#Americans #Blacks
'Me an’ ma baby’s Got two mo’ ways, Two mo’ ways to do de Charleston!… Da, da, Da, da, da!
What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun? Or fester like a sore— And then run?
The calm, Cool face of the river Asked me for a kiss.
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…
She, In the dark, Found light Brighter than many ever see. She,
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,
My name is Johnson— Madam Alberta K. The Madam stands for business. I’m smart that way. I had a
I worked for a woman, She wasn’t mean— But she had a twelve—room House to clean. Had to get breakfast,
2 and 2 are 4. 4 and 4 are 8. But what would happen If the last 4 was late? And how would it be
God in His infinite wisdom Did not make me very wise— So when my actions are stupid They hardly take God by surprise
You sicken me with lies, With truthful lies. And with your pious faces. And your wide, out—stretched, mock—welcome, Christian hands.
Clean the spittoons, boy. Detroit, Chicago, Atlantic City, Palm Beach.
In an envelope marked: PERSONAL God addressed me a letter. In an envelope marked: PERSONAL
Love Is a ripe plum Growing on a purple tree. Taste it once And the spell of its enchantment
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…