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Alabama's gotten me so upset |
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Tennessee made me lose my rest |
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And everybody knows about Mississippi Goddam |
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Alabama's gotten me so upset |
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The election made me lose my rest |
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And everybody knows about Mississippi Goddam |
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Can't you see it |
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Can't you feel it |
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It's all in the air |
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I can't stand the pressure much longer |
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Somebody say a prayer |
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Alabama's gotten me so upset |
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L Wallace made me lose my rest |
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And everybody knows about Mississippi Goddam |
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Hound dogs on my trail |
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School children sitting in jail |
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Black cat cross my path |
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I think every day's gonna be my last |
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Lord have mercy on this land of mine |
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We all gonna get it in due time |
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I don't belong here |
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I don't belong there |
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I've even stopped believing in prayer |
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Don't tell me |
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I tell you |
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Me and my people just about due |
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I've been there so I know |
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They keep on saying "Go slow!" |
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But that's just the trouble |
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"do it slow" |
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Washing the windows |
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"do it slow" |
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Picking the cotton |
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"do it slow" |
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You're just plain rotten |
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"do it slow" |
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You're too damn lazy |
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"do it slow" |
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The thinking's crazy |
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"do it slow" |
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Where am I going |
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What am I doing |
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I don't know |
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I don't know |
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Just try to do my very best |
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Stand up be counted with all the rest |
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For everybody knows about Mississippi Goddam |
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I made you thought I was kiddin' |
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Picket lines |
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School boy cots |
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They try to say it's a communist plot |
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But all I want is equality |
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for my sister my brother my people and me |
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Now you listen to me, you lied to me all these years |
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You told me to wash and clean my ears |
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And talk real fine just like a lady |
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And you'd stop calling me Mama Sadie |
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Oh but this whole America is full of lies |
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We all gonna die and die like flies |
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I don't trust nobody any more |
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You keep on saying "Go slow!" |
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"Go slow!" |
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But that's just the trouble |
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"do it slow" |
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Desegregation |
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"do it slow" |
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Mass participation |
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"do it slow" |
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Reunification |
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"do it slow" |
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Do things gradually |
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"do it slow" |
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But bring more tragedy |
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"do it slow" |
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Why don't you see it |
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Why don't you feel it |
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I don't know |
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I don't know |
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You don't have to live next to me |
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Just give me my equality |
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Everybody knows about Mississippi |
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Everybody knows about Alabama |
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Everybody knows about Mississippi Goddam |
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That's it! |