Sometimes It Seemed Like The Truth Was

Put Yourself In God’s Hands And You Can’t Go Wrong.

It's A Real Stumper To Sit Around And Try To Think In Your Own Head, But When You Go Into Somebody Else's Head That Takes The Foot Off The Breaks. You Can Think In Someone Else's Head.

Some Things In This World Just Ain't Meant To Be, Not In The Times We Want 'em To, And The Heart Has To Hold It In This World As A Remembrance, A Promise For The World That's To Come. There's A Prize At The End Of All Of It, But Still, That's A Heavy Load To Bear.

There Are Two Responses To Really Awful Things. One Is To Lament And Say, "oh My God, Oh Lord." And The Other Is To Laugh At It A Little Bit, Try Your Best To Deal With It And, If You Can, Forget About It As Soon As Possible.

I'm One Of The Few Black Writers, Or African American Writers, Who Managed To Work My Way Through The System So That It Has Allowed Me To Speak In A Kind Of Free Way. But Most African American Writers Don't Have That. They Don't Have That Opportunity, They Don't Have That.