cuttin' heads
john mellencamp
pass christian mississippi
where the cane breaks are burnin' every night
and she was black and poppi was white
everything was rollin' great
'til some man called her race a disgrace
well poppi went down to the river
to defend the honor of his wife
gonna drown the man in the water
and the water was shiny like a new knife
but poppi stopped at the banks of the delta
he said this sure ain't worth this man's life
someday the wind of change
and put all of these jokers right
delta blues got 'em dazed and confused
'cause i connect the word with pain
now some smile when they scream the name?
funny how the times have changed
and the rhymes have changed
but some cat's frame remains the same
what gives? die n word die
if i use it and confuse it
can't stop 'til it gets enough
underlined in marketing campaigns
heard the n word promotes the bottom line
down by the river there's a great divide
don't call me nigga 'cause you know i don't like it like that
don't call me nigga 'cause you know i don't like it like that
don't call me nigga 'cause you know i don't like it like that
don't call me nigga 'cause you know i don't like it like that
don't set us back oh poppi
don't set us back now poppi