Buuxi weedhan soo socota: "Warqad aan u qorayo Gabadhayda" waa buuggii saddexaad ee Maya Angelou. Waxay daabacday dhowr mug oo gabayo ah, oo ay ku jiraan "Just Give Me a Cool Drink of Water 'before I Diiie" (1971), oo loo magacaabay Abaalmarinta Pulitzer. Waxay tiriyey gabaygeedii ahaa, "On the Pulse of Morning",
caleemo saarka madaxweyne Bill Clinton sanadkii 1993, taas oo ka dhigaysa gabayaaga ugu horeeyay ee sameeya khudbad caleemo saarka tan iyo Robert Frost ee caleemo saarka John F. Kennedy sanadkii 1961. Sanadkii 2009, markii "Letter" la daabacay, Angelou waxay daabacday lix ka mid ah todobadii qaybood ee taxanaha taariikh nololeedkeeda. Taariikh nololeedkeedii lixaad, "Hees lagu soo tuuray Jannada" (2002), waxaa loo tixgeliyey inay tahay taariikh nololeedkeedii ugu dambeeyay ilaa ay daabacday taariikh nololeedkeedii toddobaad, "Mom & Me & Mom", sanadkii 2013, iyadoo ay da'deedu ahayd 85.