You got old plantations
We got shotgun houses
You got sprawling verandas
We got a piece a front porch
You got beautiful gardens
We got cotton fields
You got Ole Miss Law School
We got Parchman Prison
You got Gulf Shore beaches
We got river banks
You got debutante balls
We got juke joints
You got bridge parties
We got dominoes and spades
You got mint juleps
We got homemade hooch
You got your grandmother’s china
We got paper plates
You see a proud history
We see a racist past
You don’t remember lynchings
We can’t forget
You got blacks
We got the blues