#Americans #Blacks
What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun? Or fester like a sore— And then run?
I sat there singing her Songs in the dark. She said; 'I do not understand The words’.
You and your whole race. Look down upon the town in which y… And be ashamed. Look down upon white folks And upon yourselves
Democracy will not come Today, this year Nor ever Through compromise and fear. I have as much right
We passed their graves: The dead men there, Winners or losers, Did not care. In the dark
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.
She, In the dark, Found light Brighter than many ever see. She,
That Justice is a blind goddess Is a thing to which we black are w… Her bandage hides two festering so… That once perhaps were eyes.
Clean the spittoons, boy. Detroit, Chicago, Atlantic City, Palm Beach.
Good morning, daddy! Ain’t you heard The boogie—woogie rumble Of a dream deferred? Listen closely:
I play it cool I dig all jive. That's the reason I stay alive. My motto
God in His infinite wisdom Did not make me very wise— So when my actions are stupid They hardly take God by surprise
He glides so swiftly Back into the grass— Gives me the courtesy of road To let me pass, That I am half ashamed
How quiet It is in this sick room Where on the bed A silent woman lies between two lo… Life and Death,
From Christ to Ghandi Appears this truth— St. Francis of Assisi Proves it, too: Goodness becomes grandeur
