Landlord, landlord,
My roof has sprung a leak.
I, too, sing America.
I am the darker brother.
We are accused of terrorism
If we dare to write about the remains of a homeland
Goodbye, my friend, goodbye
My love, you are in my heart.
The most important thing we've learned, So far as children are concerned,
Gumtree in the city street,
Hard bitumen around your feet,
What is Africa to me:
Copper sun or scarlet sea,
By A Foreigner
I like Americans.
The green-blue ground
is ruled with silver lines
Just once before I die
I want to climb up on a
We wear the mask that grins and lies,
It hides our cheeks and shades our eyes,-
My father was Noonuccal man and kept old tribal way,
His totem was the Carpet Snake, whom none must ever slay;
Here, at the invaders talk-talk place,
We, who are the strangers now,
I MADE my song a coat
Covered with embroideries
Take one's adversity
Learn from their misfortune
Locked arm in arm they cross the way
The black boy and the white,
Dos patrias tengo yo: Cuba y la noche. ¿O son una las dos? No bien retira
Under the death of winter's leaves he lies who cried to Nothing and the terrible night
"I remember the night my mother was stung by a scorpion.
Ten hours of steady rain had driven him to crawl beneath a sack of rice.
I’ve stayed in the front yard all my life.
I want a peek at the back
(Español)
Hombres necios que acusáis
excuse me but lady liberty needs glasses
and so does mrs justice by her side
The blacksmith's boy went out with a rifle
and a black dog running behind.
Drum on your drums, batter on your banjoes,
sob on the long cool winding saxophones.
What if you came back now
To our new world, the city roaring
Can You See the Pride In the Panther
As he grows in splendor and grace
he was Dead
he never Lived
They could never understand
what u set out 2 do
In the vine-shadows on the veranda;
under the yellow leaves, in the cooling sun,
By A Foreigner
I like Canadians.
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