NINA SIMONE - Mississippi Goddam lyrics
rate me(1963) nina simone<br><br>The name of this tune is mississippi goddam<br>And I mean every word of it<br><br>Alabama's gotten me so upset<br>Tennessee made me lose my rest<br>And everybody knows about mississippi goddam<br><br>Alabama's gotten me so upset<br>Tennessee made me lose my rest<br>And everybody knows about mississippi goddam<br><br>Can't you see it<br>Can't you feel it<br>It's all in the air<br>I can't stand the pressure much longer<br>Somebody say a prayer<br><br>Alabama's gotten me so upset<br>Tennessee made me lose my rest<br>And everybody knows about mississippi goddam<br><br>This is a show tune<br>But the show hasn't been written for it, yet<br><br>Hound dogs on my trail<br>School children sitting in jail<br>Black cat cross my path<br>I think every day's gonna be my last<br><br>Lord have mercy on this land of mine<br>We all gonna get it in due time<br>I don't belong here<br>I don't belong there<br>I've even stopped believing in prayer<br><br>Don't tell me<br>I tell you<br>Me and my people just about due<br>I've been there so I know<br>They keep on saying go slow!<br><br>But that's just the trouble<br>Do it slow<br>Washing the windows<br>Do it slow<br>Picking the cotton<br>Do it slow<br>You're just plain rotten<br>Do it slow<br>You're too damn lazy<br>Do it slow<br>The thinking's crazy<br>Do it slow<br>Where am I going<br>What am I doing<br>I don't know<br>I don't know<br><br>Just try to do your very best<br>Stand up be counted with all the rest<br>For everybody knows about mississippi goddam<br><br>I made you thought I was kiddin' didn't we<br><br>Picket lines<br>School boy cots<br>They try to say it's a communist plot<br>All I want is equality<br>For my sister my brother my people and me<br><br>Yes you lied to me all these years<br>You told me to wash and clean my ears<br>And talk real fine just like a lady<br>And you'd stop calling me sister sadie<br><br>Oh but this whole country is full of lies<br>You're all gonna die and die like flies<br>I don't trust you any more<br>You keep on saying go slow!<br>Go slow!<br><br>But that's just the trouble<br>Do it slow<br>Desegregation<br>Do it slow<br>Mass participation<br>Do it slow<br>Reunification<br>Do it slow<br>Do things gradually<br>Do it slow<br>But bring more tragedy<br>Do it slow<br>Why don't you see it<br>Why don't you feel it<br>I don't know<br>I don't know<br><br>You don't have to live next to me<br>Just give me my equality<br>Everybody knows about mississippi<br>Everybody knows about alabama<br>Everybody knows about mississippi goddam<br><br>That's it!
