#Americans #Blacks
Well, son, I’ll tell you: Life for me ain’t been no crystal… It’s had tacks in it, And splinters, And boards torn up,
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
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…
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
The rent man knocked. He said, Howdy—do? I said, What Can I do for you? He said, You know
To fling my arms wide In some place of the sun, To whirl and to dance Till the white day is done. Then rest at cool evening
He glides so swiftly Back into the grass— Gives me the courtesy of road To let me pass, That I am half ashamed
You sicken me with lies, With truthful lies. And with your pious faces. And your wide, out—stretched, mock—welcome, Christian hands.
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
Being walkers with the dawn and mo… Walkers with the sun and morning, We are not afraid of night, Nor days of gloom, Nor darkness—
Democracy will not come Today, this year Nor ever Through compromise and fear. I have as much right
Let America be America again. Let it be the dream it used to be. Let it be the pioneer on the plain Seeking a home where he himself is… (America never was America to me.…
I dream a world where man No other man will scorn, Where love will bless the earth And peace its paths adorn I dream a world where all
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—
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…