She, In the dark, Found light Brighter than many ever see. She,

I look at the world From awakening eyes in a black fac… And this is what I see: This fenced—off narrow space Assigned to me.

I play it cool I dig all jive. That's the reason I stay alive. My motto

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…

I woke up this mornin’ ’Bout half-past three. All the womens in town Was gathered round me. Sweet gals was a-moanin’,

I live on a park bench. You, Park Avenue. Hell of a distance Between us two. I beg a dime for dinner—

Democracy will not come Today, this year Nor ever Through compromise and fear. I have as much right

I would liken you To a night without stars Were it not for your eyes. I would liken you To a sleep without dreams

The ivory gods, And the ebony gods, And the gods of diamond and jade, Sit silently on their temple shelv… While the people

He glides so swiftly Back into the grass— Gives me the courtesy of road To let me pass, That I am half ashamed

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.

I sat there singing her Songs in the dark. She said; 'I do not understand The words’.