LYRICS 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 ...
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