#Americans #Blacks
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.
The ivory gods, And the ebony gods, And the gods of diamond and jade, Sit silently on their temple shelv… While the people
'Me an’ ma baby’s Got two mo’ ways, Two mo’ ways to do de Charleston!… Da, da, Da, da, da!
From Christ to Ghandi Appears this truth— St. Francis of Assisi Proves it, too: Goodness becomes grandeur
The census man, The day he came round, Wanted my name To put it down. I said, Johnson,
Hold fast to dreams For if dreams die Life is a broken-winged bird That cannot fly. Hold fast to dreams
Remember The days of bondage— And remembering— Do not stand still. Go to the highest hill
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,
He glides so swiftly Back into the grass— Gives me the courtesy of road To let me pass, That I am half ashamed
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…
Democracy will not come Today, this year Nor ever Through compromise and fear. I have as much right
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
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
I sat there singing her Songs in the dark. She said; 'I do not understand The words’.
