Born Dead 创作者：
J.b. Lenoir

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调：F major

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Lord why was
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I born in Mississippi,
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When it's so hard to get ahead
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Why was I born in Mississippi,
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When it's so hard to get
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ahead
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Every black child born in Mississippi
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You know the poor child is born dead
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When he came

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into the world
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The doctor spank him, the
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black baby cry
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When he came into the world
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The doctor spank him, the
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black baby cry
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Everybody thought he had a life
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And that's why the black
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baby died
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He will never speak his lan guage
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The poor baby will never
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speak his mind
Lord he will never speak his
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language
The poor baby will never
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speak his mind
The poor child will never
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know his mind
Why in the world he's so poor
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Lord why was I born in Mississippi
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When it's so hard to get ahead
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Lord why was I born
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in Mississippi
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When it's so hard to get ahead
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Every black child born in Mississippi
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You know the poor child was born dead