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Presentation transcript:

I

I too

I too sing

I too sing America

I

I am

I am the darker

I am the darker brother

They

They send

They send me

They send me to eat

They send me to eat in the kitchen

Everybody : I too sing America

Group 1 : I am the darker brother

Group 2 : They send me to eat in the kitchen when company comes

Group 3 : But I laugh, and eat well, and grow strong

Group 4 : Tomorrow, I’ll be at the table when company comes

Group 5 : Nobody will dare say to me, eat in the kitchen, then

Group 6 +7 : Besides, they’ll see how beautiful I am and be ashamed

Everybody: I, too, am America