#Americans #Blacks
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…
How still, How strangely still The water is today, It is not good For water
Where is the Jim Crow section On this merry—go—round, Mister, cause I want to ride? Down South where I come from White and colored
Now dreams Are not available To the dreamers, Nor songs To the singers.
We passed their graves: The dead men there, Winners or losers, Did not care. In the dark
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 would liken you To a night without stars Were it not for your eyes. I would liken you To a sleep without dreams
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
Gather quickly Out of darkness All the songs you know And throw them at the sun Before they melt
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
My old mule, He’s gota grin on his face. He’s been a mule so long He’s forgotten about his race. I’m like that old mule —
She, In the dark, Found light Brighter than many ever see. She,
Because my mouth Is wide with laughter And my throat Is deep with song, You do not think
The ivory gods, And the ebony gods, And the gods of diamond and jade, Sit silently on their temple shelv… While the people
I, too, sing America. I am the darker brother. They send me to eat in the kitchen When company comes, But I laugh,