#Americans #Blacks
Listen! Dear dream of utter aliveness— Touching my body of utter death— Tell me, O quickly! dream of aliv… The flaming source of your bright…
You say I O.K.ed LONG DISTANCE? O.K.ed it when? My goodness, Central That was then!
You and your whole race. Look down upon the town in which y… And be ashamed. Look down upon white folks And upon yourselves
I was so sick last night I Didn’t hardly know my mind. So sick last night I Didn’t know my mind. I drunk some bad licker that
You sicken me with lies, With truthful lies. And with your pious faces. And your wide, out—stretched, mock—welcome, Christian hands.
I’m all alone in this world, she s… Ain’t got nobody to share my bed, Ain’t got nobody to hold my hand— The truth of the matter’s I ain’t got no man.
'Me an’ ma baby’s Got two mo’ ways, Two mo’ ways to do de Charleston!… Da, da, Da, da, da!
Down in the bass That steady beat Walking walking walking Like marching feet. Down in the bass
Clean the spittoons, boy. Detroit, Chicago, Atlantic City, Palm Beach.
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
He glides so swiftly Back into the grass— Gives me the courtesy of road To let me pass, That I am half ashamed
I am God— Without one friend, Alone in my purity World without end. Below me young lovers
God in His infinite wisdom Did not make me very wise— So when my actions are stupid They hardly take God by surprise
Let the rain kiss you. Let the rain beat upon your head w… Let the rain sing you a lullaby. The rain makes still pools on the… The rain makes running pools in th…
Have you dug the spill Of Sugar Hill? Cast your gims On this sepia thrill: Brown sugar lassie,
