#Americans #Blacks
That Justice is a blind goddess Is a thing to which we black are w… Her bandage hides two festering so… That once perhaps were eyes.
I’ve known rivers: I’ve known rivers ancient as the w… flow of human blood in human veins My soul has grown deep like the ri… I bathed in the Euphrates when da…
Goin’ down the road, Lawd, Goin’ down the road. Down the road, Lawd, Way, way down the road. Got to find somebody
I would liken you To a night without stars Were it not for your eyes. I would liken you To a sleep without dreams
I went down to the river, I set down on the bank. I tried to think but couldn’t, So I jumped in and sank. I came up once and hollered!
I work all day, Said Simple John, Myself a house to buy. I work all day, Said Simple John,
Harlem Sent him home in a long box— Too dead To know why:
When I get to be a composer I’m gonna write me some music abou… Daybreak in Alabama And I’m gonna put the purtiest so… Rising out of the ground like a sw…
Oh, silver tree! Oh, shining rivers of the soul! In a Harlem cabaret Six long—headed jazzers play. A dancing girl whose eyes are bold
I am your son, white man! Georgia dusk And the turpentine woods. One of the pillars of the temple f… You are my son!
How still, How strangely still The water is today, It is not good For water
Down in the bass That steady beat Walking walking walking Like marching feet. Down in the bass
Night funeral In Harlem: Where did they get Them two fine cars? Insurance man, he did not pay—
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
When the shoe strings break On both your shoes And you’re in a hurry— That’s the blues. When you go to buy a candy bar