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Cheap little rhymes A cheap little tune Are sometimes as dangerous As a sliver of the moon.

Langston Hughes

Most musicians remain poor. But the music that they make, even if it does not bring them millions, gives millions of people happiness.
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Happiness Music People Poor
Everything there is but lovin’ leaves a rust on your old soul.
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Leaving Love Old Soul Yourself
Hang yourself, poet, in your own words. Otherwise, you are dead.
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Death Poet Word Yourself
Sometimes a crumb falls From the tables of joy, Sometimes a bone Is flung. To some people Love is given, To others Only heaven.
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Heaven Love Time
Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is a broken-winged bird that cannot fly.
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Bird Break Death Deep Dreams Fast Fly Hold Life Wings
The depression brought everybody down a peg or two. And the Negroes had but few pegs to fall.
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Alcohol Depression Fall
I wish the rent Was heaven sent.
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Heaven Myself
I am a Negro: Black as the night is black, Black like the depths of my Africa.
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Black Identity Myself Personality
Misery is when you heard on the radio that the neighborhood you live in is a slum but you always thought it was home.
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Home Live Misery Radio Thinking Yourself
If you want to honor me, give some young boy or girl who’s coming along trying to create arts and write and compose and sing and act and paint and dance and make something out of the beauties of the Negro race-give that child some help.
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Beautiful Children Help Honor Man Race Respect Woman Writing Young
What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun? Or does it explode?
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Dreams Explode Sun
The rain plays a little sleep song on our roof at night And I love the rain.
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Love Myself Night Play Rain Song
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.
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Course Death Freedom Live Myself People
Humor is laughing at what you haven’t got when you ought to have it.
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Laughter Yourself
We younger Negro artists who create now intend to express our individual dark-skinned selves without fear or shame. If white people are pleased we are glad. If they aren?t it doesn?t matter.
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Artist Creation Darkness Expression Happiness People Skin White Young
Good morning, Revolution: You’re the very best friend I ever had. We gonna pal around together from now on.
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Best Friendship Morning Myself Togetherness

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