Let America be America Again
Seeking a home where he himself is free.
I am the people, humble, hungry, mean--
Beaten yet today--O, Pioneers!
That any man be crushed by one above.
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Of profit, power, gain, of grab the land!
I am the worker sold to the machine.
The poorest worker
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Say, who are you that mumbles in the dark?
I am the poor white, fooled and pushed apart,
I am the farmer, bondsman to the soil.
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Where never kings connive nor tyrants scheme
Of owning everything for ones own greed!
(It never was America to me.)
I am the Negro, servant to you all.
Who dreamt a dream so strong, so brave, so true,
Let it be the pioneer on the plain
Of work the men! Of take the pay!
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Let America be the dream the dreamers dreamed--
I am the young man, full of strength and hope,
That even yet its mighty daring sings
Equality is in the air we breathe.
(America never was America to me.)
But opportunity is real, and life is free,
I am the red man drive99lib•netn from the land,
Let it be that great strong land of love
Nor freedom in this "homeland of the free.")
Of grab the gold! Of grab the ways of satisfying need!
Hungry yet today despite the dream.
And finding only the same old stupid plan
And who are you that draws your veil across the stars?
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I am the Negro bearing slaverys scars.
I am the man who never got ahead,
Let it be the dream it used to be.
I am the immigrant clutching the hope I seek--
Yet Im the one who dreamt our basic dream
(Theres never been equality for me,
Tangled in that ancient endless chain