#Americans #Blacks
Down in the bass That steady beat Walking walking walking Like marching feet. Down in the bass
I would liken you To a night without stars Were it not for your eyes. I would liken you To a sleep without dreams
He glides so swiftly Back into the grass— Gives me the courtesy of road To let me pass, That I am half ashamed
It would be nice In any case, To someday meet you Face to face Walking down
I am your son, white man! Georgia dusk And the turpentine woods. One of the pillars of the temple f… You are my son!
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
Because my mouth Is wide with laughter And my throat Is deep with song, You do not think
Tell all my mourners To mourn in red — Cause there ain’t no sense In my bein’ dead.
I am God— Without one friend, Alone in my purity World without end. Below me young lovers
I’ve known rivers: I’ve known rivers ancient as the w… flow of human blood in human veins My soul has grown deep like the ri… I bathed in the Euphrates when da…
We passed their graves: The dead men there, Winners or losers, Did not care. In the dark
Harlem Sent him home in a long box— Too dead To know why:
When the old junk man Death Comes to gather up our bodies And toss them into the sack of obl… I wonder if he will find The corpse of a white multi—millio…
I got to leave this town. It’s a lonesome place. Got to leave this town cause It’s a lonesome place. A po’, po’ boy can’t
'Me an’ ma baby’s Got two mo’ ways, Two mo’ ways to do de Charleston!… Da, da, Da, da, da!