#Americans #Blacks
You and your whole race. Look down upon the town in which y… And be ashamed. Look down upon white folks And upon yourselves
Night funeral In Harlem: Where did they get Them two fine cars? Insurance man, he did not pay—
I play it cool I dig all jive. That's the reason I stay alive. My motto
When a man starts out with nothing… When a man starts out with his han… Empty, but clean, When a man starts to build a world… He starts first with himself
I’ve known rivers: I’ve known rivers ancient as the w… My soul has grown deep like the ri… I bathed in the Euphrates when da… I built my hut near the Congo and…
Landlord, landlord, My roof has sprung a leak. Don’t you 'member I told you abou… Way last week? Landlord, landlord,
Good morning, daddy! Ain’t you heard The boogie—woogie rumble Of a dream deferred? Listen closely:
How quiet It is in this sick room Where on the bed A silent woman lies between two lo… Life and Death,
I sat there singing her Songs in the dark. She said; 'I do not understand The words’.
God in His infinite wisdom Did not make me very wise— So when my actions are stupid They hardly take God by surprise
Because my mouth Is wide with laughter And my throat Is deep with song, You do not think
Harlem Sent him home in a long box— Too dead To know why:
Gather quickly Out of darkness All the songs you know And throw them at the sun Before they melt
Listen! Dear dream of utter aliveness— Touching my body of utter death— Tell me, O quickly! dream of aliv… The flaming source of your bright…
From Christ to Ghandi Appears this truth— St. Francis of Assisi Proves it, too: Goodness becomes grandeur
