#Americans #Blacks
Good morning, daddy! Ain’t you heard The boogie—woogie rumble Of a dream deferred? Listen closely:
Only dumb guys fight. If I wasn’t dumb I wouldn’t be fightin’. I could make six dollars a day On the docks
The ivory gods, And the ebony gods, And the gods of diamond and jade, Sit silently on their temple shelv… While the people
Big Boy came Carrying a mermaid On his shoulders And the mermaid Had her tail
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
When you turn the corner And you run into yourself Then you know that you have turned All the corners that are left
I worked for a woman, She wasn’t mean— But she had a twelve—room House to clean. Had to get breakfast,
You and your whole race. Look down upon the town in which y… And be ashamed. Look down upon white folks And upon yourselves
The rent man knocked. He said, Howdy—do? I said, What Can I do for you? He said, You know
I would liken you To a night without stars Were it not for your eyes. I would liken you To a sleep without dreams
Tell all my mourners To mourn in red — Cause there ain’t no sense In my bein’ dead.
How still, How strangely still The water is today, It is not good For water
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 dream a world where man No other man will scorn, Where love will bless the earth And peace its paths adorn I dream a world where all
Let America be America again. Let it be the dream it used to be. Let it be the pioneer on the plain Seeking a home where he himself is… (America never was America to me.…
