#Americans #Blacks
Listen! Dear dream of utter aliveness— Touching my body of utter death— Tell me, O quickly! dream of aliv… The flaming source of your bright…
'Me an’ ma baby’s Got two mo’ ways, Two mo’ ways to do de Charleston!… Da, da, Da, da, da!
Here I sit With my shoes mismated. Lawdy—mercy! I’s frustrated!
Well, son, I’ll tell you: Life for me ain’t been no crystal… It’s had tacks in it, And splinters, And boards torn up,
It would be nice In any case, To someday meet you Face to face Walking down
The census man, The day he came round, Wanted my name To put it down. I said, Johnson,
I am your son, white man! Georgia dusk And the turpentine woods. One of the pillars of the temple f… You are my son!
Let the rain kiss you. Let the rain beat upon your head w… Let the rain sing you a lullaby. The rain makes still pools on the… The rain makes running pools in th…
I take my dreams and make of them… and a round fountain with a beauti… And a song with a broken heart and… Do you understand my dreams? Sometimes you say you do,
What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun? Or fester like a sore— And then run?
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
Remember The days of bondage— And remembering— Do not stand still. Go to the highest hill
I play it cool I dig all jive. That's the reason I stay alive. My motto
The ivory gods, And the ebony gods, And the gods of diamond and jade, Sit silently on their temple shelv… While the people
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
