Blues for a Mississippi Black Boy
A Poem by L.Knight about livin in Mississippi as a black boy and how difficult life was for the family. Brought to life with music by ME! It has LYRICS yay
Topper, chris adair
White man doin black mucic...not hip hop but Rhythm and Blues. Pure clean R&B music
Story behind the song
A Poem by L.Knight about livin in Mississippi as a black boy and how difficult life was for the family. Brought to life with music by ME!
Lyrics
I was born in Mississippi;
I walked barefooted thru the mud.
Born black in Mississippi,
Walked barefooted thru the mud.
But, when I reached the age of twelve
I left that place for good.
I’m going to Chicago, sorry that I can’t take you
Said, I’m going to Chitown, Laws, I can’t take you
Ain’t nothing in Chicago, Babe, that a monkey woman can do
My daddy he chopped cotton
And he drank his liquor straight
Said my daddy chopped cotton.
And he drank his liquor straight
When I left that Sunday morning
He was leaning on the barnyard gate.
I left my momma standing
With the sun shining in her eyes.
Left her standing in the yard
With the sun shining in her eyes.
And I headed North.
As straight as the Wild Goose flies
I been to Detroit & Chicago--
Been to New York city too
I been to Detroit & Chicago
Been to New York city too
Said I done strolled all those funky avenues
I'm still the same old black boy with the same old blues.
Tell all my mourners
To mourn in red--
Cause there ain’t no sense
In my being dead.
