<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=390800" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>A Poem For Myself</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">I was born in Mississippi; <br>I walked barefooted thru the mud.<br>Born black in Mississippi, <br>Walked barefooted thru the mud.<br>But, when I reached the age of twelve<br>I left that place for good.<br>My daddy chopped cotton<br>And he drank his liquor straight.<br>Said my daddy chopped cotton<br>And he drank his liquor straight.<br>When I left that Sunday morning<br>He was leaning on the barnyard gate.<br>Left my mama standing<br>With the sun shining in her eyes.<br>Left her standing in the yard<br>With the sun shining in her eyes.<br>And I headed North<br>As straight as the Wild Goose Flies, <br>I been to Detroit & Chicago<br>Been to New York city too.<br>I been to Detroit & Chicago<br>Been to New York city too.<br>Said I done strolled all those funky avenues<br>I'm still the same old black boy with the same old blues.<br>Going back to Mississippi<br>This time to stay for good<br>Going back to Mississippi<br>This time to stay for good-<br>Gonna be free in Mississippi<br>Or dead in the Mississippi mud.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Etheridge+Knight">Etheridge Knight</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=390800" data-title="A Poem For Myself de Etheridge Knight" data-description="I was born in Mississippi; I walked barefooted thru the mud. Born black in Mississippi, Walked barefooted thru the mud. But, when I reached the age of twelve I left that place for good. My daddy chopped cotton And he drank his liquor straight. S..."></div> </div> </div>

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