#Americans #Blacks
Down in the bass That steady beat Walking walking walking Like marching feet. Down in the bass
Gather quickly Out of darkness All the songs you know And throw them at the sun Before they melt
When I get to be a composer I’m gonna write me some music abou… Daybreak in Alabama And I’m gonna put the purtiest so… Rising out of the ground like a sw…
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.
Hold fast to dreams For if dreams die Life is a broken-winged bird That cannot fly. Hold fast to dreams
I woke up this mornin’ ’Bout half-past three. All the womens in town Was gathered round me. Sweet gals was a-moanin’,
In an envelope marked: PERSONAL God addressed me a letter. In an envelope marked: PERSONAL
The gold moth did not love him So, gorgeous, she flew away. But the gray moth circled the flam… Until the break of day. And then, with wings like a dead d…
Fine living . . . a la carte? Come to the Waldorf—Astoria! LISTEN HUNGRY ONES! Look! See what Vanity Fair says… new Waldorf—Astoria:
Because my mouth Is wide with laughter And my throat Is deep with song, You do not think
I sat there singing her Songs in the dark. She said; 'I do not understand The words’.
Democracy will not come Today, this year Nor ever Through compromise and fear. I have as much right
The rent man knocked. He said, Howdy—do? I said, What Can I do for you? He said, You know
Remember The days of bondage— And remembering— Do not stand still. Go to the highest hill
In places like Selma, Alabama, Kids say, In places like Chicago and New York...
