J.B. Lenoir - Born Dead

J. B. Lenoir (March 5, 1929 April 29, 1967)

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

Category:

Music

Tags:

• JB
• Lenoir
• Born
• Dead
• Blues
• Folk

[LUCUX85]

i love you, your voice, your soul....forever i bless your holy music through your soul is expressed....i love you all who have felt the mystery of sorrow and happiness....and at least one time cryed, only for the simple fact of being and feelin'....hail you all, i fell myself one thing with you

[690rocket88]

more than i can take

[khripp1]

круто

[RaptureDreamIsOver]

Jebote... *__*

[05212528]

Thank you again for the video

I had not finished my review and I wanted to add that

He does it with the same spirit as that of its ascsendants African Americans when their songs were inspired by the cries and tears of their slave status.

French text translated by Google

[05212528]

Thank you for your video and text that I found your well designed.

I like the fact that in the 4th verse same as the first,

- It has added Lord early in the 3rd line

- It has replaced "born died" with "was stillborn"

JB LENOIR is a holy man to Himself explains to protest racial segregation against black people in Alabama and Mississippi whose civil rights were violated

[naditales]

que gran tema y que bien lo cantaba J B  lenoir...

[carlosamoram]

like vietnam blues....excelente

[xneilp]

beowulf says very cleverly wordery

[beowulf3075]

This touches the soul, if it doesn't you are not human.



[littlegreenliza]

This is the real stuff! Life just gets to be too much some times so God gave us music. We come and we go but the Blues will never die!