I Am The American Heartbreak- The Rock

These Feet Have Walked Ten Thousand Miles Working For White Folks And Another Ten Thousand Keeping Up With Colored.

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.

Go Home And Write / A Page Tonight. / And Let That Page Come Out Of You - / Then, It Will Be True.

Life Is An Egg You Have To Be Patient And Careful With It Or It Will Break.

It Is The Duty Of The Younger Negro Artist . . . To Change Through The Force Of His Art That Old Whispering "i Want To Be White," Hidden In The Aspirations Of His People, To "why Should I Want To Be White? I Am A Negro - And Beautiful!"