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