#Americans #Blacks
Landlord, landlord, My roof has sprung a leak. Don’t you 'member I told you abou… Way last week? Landlord, landlord,
Only dumb guys fight. If I wasn’t dumb I wouldn’t be fightin’. I could make six dollars a day On the docks
What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun? Or fester like a sore— And then run?
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
My old mule, He’s gota grin on his face. He’s been a mule so long He’s forgotten about his race. I’m like that old mule —
Being walkers with the dawn and mo… Walkers with the sun and morning, We are not afraid of night, Nor days of gloom, Nor darkness—
Big Boy came Carrying a mermaid On his shoulders And the mermaid Had her tail
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…
You and your whole race. Look down upon the town in which y… And be ashamed. Look down upon white folks And upon yourselves
I would liken you To a night without stars Were it not for your eyes. I would liken you To a sleep without dreams
Good morning, daddy! Ain’t you heard The boogie—woogie rumble Of a dream deferred? Listen closely:
In places like Selma, Alabama, Kids say, In places like Chicago and New York...
Here I sit With my shoes mismated. Lawdy—mercy! I’s frustrated!
I catch the pattern Of your silence Before you speak I do not need To hear a word.
I sat there singing her Songs in the dark. She said; 'I do not understand The words’.
