#Americans #Blacks
Gather quickly Out of darkness All the songs you know And throw them at the sun Before they melt
I, too, sing America. I am the darker brother. They send me to eat in the kitchen When company comes, But I laugh,
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.
Good morning, daddy! Ain’t you heard The boogie—woogie rumble Of a dream deferred? Listen closely:
Landlord, landlord, My roof has sprung a leak. Don’t you 'member I told you abou… Way last week? Landlord, landlord,
He glides so swiftly Back into the grass— Gives me the courtesy of road To let me pass, That I am half ashamed
The rent man knocked. He said, Howdy—do? I said, What Can I do for you? He said, You know
It would be nice In any case, To someday meet you Face to face Walking down
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…
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…
It was a long time ago. I have almost forgotten my dream. But it was there then, In front of me, Bright like a sun—
God in His infinite wisdom Did not make me very wise— So when my actions are stupid They hardly take God by surprise
Harlem Sent him home in a long box— Too dead To know why:
Big Boy came Carrying a mermaid On his shoulders And the mermaid Had her tail
Democracy will not come Today, this year Nor ever Through compromise and fear. I have as much right
