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Swaziland - Nikki Giovanni



     
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Swaziland Lyrics


I am old and need to remember,
you are young and need to learn.
If I forget the words, will you remember the words?
I hear a drum speaking of a stream
“The path is crossing the stream,
the stream is crossing the path,
which came first?” the drums asked.
“The music is with the river,
if we meet does it matter if we took the step toward you?”
“The words ask are you fertile.”
The music says, “Let’s dance.”
I am old and need to remember,
You are young and want to learn.
Let’s dance together.
Let’s dance together.
Let’s dance together.

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Nikki Giovanni has written more than two dozen books, including volumes of poetry, illustrated children’s books, and three collections of essays. The civil rights and black power movements informed her early poetry, collected in Black Feeling, Black Talk (1968), Black Judgement (1968), and Re: Creation (1970). Giovanni then wrote poems for children throughout the next decade. Those Who Ride the Night Winds (1983) acknowledged notable black figures.

Read more about Nikki Giovanni on Last.fm.


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