The Tragedy of White Injustice (Marcus Mosiah Garvey Poems)
(1)Lying and stealing is the white man's game;For rights of God nor man he has no shame(A practice of his ...
(1)Lying and stealing is the white man's game;For rights of God nor man he has no shame(A practice of his ...
I stood at attention to see there was an angry thunderclap!A natural manifestation of the ugly clouds above!Proud man was ...
Black queen of beauty, thou hast given color to the world!Among other women thou art royal and the fairest!Like the ...
The white man stands with murd'rous gaze,And looks with envy at all wealth;For gold he has a burning crazeThat crowns ...
When God did make the world and allHe laid a righteous plan of things:He never meant to harbour sinAmong mankind ...
Oh yes, there's fire in the heart of man-A beast is he when'er it pleases him:He frowns upon the members ...
Africa's sun is shining above the horizon clear,The day for us is rising, for black men far and near;Our God ...
0, thou profound, eternal blue,God's mystic arch of heaven-land!Art thou not veiling spirit hue,And hiding the angelic band?Jehovah! so move ...
Adam, Eve and all the rest of menThrew away the chart of holy life,And becoming Satan's cruel children,Waste the world ...
Three ancient Negroes gathered at the old Cross Roads,An African, West Indian and American;They talked of separation days of slavery,And ...
The Eternal hills are green in tropic lands,And snowy white in temperate zones;At seasons of the year, when nature speaks,Most ...
Broken hearts are flung to Hell's outpost,Death and desolation tease the land;This is due to Fascists' wildest boastThat has plagued ...
1. When Afric's sun was setting fastThe Prophets told the tale,But Psalmists said she'd win at lastAnd pass beyond the ...
Send Thy peace to all this world,Lord of nations and of man-Where blood banners are unfurled.In their wicked sinful den.Sin ...
Oh glorious race of mighty men,The homeland calls to you;Our fathers wrought with faith divine,So let us march in line. ...
All men have troubles of their own,And burdens great to bear each day,So keep your tales of woe, and frownAt ...
A hundred years have passed and gone,And we are toiling still abroad;But we are not dismayed, forlorn,Nor hopeless of redeeming ...
Good-bye, my friend, in death we part,To meet in realms more glorious:A void I feel deep in my heart,For much ...
The Church of God on Earth to-dayIs scandal of the King;It teaches men to sing and prayFor golden wealth to ...
0 weary son of sorrow great!How apt art thou to bow and grieve,And count all things thy solemn fate,As if ...
There's music in my soul today,A joy of heart not there before:This state of conscience I relayTo rich and proud ...
We sing to Him triumphant,The God who reigns o'er men,We tell of crimes defiant,Against commandments ten.Our race's travail of the ...
My God! the world is going wrongFrail man has made a mess of things:And now the Devil seems on top,Confusing ...
The toil of life is never ending;It passes from one stage to others;We live beneath its sombre bending,And ape the ...
The Bread of life is gift of God to man,The blood of Christ is solace grand:To eat the food of ...
Oh, with the Spirit as of old,I chant a prayer to my God;The Being, precious, more than goldThat Croesus has ...
The white man held the blacks as slaves,And bled their souls in living death;Bishops and priests, and kings themselves,Preached that ...
Death is no terror, friend!It's a sublime sleepThat lulls the weary homeTo rest-not to weep:It is the solace of God-A ...
There's a plot for you and one for me,Out in God's acre, that's lying by;You needn't think I cannot also ...
Believe in GodLift yourselfLift your familyLift your clanLift your raceLift your countryLift your nationAnd beAn imperial whole. (Marcus Mosiah Garvey)
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