Just because you are young Doesn’t mean much to some But because you are black It means nothing! Somebody killed another child!
Monday’s child raised up in the mo… Away to school for another day. Tuesday child makes ready for anot… Making the best of what that may c… Wednesday’s child in the middle of
To Nikki Giovanni Poetry and rhyme And reason At any season You’re the mother of words
Why is there no love? One voice, One people, One God, One faith
Come fly with me To the moon, To the stars shinning at night, Come fly with me Baby fly with me
and they took up wings to fly. Please, don’t cry for me, You don’t need to shed a tear, Just put those tears in a bottle t… And let it sail to the nearest oce…
My eyes are still open, The mind still alert, My body’s sluggish feeling like di… But yet I am up tonight this time… There are so many dreams to dream
to Tice, Sherry, Pat, Simone, Ma… Girls to the end No matter what No matter how, We are sisters to the very end
Yet we are free From slavery’s chains, And chains that bind them together What about the mental freedom you… Freedom of slave master’s whips
Can you walk a mile In my Sunday shoes? Go to places I’ve been long and w… Or some places you’ll pay your due… Can you wear my shoes
the heat of the city feel it what a pity for the brothers and sisters who have 2 come to work for a living a… living in the city
Sweet as honey That’s what you are to me And even more than words to say To have you near every night and d… That’s the way I feel about you.
Every body wants a revolution! Something to fight for Something to say I belong to some… A struggle of what’s right A fight for what’s wrong
Am I blue? Blues in my soul Carrying the weight of every burde… Of every man and it ain’t no good… My man ain’t no good 'cause he sta…