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"Mississippi Goddam" Videos
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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 everyday'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 bet you thought I was kiddin'
Picket lines, school boy cots
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!
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Đăng lời dịchAlbums has song "Mississippi Goddam"
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- My Baby Just Cares For Me 2003
- Do What You Gotta Do 2003
- Here Comes The Sun 2003
- Funkier Than a Mosquito's Tweeter 2003
- Mississippi Goddam 2003
- Do I Move You 2003
- See - Line Woman 2003
- Just Like a Woman 2003
- Other Woman 2003
- To Be Young, Gifted & Black 2003
- Strange Fruit 2003
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- I Loves You Porgy 2003
Black Swan
2011 20 songs
- I Want a Little Sugar in My Bowl 2003
- Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood 2003
- My Baby Just Cares For Me 2003
- Love Me or Leave Me 2008
- Ain't Got No 2003
- Do What You Gotta Do 2003
- After You've Gone 2011
- Mississippi Goddam 2003
- See - Line Woman 2003
- Wild is The Wind 2005
- Young, Gifted & Black 2011
- Gin House Blues 2011
- You Can Have Him 2008
- House of The Rising Sun 2011
- Summertime 2010
- Ain't No Use 2011
- You Took My Teeth 2011
- I Sing Just To Know That I'm Alive 2011
- No Opportunity Necessary, No Experience Needed 2008
- I Loves Your Porgy 2011
Anthology
2003 20 songs
- I Put a Spell on You 2003
- Ne Me Quitte Pas 2003
- Four Women 2003
- I Want a Little Sugar in My Bowl 2003
- Sinnerman 1 2003
- Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood 2003
- Black is The Color of My True Love's Hair 2003
- My Baby Just Cares For Me 2003
- Do What You Gotta Do 2003
- Here Comes The Sun 2003
- Funkier Than a Mosquito's Tweeter 2003
- Mississippi Goddam 2003
- Do I Move You 2003
- See - Line Woman 2003
- Just Like a Woman 2003
- Other Woman 2003
- To Be Young, Gifted & Black 2003
- Strange Fruit 2003
- Nobody Knows You when You're Down & Out 2003
- I Loves You Porgy 2003
Black Swan
2011 20 songs
- I Want a Little Sugar in My Bowl 2003
- Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood 2003
- My Baby Just Cares For Me 2003
- Love Me or Leave Me 2008
- Ain't Got No 2003
- Do What You Gotta Do 2003
- After You've Gone 2011
- Mississippi Goddam 2003
- See - Line Woman 2003
- Wild is The Wind 2005
- Young, Gifted & Black 2011
- Gin House Blues 2011
- You Can Have Him 2008
- House of The Rising Sun 2011
- Summertime 2010
- Ain't No Use 2011
- You Took My Teeth 2011
- I Sing Just To Know That I'm Alive 2011
- No Opportunity Necessary, No Experience Needed 2008
- I Loves Your Porgy 2011
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