People are taking it for granted that the Negro ought not to work with his head. And it is so easy for these people among whom we are living to believe this it flatters and satisfies their self-complacency.
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Love me, honey, love me true?
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We wear the mask that grins and lies, It hides our cheeks and shades our eyes, This debt we pay to human guile . . . But let the world dream otherwise, We wear the mask.
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Blessed soul, tek up de cross!
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