONAL God addressed me a letter. In an envelope marked: PERSONAL
The ivory gods, And the ebony gods, And the gods of diamond and jade, Sit silently on their temple shelv… While the people
How still, How strangely still The water is today, It is not good For water
I could take the Harlem night and wrap around you, Take the neon lights and make a cr… Take the Lenox Avenue busses, Taxis, subways,
It would be nice In any case, To someday meet you Face to face Walking down
I’ve known rivers: I’ve known rivers ancient as the w… flow of human blood in human veins My soul has grown deep like the ri… I bathed in the Euphrates when da…
