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![The roses growing in our ghettos](grafik/The-roses-in-our-ghettos.jpg)
Chapter 40
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There is a rose in Spanish Harlem, |
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a rose in black and Spanish Harlem. |
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It is a special one, |
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it never sees the sun |
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it only comes out |
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when the moon is on the run
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and all the stars are gleaming.
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It's growing in the
street
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right up through the concrete
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soft, sweet and dreaming.
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With eyes as
black as coal |
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they look down in my soul a |
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and start a fire there |
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and then I lose control |
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I want to beg her pardon
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I'm going to pick that rose |
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and watch her as she grows in my garden.
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There is a rose in Spanish Harlem, |
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![](../gallery/usa/mediums/usa-03388.jpg) |
![](../gallery/usa/mediums/usa-03408.jpg) |
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a rose in black and Spanish Harlem. |
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![](../gallery/usa/mediums/usa-00545.jpg) |
![](../gallery/usa/mediums/usa-00022.jpg) |
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It is a special one,
it never sees the sun |
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![](../gallery/usa/mediums/usa-03389.jpg) |
![](../gallery/usa/mediums/usa-03409.jpg) |
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it only comes out
when the moon is on the run
and all the stars are gleaming.
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![](../gallery/usa/mediums/usa-01563.jpg) |
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It's growing in the
street
right up through the concrete
soft, sweet and dreaming.
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![](../gallery/usa/mediums/usa-03390.jpg) |
![](../gallery/usa/mediums/usa-03242.jpg) |
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With eyes as
black as coal
they look down in my soul
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![](../gallery/usa/mediums/usa-03323.jpg) |
![](../gallery/usa/mediums/usa-03507.jpg) |
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and start a fire there
and then I lose control |
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![](../gallery/usa/mediums/usa-01545.jpg) |
![](../gallery/usa/mediums/usa-00483.jpg) |
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I want to beg her pardon
I'm going to pick that rose
and watch her as she grows in my garden.
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