Mississippi Goddam Lyrics - Nina Simone
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(1963) 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 for now! see ya' later
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 for now! see ya' later
Writer: SIMONE, NINA
Lyrics © Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.
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DL- That's the most racist thing I've ever heard | Reviewer: darjae | 12/19/12
Why would you come here to hear a classic song? And make that stupid ass comment. An entertainer who is trying to ensure that her people get what they deserve. There is no federal law that puts ghettos next to whites..... WTH are you talking about? I'm white, I have been for 45 years......never called someone a cracker before, but you sir are a CRACKER! Make sure you go to the dry cleaners to pick up your hood before the next meeting.
Song is a lie | Reviewer: DL | 12/11/12
The song says, "you don't have to live next to me". That's a lie. It's federal law that they put black ghettos in wherever we whites move to get away from them! We have to let them in our schools and watch them be destroyed. I thought the blacks were going to build their own infrastructure lol. They never have, anywhere in the world.
great | Reviewer: jeanise | 10/5/12
I came by here to just read the lyrics and see how still today the same thing, go slow, I hear Republicans say we are angry and things have gotten somuch better. they are better more oportunity but the way they handle Our President leaves me to wonder how better is it, when everything they are trying to do to revert all that we have won. Not only Mississippi but all over this land. especially in the middle of the map. why do you still hate us so?
JezikaihJones | Reviewer: Anonymous | 3/17/11
I believe you have one line wrong. I made you thought I was kiddin did't we should be I bet you thought I was kiddin' ya did't you. Nina was a very intelligent lady and would have never used such a line as that.
Actually, in my opinion | Reviewer: Anonymous | 2/22/10
That is one song that will keep on shining for decades to come.Nina Simone was a pure genius when it came to writing meaningful songs,especially regarding black Americans and their struggles.That song is pure art at it's finest.
:-P | Reviewer: Anonymous | 2/16/09
That is one song that will keep on shining for decades to come.Nina Simone was a pure genius when it came to writing meaningful songs,especially regarding black Americans and their struggles.That song is pure art at it's finest.
Mr Nakashona | Reviewer: Anonymous | 3/31/05
That is one song that will keep on shining for decades to come.Nina Simone was a pure genius when it came to writing meaningful songs,especially regarding black Americans and their struggles.
Mississippi Goddamn | Reviewer: Timothy | 3/31/05
That is one song that will keep on shining for decades to come.Nina Simone was a pure genius when it came to writing meaningful songs,especially regarding black Americans and their struggles.That song is pure art at it's finest.
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