Mississippi Goddam Lyrics in English Nina Simone
Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Mississippi Goddam by Nina Simone from German to English.
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The name of this tune is Mississippi Goddamn
The name of this tune is Mississippi Goddamn
And I mean every word of it
And I mean every word of it
Alabama's gotten me so upset
Alabama's gotten me so upset
Tennessee made me lose my rest
Tennessee made me lose my rest
And everybody knows about Mississippi Goddam
And everyone knows about Mississippi Goddam
Alabama's gotten me so upset
Alabama's gotten me so upset
Tennessee made me lose my rest
Tennessee made me lose my rest
And everybody knows about Mississippi Goddam
And everyone knows about Mississippi Goddam
Can't you see it
Can't you see it
Can't you feel it
Can't you feel it
It's all in the air
It's all in the air
I can't stand the pressure much longer
I can't stand the pressure much longer
Somebody say a prayer
Someone say a prayer
Alabama's gotten me so upset
Alabama's gotten me so upset
Tennessee made me lose my rest
Tennessee made me lose my rest
And everybody knows about Mississippi Goddam
And everyone knows about Mississippi Goddam
This is a show tune
This is a show tune
But the show hasn't been written for it, yet
But the show hasn't been written for it, yet
Hound dogs on my trail
Hound dogs on my trail
School children sitting in jail
School children sitting in jail
Black cat cross my path
Black cat crosses my path
I think every day's gonna be my last
I think every day's gonna be my last
Lord have mercy on this land of mine
Lord have mercy on this land of mine
We all gonna get it in due time
We all gonna get it in due time
I don't belong here
I don't belong here
I don't belong there
I don't belong there
I've even stopped believing in prayer
I've even stopped believing in prayer
Don't tell me
Don't tell me
I tell you
I tell you
Me and my people just about due
Me and my people just about due
I've been there so I know
I've been there so I know
They keep on saying 'Go slow'
They keep on saying 'Go slow'
But that's just the trouble
But that's just the trouble
'Do it slow'
'Do it slowly'
Washing the windows
Washing the windows
'Do it slow'
'Do it slowly'
Picking the cotton
Picking the cotton
'Do it slow'
'Do it slowly'
You're just plain rotten
You're just plain rotten
'Do it slow'
'Do it slowly'
You're too damn lazy
You're too damn lazy
'Do it slow'
'Do it slowly'
The thinking's crazy
The thinking's crazy
'Do it slow'
'Do it slowly'
Where am I going?
Where am I going?
What am I doing?
What am I doing?
I don't know
I don't know
I don't know
I don't know
Just try to do your very best
Just try to do your very best
Stand up be counted with all the rest
Stand up be counted with all the rest
For everybody knows about Mississippi Goddam
For everyone knows about Mississippi Goddam
I bet you thought I was kiddin' didn't you
I bet you thought I was kiddin' didn't you
Picket lines
Picket lines
School boycotts
School boycotts
They try to say it's a communist plot
They try to say it's a communist plot
All I want is equality
All I want is equality
For my sister, my brother, my people, and me
For my sister, my brother, my people, and me
Yes, you lied to me all these years
Yes, you lied to me all these years
You told me to wash and clean my ears
You told me to wash and clean my ears
And talk real fine just like a lady
And talk really fine just like a lady
And you'd stop calling me Sister Sadie
And you'd stop calling me Sister Sadie
but this whole country is full of lies
but this whole country is full of lies
You're all gonna die and die like flies
You're all gonna die and die like flies
I don't trust you any more
I don't trust you any more
You keep on saying 'Go slow'
You keep on saying 'Go slow'
'Go slow'
'Go slow'
But that's just the trouble
But that's just the trouble
'Do it slow'
'Do it slowly'
Desegregation
Desegregation
'Do it slow'
'Do it slowly'
Mass participation
Mass participation
'Do it slow'
'Do it slowly'
Reunification
Reunification
'Do it slow'
'Do it slowly'
Do things gradually
Do things gradually
'Do it slow'
'Do it slowly'
But bring more tragedy
But bring more tragedy
'Do it slow'
'Do it slowly'
Why don't you see it?
Why don't you see it?
Why don't you feel it?
Why don't you feel it?
I don't know
I don't know
I don't know
I don't know
You don't have to live next to me
You don't have to live next to me
Just give me my equality
Just give me my equality
Everybody knows about Mississippi
Everybody knows about Mississippi
Everybody knows about Alabama
Everybody knows about Alabama
Everybody knows about Mississippi Goddam, that's it
Everybody knows about Mississippi Goddam, that's it
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