Jb Lenoir Born Dead Lyrics

Born Dead Lyrics

Lord why was I born in Mississippi,

        when it's so hard to get
ahead

Why was I born in Mississippi,

        when it's so hard to
get ahead

Every black child born in Mississippi

        you know
the poor child is born dead



When he came into the world

    
   the doctor spank him, the black baby cry

When he came into the world

        the doctor spank him, the black baby cry

Everybody thought he
had a life

        and that's why the black baby died



He
will never speak his language

        the poor baby will never speak his
mind

Lord he will never speak his language

        the poor baby
will never speak his mind

The poor child will never know his mind

 
      why in the world he's so poor



Lord why was I born in
Mississippi

        when it's so hard to get ahead

Lord why was I
born in Mississippi

        when it's so hard to get ahead

Every
black child born in Mississippi

        you know the poor child was born
dead