Letra de Mississippi Goddam
The name of this tune is Mississippi Goddam And I mean every word of itAlabama's gotten me so upset Tennessee made me lose my rest And everybody knows about Mississippi GoddamAlabama's gotten me so upset Tennessee made me lose my rest And everybody knows about Mississippi GoddamCan't you see it Can't you feel it It's all in the airI 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 GoddamThis is a show tune But the show hasn't been written for it, yet Hound dogs on my trailSchool children sitting in jail Black cat cross my pathI 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 hereI don't belong there I've even stopped believing in prayer Don't tell me I tell you Me and my people just about dueI'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 GoddamI made you thought I was kiddin' Picket lines School boy cotsThey try to say it's a communist plotAll 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 ladyAnd 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 moreYou 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!