#Americans #Blacks
Landlord, landlord, My roof has sprung a leak. Don’t you 'member I told you abou… Way last week? Landlord, landlord,
Gather quickly Out of darkness All the songs you know And throw them at the sun Before they melt
What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun? Or fester like a sore— And then run?
The calm, Cool face of the river Asked me for a kiss.
My old man’s a white old man And my old mother’s black. If ever I cursed my white old man I take my curses back. If ever I cursed my black old mot…
been scared and battered. My hopes the wind done scattered. Snow has friz me, Sun has baked me, Looks like between 'em they done
She, In the dark, Found light Brighter than many ever see. She,
Big Boy came Carrying a mermaid On his shoulders And the mermaid Had her tail
How still, How strangely still The water is today, It is not good For water
Democracy will not come Today, this year Nor ever Through compromise and fear. I have as much right
Harlem Sent him home in a long box— Too dead To know why:
I went to the Gypsy’s. Gypsy settin’ all alone. I said, Tell me, Gypsy, When will my gal be home? Gypsy said, Silver,
Being walkers with the dawn and mo… Walkers with the sun and morning, We are not afraid of night, Nor days of gloom, Nor darkness—
When I was home de Sunshine seemed like gold. When I was home de Sunshine seemed like gold. Since I come up North de
By what sends the white kids I ain’t sent: I know I can’t be President.
