“Hey, Black Child” by Countee Cullen
Hey Black Child
Do you know who you are
Who you really are
Do you know you can be
What you want to be
If you try to be
What you can be
Hey Black Child
Do you know where you are going
Where you’re really going
Do you know you can learn
What you want to learn
If you try to learn
What you can learn
Hey Black Child
Do you know you are strong
I mean really strong
Do you know you can do
What you want to do
If you try to do
What you can do
Hey Black Child
Be what you can be
Learn what you must learn
Do what you can do
And tomorrow your nation
Will be what you what it to be
This Poem was written by Countee Cullen, born as Coleman Rutherford shortly after the World War I. Countee Cullen and the other Poets made made the Harlem Renaissance what it was, it was Eden for all the Black writers, artists, musicians, poets and photographers.
