Mississippi Goddamn

Nina Simone’s angered lyrics in her song, “Mississippi Goddamn” are incredibly powerful. Without the subtlety of modern political music, the song speaks volumes of the racial injustice experienced in the 1960’s. She comes straight out and says “Alabama’s got me so upset, Tennessee made me lose my rest, and everybody knows about Mississippi goddamn” calling out individual states and their unjust laws. These lines are repeated several times throughout the song to emphasize the point. I also love the part of the song toward the end where she repeats “do it slow” following things like “desegregation” and “reunification” to emphasize the lack of effort put forward to write such wrongs