Here's to the State of Mississippi
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Here's to the state of Mississippi
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For Underheath her borders, the devil draws no lines
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If you drag her muddy river, nameless bodies you will find
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whoa the fat trees of the forest have hid a thousand crimes
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the calender is lyin' when it reads the present time
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Whoa here's to the land you've torn out the heart of
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Mississippi find yourself another country to be part of
Here's to the people of Mississipp
Who say the folks up north, they just don't understan
And they tremble in their shadows at the thunder of the Kla
The sweating of their souls can't wash the blood from off their hand
They smile and shrug their shoulders at the murder of a ma
Oh, here's to the land you've torn out the heart o
Mississippi find yourself another country to be part o
Here's to the schools of Mississipp
Where they're teaching all the children that they don't have to car
All of rudiments of hatred are present everywher
And every single classroom is a factory of despai
There's nobody learning such a foreign word as fai
Oh, here's to the land you've torn out the heart o
Mississippi find yourself another country to be part o
Here's to the cops of Mississipp
They're chewing their tobacco as they lock the prison doo
Their bellies bounce inside them as they knock you to the floo
No they don't like taking prisoners in their private little wa
Behind their broken badges there are murderers and mor
Oh, here's to the land you've torn out the heart o
Mississippi find yourself another country to be part o
And, here's to the judges of Mississipp
Who wear the robe of honor as they crawl into the cour
They're guarding all the bastions with their phony legal for
Oh, justice is a stranger when the prisoners repor
When the black man stands accused the trial is always shor
Oh, here's to the land you've torn out the heart o
Mississippi find yourself another country to be part o
And here's to the government of Mississipp
In the swamp of their bureaucracy they're always bogging dow
And criminals are posing as the mayors of the town
They're hoping that no one sees the sights and hears the sound
And the speeches of the governor are the ravings of a clow
Oh, here's to the land you've torn out the heart o
Mississippi find yourself another country to be part o
And here's to the laws of Mississipp
Congressmen will gather in a circus of dela
While the Constitution is drowning in an ocean of deca
Unwed mothers should be sterilized, I've even heard them sa
Yes, corruption can be classic in the Mississippi wa
Oh, here's to the land you've torn out the heart o
Mississippi find yourself another country to be part o
And here's to the churches of Mississipp
Where the cross, once made of silver, now is caked with rus
And the Sunday morning sermons pander to their lus
The fallen face of Jesus is choking in the dus
Heaven only knows in which God they can trus
Oh, here's to the land you've torn out the heart o
Mississippi find yourself another country to be part of
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