God in His infinite wisdom Did not make me very wise— So when my actions are stupid They hardly take God by surprise

When a man starts out with nothing… When a man starts out with his han… Empty, but clean, When a man starts to build a world… He starts first with himself

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

In places like Selma, Alabama, Kids say, In places like Chicago and New York...

Let’s go see Old Abe Sitting in the marble and the moon… Sitting lonely in the marble and t… Quiet for ten thousand centuries,… Quiet for a million, million years…

The census man, The day he came round, Wanted my name To put it down. I said, Johnson,

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,

We passed their graves: The dead men there, Winners or losers, Did not care. In the dark