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"Mother to Son," by Langston Hughes
Mother to Son
-Langston Hughes
1 Well, son, I’ll
tell you:
2 Life for me aint
been no crystal stair.
3 It’s had tacks in
it,
4 And splinters,
5 And boards torn up,
6 And places with no
carpet on the floor –
7 Bare.
8 But all the time
9 I’se been a-climbin’
on,
10 And reachin’
landin’s,
11 And turnin’ corners,
12 And sometimes goin’
in the dark
13 Where there ain’t
been no light.
14 So boy, don’t you
turn back.
15 Don’t you set down
on the steps
16 ‘Cause you finds
it’s kinder hard.
17 Don’t you fall now –
For I’se still goin’, honey,
18 I’se still climbin’,
19 And life for me aint
been no crystal stair.
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