Mississippi Goddam - Unedited version from original live concert

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Fuel up
 And, of course a couple of years ago
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 Four little girls were killed
 In Alabama
 And at that time we got the inspiration to do this song
 But Dr. King's murder has left me so numb
 I don't know where I'm at, really
 And of course you heard this song that was composed by Gene Taylor
 Especially for today
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 But I hope that between now and the end of the year
 It'll all be together enough
 That we will have songs that go down in history
 For these wonderful, brave people
 Who are no longer with us
 Alabama's gotten me so upset
 Tennessee made me lose my rest
 Everybody knows about Mississippi, goddam!
 Alabama's gotten me so upset
 Lurleen Wallace has made me lose my rest
 Everybody knows about Mississippi, goddam!
 Can't you see it?
 I know you can feel it
 It's all in the air
 I can't stand the pressure much longer
 Somebody say a prayer
 Alabama has got me so upset
 And Memphis has made me lose my rest
 Everybody knows about Mississippi, goddam!
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 Hound dogs on my trail
 Those 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
 'Cause I don't belong here
 I don't belong there
 I've even stopped believing in prayer
 Don't tell me, I'll tell you
 Me and my people, just about due
 I've been there, so I know
 You keep on saying, "Go slow"
 Well that's just the trouble (too slow)
 Washing the windows (too slow)
 Pickin' the cotton (too slow)
 Nothin' but rotten (too slow)
 Too damn lazy (too slow)
 Thinking's crazy (too 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
 'Cause everybody knows about Mississippi, goddam!
 Now, you heard him
 He's one of you
 If you have been moved at all
 And you know my songs at all
 For God's sakes, join me
 Don't sit back there
 The time is too late now, good God!
 You know? The king is dead, the king of love is dead
 I ain't 'bout to be nonviolent, honey!
 Ahaha, woah no
 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
 And I loved him because he believed it
 He lived by it
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 But 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 my mama Aunt Sadie
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 Can you hand me another?
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 But my country is full of lies
 We all gonna die, and die like flies
 'Cause I don't trust nobody anymore
 Keep on saying, "Go slow"
 That's just the trouble (too slow)
 Desegregation (too slow)
 Mass participation (too slow)
 Unification (too slow)
 Do things gradually (too slow)
 But bring more tragedy (too 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
 'Cause everybody knows about Mississippi
 Everybody knows about Alabama
 Everybody knows about Mississippi, goddam!
 That's it!
 

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Duration
06:52
Key
7
Tempo
145 BPM

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