#Americans #Blacks
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…
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?
I play it cool I dig all jive. That's the reason I stay alive. My motto
When you turn the corner And you run into yourself Then you know that you have turned All the corners that are left
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,
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—
When I get to be a composer I’m gonna write me some music abou… Daybreak in Alabama And I’m gonna put the purtiest so… Rising out of the ground like a sw…
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
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,
I know I am The Negro Problem Being wined and dined, Answering the usual questions That come to white mind
The gold moth did not love him So, gorgeous, she flew away. But the gray moth circled the flam… Until the break of day. And then, with wings like a dead d…
What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun? Or fester like a sore— And then run?
I sat there singing her Songs in the dark. She said; 'I do not understand The words’.
Big Boy came Carrying a mermaid On his shoulders And the mermaid Had her tail
The census man, The day he came round, Wanted my name To put it down. I said, Johnson,
