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Good morning, daddy!Ain't you heardThe boogie-woogie rumbleOf a dream deferred?Listen closely:You'll hear their feetBeating out and beating out a -You...more

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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.

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I was a victim of a stereotype. There were only two of us Negro kids in the whole class, and our English teacher was always stressing the importance o...more

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Cheap little rhymesA cheap little tuneAre sometimes as dangerousAs a sliver of the moon.

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LIBERTY! FREEDOM! DEMOCRACY!True anyhow no matter how manyLiars use those words.

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What happens to a dream deferred?

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Pleasured equallyIn seeking as in finding,Each detail minding,Old Walt went seekingAnd finding.

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I will take your heart.I will take your soul out of your bodyAs though I were God.I will not be satisfiedWith the little words you say to me.I will no...more

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So since I'm still here livin',I guess I will live on.I could've died for love--But for livin' I was born.

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The sea is a desert of waves,A wilderness of water.

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Looks like what drives me crazyDon't have no effect on you--But I'm gonna keep on at itTill it drives you crazy, too.