In the song, she identifies the state of Mississippi in particular due to it being the place where Medgar Evers was murdered in 1963. Perhaps with different means and different weapons, but just the same. 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.
Alabama's gotten me so upset Tennessee made me lose my rest And everybody knows about Mississippi Goddam. […] At first I tried to make myself a gun. Today Mississippi Goddam is remembered as one of the most notable protest songs of the civil rights movement.
The album was her first release for the Dutch label Philips Records and is indicative of the more political turn her recorded music took during this period. 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 ... "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" "Mississippi Goddam" is a song written and performed by American singer and pianist Nina Simone, who later announced the anthem to be her "first civil rights song" . Mississippi Goddam. “You don’t have to live next to me Just give me my equality” Racial discrimination is a problem of the present. It was released on her album Nina Simone in Concert in 1964. The United States has an entrenched history of racial discrimination and violence that is deeply rooted in its society and politics. With the Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump filling our tv screens and newspapers with racist remarks and comments, and as police violence towards black people keeps on claiming lives, Nina Simone’s outrage in 1964 “Mississippi Goddam” reflects that of many today. The album was based on recordings of three concerts she gave at Carnegie Hall in 1964. When I sat down the whole song happened. She also uses the term “do it slow” throughout the refrain. […]Ottimo articolo completo e con le giuste considerazioni. In other words, prior to the release of “Mississippi Goddam” in March of 1964, she was known for focusing on other, more-lighthearted content. Medgar Evers had been recently slain in Mississippi. Even though major steps have been made, there is still a long way to go, and more than ever, there is need for Simone’s outrage from people of all races, and not only black people.Yes, the resurgence of ignorant, malevolent & uninformed views that encourage division and mistrust, even hatred, among people of difference is a major concern. I don’t know how we beat this but I know that we must.I made you thought I was kiddin’Words In The Bucket is a team of global citizens with the common goal of raising awareness and information about issues related to human rights protection, social inclusion, development and environment.
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