Yes, but the heat and the summer were there
And the freezing winter's cold
Now tell me,
Who'll pay reparations on my soul?
Call my brother a junkie cause he ain't got no job (no job, no job)
Told my old man to leave me when times got hard (so hard)
Told my mother she got to carry me all by herself
And now that I want to be a man (be a man) who can depend on no one else (oh yeah)
What about the red man
Who met you at the coast?
You never dig sharing,
Always had to have the most
And what about Mississippi,
The boundary of old?
Tell me,
Who'll pay reparations on my soul?
Many suggestions
And documents written
Many directions
Mississippi is probably the most racist state in Amerika, with a strong history of cruel lynchings and prominent racial injustices. 

Wholl Pay Reparations on My Soul?