Mississippi Goddamn
Alabama's gotten me so upset
Tennessee made me lose my rest
And everybody knows about Mississippi Goddam
Alabama's gotten me so upset
The election 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
L Wallace made me lose my rest
And everybody knows about Mississippi Goddam
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 my very best
Stand up be counted with all the rest
For everybody knows about Mississippi Goddam
I made you thought I was kiddin'
Picket lines
School boy cots
They try to say it's a communist plot
But all I want is equality
for my sister my brother my people and me
Now you listen to 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
And you'd stop calling me Mama Sadie
Oh but this whole America is full of lies
We all gonna die and die like flies
I don't trust nobody 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!
Mississippi GoddamnLRC歌词
[00:03.15]Alabama's gotten me so upset
[00:07.15]Tennessee made me lose my rest
[00:09.93]And everybody knows about Mississippi Goddam
[00:17.10]Alabama's gotten me so upset
[00:21.14]The election made me lose my rest
[00:23.63]And everybody knows about Mississippi Goddam
[00:29.25]Can't you see it
[00:32.38]Can't you feel it
[00:34.00]It's all in the air
[00:36.57]I can't stand the pressure much longer
[00:40.07]Somebody say a prayer
[00:43.80]Alabama's gotten me so upset
[00:47.84]L Wallace made me lose my rest
[00:50.27]And everybody knows about Mississippi Goddam
[01:03.13]Hound dogs on my trail
[01:06.56]School children sitting in jail
[01:10.49]Black cat cross my path
[01:12.91]I think every day's gonna be my last
[01:19.46]Lord have mercy on this land of mine
[01:22.25]We all gonna get it in due time
[01:26.02]I don't belong here
[01:27.39]I don't belong there
[01:29.27]I've even stopped believing in prayer
[01:35.44]Don't tell me
[01:37.36]I tell you
[01:39.33]Me and my people just about due
[01:42.93]I've been there so I know
[01:45.66]They keep on saying "Go slow!"
[01:51.83]But that's just the trouble
[01:55.77]"do it slow"
[01:56.48]Washing the windows
[01:58.55]"do it slow"
[01:59.55]Picking the cotton
[02:00.42]"do it slow"
[02:02.54]You're just plain rotten
[02:04.59]"do it slow"
[02:05.56]You're too damn lazy
[02:07.82]"do it slow"
[02:08.48]The thinking's crazy
[02:11.01]"do it slow"
[02:12.02]Where am I going
[02:13.28]What am I doing
[02:14.54]I don't know
[02:19.20]I don't know
[02:19.37]Just try to do my very best
[02:21.95]Stand up be counted with all the rest
[02:25.38]For everybody knows about Mississippi Goddam
[02:38.86]I made you thought I was kiddin'
[02:53.57]Picket lines
[02:55.08]School boy cots
[02:56.69]They try to say it's a communist plot
[02:59.38]But all I want is equality
[03:02.26]for my sister my brother my people and me
[03:08.99]Now you listen to me, you lied to me all these years
[03:12.71]You told me to wash and clean my ears
[03:15.54]And talk real fine just like a lady
[03:19.04]And you'd stop calling me Mama Sadie
[03:25.05]Oh but this whole America is full of lies
[03:28.75]We all gonna die and die like flies
[03:32.59]I don't trust nobody any more
[03:36.25]You keep on saying "Go slow!"
[03:41.75]"Go slow!"
[03:41.64]But that's just the trouble
[03:43.45]"do it slow"
[03:45.07]Desegregation
[03:46.78]"do it slow"
[03:48.40]Mass participation
[03:49.82]"do it slow"
[03:51.89]Reunification
[03:53.61]"do it slow"
[03:55.07]Do things gradually
[03:57.04]"do it slow"
[03:57.95]But bring more tragedy
[03:59.82]"do it slow"
[04:00.93]Why don't you see it
[04:02.85]Why don't you feel it
[04:04.43]I don't know
[04:05.88]I don't know
[04:07.67]You don't have to live next to me
[04:10.60]Just give me my equality
[04:14.28]Everybody knows about Mississippi
[04:17.57]Everybody knows about Alabama
[04:20.35]Everybody knows about Mississippi Goddam
[04:29.55]That's it!