Born Dead-J.B. Lenoir

[ti:Born Dead] [ar:J.B. Lenoir] [al:Down in Mississippi] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Born Dead - J.B. Lenoir [00:06.53]Lord why was I born in Mississippi [00:10.80] [00:12.95]When it's so hard to get ahead [00:18.44] [00:24.69]Why was I born in Mississippi [00:28.76] [00:31.20]When it's so hard to get ahead [00:35.47] [00:42.97]Every black child born in Mississippi [00:46.35] [00:49.68]You know the poor child is born dead [00:53.22] [01:01.46]When he came into the world [01:04.21] [01:07.90]The doctor spank him [01:09.65]The black baby cry [01:12.39] [01:19.58]When he came into the world [01:22.29] [01:25.95]The doctor spank him [01:27.75]The black baby cry [01:30.81] [01:37.16]Everybody thought he had a life [01:39.74] [01:43.68]And that's why the black baby died [01:47.54] [01:55.83]He will never speak his language [01:58.52] [02:02.00]The poor baby will never speak his mind [02:06.68] [02:13.97]Lord he will never speak his language [02:16.86] [02:20.16]The poor baby will never speak his mind [02:25.06] [02:31.19]The poor child will never know his mind [02:33.98] [02:37.88]Why in the world he's so poor [02:41.12] [02:48.90]Lord why was I born in Mississippi [02:53.53] [02:55.76]When it's so hard to get ahead [03:00.52] [03:07.35]Lord why was I born in Mississippi [03:10.89] [03:14.11]When it's so hard to get ahead [03:19.13] [03:26.38]Every black child born in Mississippi [03:29.66] [03:32.81]You know the poor child was born dead