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I want a little sugar
in my bowl I want a little sweetness down in my soul I could stand some lovin' Oh so bad I feel so funny and I feel so sad I want a little steam on my clothes Maybe I can fix things up so they'll go Whatsa matter Daddy Come on, save my soul I need some sugar in my bowl I ain't foolin' I want some sugar in my bowl You been acting different I've been told Soothe me I want some sugar in my bowl I want some steam on my clothes Maybe I can fix things up so they'll go Whatsa matter Daddy Come on save my soul I want some sugar in my bowl I ain't foolin' I want some - yeah - in my bowl. |
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Ron Vander Groef, Jackie Alper, Nina Simone
Old Jim Crow Where you been baby Down Mississippi and back again Old Jim Crow don't you know It's all over now Old Jim Crow What's wrong with you It ain't your name It's the things you do Old Jim Crow don't you know It's all over now Old Jim Crow You've been around too long Gotta work the devil 'Til your dead and gone Old Jim Crow Yes, don't you know It's all over now It's all over now Old Jim Crow You know it's true When you hurt my brother You hurt me too Old Jim Crow don't you know It's all over now Old Jim Crow I thought I had you beat Now I see you walkin' And talkin' up and down my street Old Jim Crow don't you know It's all over now Old Jim Crow You've been around too long Gotta work the devil 'Til your dead and gone Old Jim Crow don't you know It's all over All over Oh Lord, it's all over All over It's all over It's all over It's all over now. |
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Alex Comfort, Nina Simone
Oh Daughter, dear Daughter, Take warning from me And don't you go marching With the N-A-A-C-P. For they'll rock you and roll you And shove you into bed. And if they steal your nuclear secret You'll wish you were dead. (refrain:) Singin too roo la, too roo la, too roo li ay. Singin too roo la, too roo la, too roo li ay. Oh Mother, dear Mother, No, I'm not afraid. For I'll go on that march And I'll return a virgin maid. With a brick in my handbag And a smile on my face And barbed wire in my underwear To shed off disgrace. (Refrain) One day they were marching. A young man came by With a beard on his cheek And a gleam in his eye. And before she had time To remember her brick... They were holding a sit-down On a nearby hay rig. (Refrain) For meeting is pleasure And parting is pain. And if I have a great concert Maybe I won't have to sing those folk songs again. Oh Mother, dear Mother I'm stiff and I'm sore From sleeping three nights On a hard classroom floor. (Refrain) One day at the briefing She'd heard a man say, "Go perfectly limp, And be carried away." So when this young man suggested It was time she was kissed, She remembered her brief And did not resist. (Refrain) Oh Mother, dear Mother, No need for distress, For the young man has left me His name and address. And if we win Tho' a baby there be, He won't have to march Like his da-da and me. |
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My skin is black
My arms are long My hair is woolly My back is strong Strong enough to take the pain inflicted again and again What do they call me My name is AUNT SARAH My name is Aunt Sarah My skin is yellow My hair is long Between two worlds I do belong My father was rich and white He forced my mother late one night What do they call me My name is SAFFRONIA My name is Saffronia My skin is tan My hair is fine My hips invite you my mouth like wine Whose little girl am I? Anyone who has money to buy What do they call me My name is SWEET THING My name is Sweet Thing My skin is brown my manner is tough I'll kill the first mother I see my life has been too rough I'm awfully bitter these days because my parents were slaves What do they call me My name is PEACHES |
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(1964) Nina Simone, Waring Cuney
She does not know Her beauty, She thinks her brown body Has no glory. If she could dance Naked, Under palm trees And see her image in the river She would know. But there are no palm trees On the street, And dishwater gives back no images. |
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Nina Simone
Come ye ye who would have peace Hear me what I say now I say come ye ye who would have peace It's time to learn how to pray I say come ye ye who have no fear What tomorrow brings child Start praying for a better world Or peace and all good things I say come ye ye who still have hope That we can still survive now Let's work together as we should And fight to stay alive I say come ye ye who would have love It's time to take a stand Don't mind abuse it must be paid For the love of your fellow man I say come ye come ye Who would have hope Who would have hope Who would have hope Who would have hope |
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Andy Stroud
Be my husband man I be your wife Be my husband man I be your wife Be my husband man I be your wife Loving all of you the rest of your life yeah If you promise me you'll be my man If you promise me you'll be my man If you promise me you'll be my man I will love you the best I can yeah Stick the promise man you made me Stick the promise man that you made me Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah Stick the promise man you made me That you stay away from Rosalie yeah Oh daddy love me good Oh daddy now love me good Oh daddy love me good Oh daddy now love me good If you want me to cook and sew If you want me to cook and sew If you want me to cook and sew yeah Outside of you there is no place to go Please don't treat me so doggone mean Please don't treat me so doggone mean Please don't treat me so now doggone mean yeah You're the meanest man I ever see Oh daddy now love me good Oh daddy love me good yeah Oh daddy love me good yeah Oh daddy now love me good --- Lyrics transcripted by Roger Nupie |
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Take me to the water
Take me to the water Take me to the water To be baptized None but the righteous None but the righteous None but the righteous Shall be saved So take me to the water Take me to the water Take me to the water To be, to be baptized I'm going back home, going back home Gonna stay here no longer I'm going back home, going back home To be baptized |
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If you love right, heaven belongs to you
If you love right, heaven belongs to you If you love right, heaven belongs to you Oh oh, heaven belongs to you If you sing right, heaven belongs to you If you sing right, heaven belongs to you If you sing right, heaven belongs to you Oh oh, heaven belongs to you If you act right, heaven belongs to you If you act right, heaven belongs to you If you act right, heaven belongs to you Oh oh, heaven belongs to you If you love right, heaven belongs to you If you love right, heaven belongs to you If you love right, heaven belongs to you Oh oh, heaven belongs to you If you sing right, heaven belongs to you If you play right, heaven belongs to you If you play right, heaven belongs to you Oh oh, heaven belongs to you If you love right, heaven belongs to you If you love right, heaven belongs to you If you love right, heaven belongs to you Oh oh, heaven belongs to you If you sing right, heaven belongs to you If you sing right, heaven belongs to you If you sing right, heaven belongs to you Oh oh, heaven belongs to you If you play right, heaven belongs to you If you play right, heaven belongs to you If you play right, heaven belongs to you Oh oh, heaven belongs to you |
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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 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 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! |
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