#Americans #Blacks
Because my mouth Is wide with laughter And my throat Is deep with song, You do not think
I work all day, Said Simple John, Myself a house to buy. I work all day, Said Simple John,
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…
In places like Selma, Alabama, Kids say, In places like Chicago and New York...
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’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…
I worked for a woman, She wasn’t mean— But she had a twelve—room House to clean. Had to get breakfast,
When you turn the corner And you run into yourself Then you know that you have turned All the corners that are left
Droning a drowsy syncopated tune, Rocking back and forth to a mellow… I heard a Negro play. Down on Lenox Avenue the other ni… By the pale dull pallor of an old…
Goin’ down the road, Lawd, Goin’ down the road. Down the road, Lawd, Way, way down the road. Got to find somebody
I’ve known rivers: I’ve known rivers ancient as the w… My soul has grown deep like the ri… I bathed in the Euphrates when da… I built my hut near the Congo and…
When I was home de Sunshine seemed like gold. When I was home de Sunshine seemed like gold. Since I come up North de
'Me an’ ma baby’s Got two mo’ ways, Two mo’ ways to do de Charleston!… Da, da, Da, da, da!
My old mule, He’s gota grin on his face. He’s been a mule so long He’s forgotten about his race. I’m like that old mule —
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?
