Mississippi Goddam
Mississippi Goddam
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
If you know this song
You can join in with us
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!"
Well, that's just the trouble
"Too slow"
Washing the windows
"Too slow"
Picking the cotton
"Too slow"
You're just plain rotten
"Too slow"
Too damn lazy
"Too slow"
Thinking's crazy
"Too slow"
Where am I going
What am I doing
I don't know
I don't know
Just tryin' to do my very best
Stand up be counted with all the rest
Cause everybody knows about Mississippi Goddam
You afraid of that word?
Picket lines, school boy cots
They try to say it's a communist plot
All I want is equality
For my sisters, my brothers, my people and me
You lied to me all these years
You told me to wash and clean my ears
And talk real fine just like a lady
You'd stop calling me Sister Sadie
Oh but my country is full of lies
You're all gonna die and die like flies
Cause I don't trust you any more
You keep on saying "Go slow!"
That's just the trouble
Too slow
Desegregation
Too slow
Mass participation
Too slow
Reunification
Too slow
Do things gradually
Too slow
But bring more tragedy
Too slow
Why don't you feel it
Why don't you see it
I don't know
I don't know
You don't have to live next to me
Just give me my equality
Cause everybody knows about Mississippi
Everybody knows about Alabama
Everybody knows about Ronald Reagan
Everybody knows about Margareth Tatcher
Everybody knows about Ronald Reagan
Everybody knows about Jesse Jackson
Everybody knows about Michael Jackson
Everybody knows about
Everybody knows about Mississippi Goddam
Goddam
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
If you know this song
You can join in with us
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!"
Well, that's just the trouble
"Too slow"
Washing the windows
"Too slow"
Picking the cotton
"Too slow"
You're just plain rotten
"Too slow"
Too damn lazy
"Too slow"
Thinking's crazy
"Too slow"
Where am I going
What am I doing
I don't know
I don't know
Just tryin' to do my very best
Stand up be counted with all the rest
Cause everybody knows about Mississippi Goddam
You afraid of that word?
Picket lines, school boy cots
They try to say it's a communist plot
All I want is equality
For my sisters, my brothers, my people and me
You lied to me all these years
You told me to wash and clean my ears
And talk real fine just like a lady
You'd stop calling me Sister Sadie
Oh but my country is full of lies
You're all gonna die and die like flies
Cause I don't trust you any more
You keep on saying "Go slow!"
That's just the trouble
Too slow
Desegregation
Too slow
Mass participation
Too slow
Reunification
Too slow
Do things gradually
Too slow
But bring more tragedy
Too slow
Why don't you feel it
Why don't you see it
I don't know
I don't know
You don't have to live next to me
Just give me my equality
Cause everybody knows about Mississippi
Everybody knows about Alabama
Everybody knows about Ronald Reagan
Everybody knows about Margareth Tatcher
Everybody knows about Ronald Reagan
Everybody knows about Jesse Jackson
Everybody knows about Michael Jackson
Everybody knows about
Everybody knows about Mississippi Goddam
Goddam
Credits
Writer(s): Nina Simone
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