The poet herself is the first speaker. The second speaker is the actor Morgan Freeman.brWe Real CoolbrBy Gwendolyn BrooksbrTHE POOL PLAYERS. brSEVEN AT THE GOLDEN SHOVEL.brWe real cool. WebrLeft school. WebrLurk late. WebrStrike straight. WebrSing sin. WebrThin gin. WebrJazz June. WebrDie soon.brWe Real Cool, written in 1959, was published in the 1960 book titled The Bean Eaters, Brooks third collection of poems.