Mississippi Goddamn-Nina Simone

[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!" [03:41.64]But that's just the trouble [03:41.75]"Go slow!" [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!