I tire so of hearing people say, Let things take their course. Tomorrow is another day. I do not need my freedom when I’m dead. I cannot live on tomorrow’s bread.
The past has been a mint Of blood and sorrow. That must not be True of tomorrow.
A world I dream where black or white, whatever race you be, will share the bounties of the earth and every man is free.
I don’t dare start thinking in the morning. I don’t dare start thinking in the morning. If I thought thoughts in bed, Them thoughts would bust my head – So I don’t dare start thinking in the morning.
I stay cool, and dig all jive, That’s the way I stay alive. My motto, as I live and learn, is Dig and be dug In return.
Gather quickly Out of darkness All the songs you know And throw them at the sun Before they melt Like snow.
Let the rain kiss you. Let the rain beat upon your head with silver liquid drops. Let the rain sing you a lullaby.
I wish the rent Was heaven sent.
My soul has grown deep like the rivers.
For poems are like rainbows; they escape you quickly.
We build our temples for tomorrow, strong as we know how, and we stand on top of the mountain, free within ourselves.
Let America be America again. Let it be the dream it used to be.
What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun? Or fester like a sore – And then run? Does it stink like rotten meat? Or crust and sugar over – like a syrupy sweet? Maybe it just sags like a heavy load. Or does it explode?
Well, when Christ comes back this time, I hope He comes back mad His own self. I hope He drives the Jim Crowers out of their high places, every living last one of them from Washington to Texas.
Frosting Freedom Is just frosting On somebody else’s Cake – And so must be Till we Learn how to Bake.
I will not take “but” for an answer.
I am a Negro: Black as the night is black, Black like the depths of my Africa.
What happens to a dream deferred?
I stuck my head out the window this morning and spring kissed me bang in the face.
Folks, I’m telling you, birthing is hard and dying is mean- so get yourself a little loving in between.