#Americans #Blacks
In places like Selma, Alabama, Kids say, In places like Chicago and New York...
I work all day, Said Simple John, Myself a house to buy. I work all day, Said Simple John,
I play it cool I dig all jive. That's the reason I stay alive. My motto
My name is Johnson— Madam Alberta K. The Madam stands for business. I’m smart that way. I had a
I dream a world where man No other man will scorn, Where love will bless the earth And peace its paths adorn I dream a world where all
I will take you heart. I will take your soul out of your… As though I were God. I will not be satisfied With the touch of your hand
Droning a drowsy syncopated tune, Rocking back and forth to a mellow… I heard a Negro play. Down on Lenox Avenue the other ni… By the pale dull pallor of an old…
Big Boy came Carrying a mermaid On his shoulders And the mermaid Had her tail
I was so sick last night I Didn’t hardly know my mind. So sick last night I Didn’t know my mind. I drunk some bad licker that
How still, How strangely still The water is today, It is not good For water
The census man, The day he came round, Wanted my name To put it down. I said, Johnson,
Landlord, landlord, My roof has sprung a leak. Don’t you 'member I told you abou… Way last week? Landlord, landlord,
I catch the pattern Of your silence Before you speak I do not need To hear a word.
What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun? Or fester like a sore— And then run?
I got to leave this town. It’s a lonesome place. Got to leave this town cause It’s a lonesome place. A po’, po’ boy can’t
