#AmericanWriters
I play it cool I dig all jive. That's the reason I stay alive. My motto
You and your whole race. Look down upon the town in which y… And be ashamed. Look down upon white folks And upon yourselves
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…
It’s such a Bore Being always Poor.
It would be nice In any case, To someday meet you Face to face Walking down
Because my mouth Is wide with laughter And my throat Is deep with song, You do not think
The calm, Cool face of the river Asked me for a kiss.
I sat there singing her Songs in the dark. She said; 'I do not understand The words’.
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
Big Boy came Carrying a mermaid On his shoulders And the mermaid Had her tail
Children, I come back today To tell you a story of the long da… That I had to climb, that I had t… In order that the race might live… Look at my face —dark as the night…
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
been scared and battered. My hopes the wind done scattered. Snow has friz me, Sun has baked me, Looks like between 'em they done
I, too, sing America. I am the darker brother. They send me to eat in the kitchen When company comes, But I laugh,