#AmericanWriters
Landlord, landlord, My roof has sprung a leak. Don’t you 'member I told you abou… Way last week? Landlord, landlord,
By what sends the white kids I ain’t sent: I know I can’t be President.
I know I am The Negro Problem Being wined and dined, Answering the usual questions That come to white mind
I could take the Harlem night and wrap around you, Take the neon lights and make a cr… Take the Lenox Avenue busses, Taxis, subways,
I work all day, Said Simple John, Myself a house to buy. I work all day, Said Simple John,
You and your whole race. Look down upon the town in which y… And be ashamed. Look down upon white folks And upon yourselves
Have you dug the spill Of Sugar Hill? Cast your gims On this sepia thrill: Brown sugar lassie,
Gather quickly Out of darkness All the songs you know And throw them at the sun Before they melt
It’s such a Bore Being always Poor.
You say I O.K.ed LONG DISTANCE? O.K.ed it when? My goodness, Central That was then!
When Susanna Jones wears red her face is like an ancient cameo Turned brown by the ages. Come with a blast of trumphets, J… When Susanna Jones wears red
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
'Me an’ ma baby’s Got two mo’ ways, Two mo’ ways to do de Charleston!… Da, da, Da, da, da!
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…
The calm, Cool face of the river Asked me for a kiss.