When I Think About Myself.
“When I think about myself,
I almost laugh myself to death,
My life has been one great big joke,
A dance that’s walked
A song that’s spoke
I laugh so hard I almost choke,
When I think about myself.
Sixty years in these folks’ world
The child I works for calls me girl,
I say “Yes Ma’am” for working’s sake
Too proud to bend,
Too poor to break,
I laugh until my stomach ache,
When I think about myself.
My folks can make me split my side,
I laughed so hard I nearly died,
The tales they tell sound just like lying,
They grow the fruit,
But eat the rind,
I laugh until I start to crying.
When I think about my folks.”
Maya Angelou, When I Think About Myself.
