And you’re in a hurry-
That’s the blues.
When you go to buy a candy bar
And you’ve lost the dime you had-
Slipped through a hole in your pocket somewhere-
That’s the blues, too, and bad!
Submitted by Denice Jackson
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Being walkers with the dawn and morning,
We are not afraid of night,Nor days of gloom,Nor darkness–Being walkers with the sun and morning.
I play it cool
That’s the reasonI stay aliveMy mottoAs I live and learnIs dig and be dug in return
My name is Johnson–
The Madam stands for business.I’m smart that way.I had aHAIR-DRESSING PARLORBeforeThe depression putThe prices lower.Then I had aBARBECUE STANDTill I got mixed upWith a no-good man.Cause I had a insuranceThe WPASaid, We can’t use youWealthy that way.I said,DON’T WORRY ‘BOUT ME!Just like the song,You WPA folks take care of yourself–And I’ll get along.I do cooking,Day’s…
We do not care-
Not enoughOf us careAnywhere.We are not wise-For that reason,Mankind dies.To thinkIs much againstThe will.Better-And easier-To kill.
Where is the Jim Crow section
Mister, cause I want to ride?Down South where I come fromWhite and coloredCan’t sit side by side.Down South on the trainThere’s a Jim Crow car.On the bus we’re put in the back—But there ain’t no backTo a merry-go-round!Where’s the horseFor a kid that’s black?
2 and 2 are 4.
But what would happenIf the last 4 was late?And how would it beIf one 2 was me?Or if the first 4 was youDivided by 2?