Mississippi Goddam Lyrics - Anthology - Nina Simone

Lyrics to Mississippi Goddam! 

Nina Simone, 1963 

Mississippi Goddam (Nina Simone) 

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 

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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 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 

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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 made 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!