#Americans #Blacks
I play it cool I dig all jive. That's the reason I stay alive. My motto
When the shoe strings break On both your shoes And you’re in a hurry— That’s the blues. When you go to buy a candy bar
Let the rain kiss you. Let the rain beat upon your head w… Let the rain sing you a lullaby. The rain makes still pools on the… The rain makes running pools in th…
I, too, sing America. I am the darker brother. They send me to eat in the kitchen When company comes, But I laugh,
been scared and battered. My hopes the wind done scattered. Snow has friz me, Sun has baked me, Looks like between 'em they done
When you turn the corner And you run into yourself Then you know that you have turned All the corners that are left
We passed their graves: The dead men there, Winners or losers, Did not care. In the dark
Well, son, I’ll tell you: Life for me ain’t been no crystal… It’s had tacks in it, And splinters, And boards torn up,
That Justice is a blind goddess Is a thing to which we black are w… Her bandage hides two festering so… That once perhaps were eyes.
Night funeral In Harlem: Where did they get Them two fine cars? Insurance man, he did not pay—
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…
Down in the bass That steady beat Walking walking walking Like marching feet. Down in the bass
It was a long time ago. I have almost forgotten my dream. But it was there then, In front of me, Bright like a sun—
What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun? Or fester like a sore— And then run?
How still, How strangely still The water is today, It is not good For water
