I Ain't Leaving Mississippi

You know, someone came up to me the other day and said

"Hammer, they told me you had moved to Chicago"

I said, "What?"

Man, people always spreading rumors

But let me straighten the rumor

I ain't leaving Mississippi

Mississippi is my home

If you think I'm gonna leave Mississippi

You might as well leave me alone

Now I was born in the Delta

Not too far from Clarksdale

I was raised up on hogwash

Cornbread, and a ton of cream

I got my first piece of coochie

In the middle of a cotton field

I had my first corn whiskey

Drank from my granddad's still

And I ain't leaving Mississippi

Mississippi is my home

If you think I'm gonna leave Mississippi

You might as well leave me alone

Mississippi got some big booty women

In every corner of the state

They got some lovin' so good

You ain't gonna wanna wait

They specialize in big ole hips

And big ole thighs

They can put somethin' on you so good

A man can't help but to cry

And I ain't leavin' Mississippi

Mississippi is my home

If you think I'm gonna leave Mississippi

You might as well leave me alone

Some people say I'm stubborn (whoo-whoo-whoo)

But I don't care

You can do what you wanna do (whoo-whoo-whoo)

But I ain't going nowhere

I ain't leaving Mississippi

Mississippi is my home

If you think I'm gonna leave Mississippi

You might as well leave me alone

Now you can travel all over the world (whoo-whoo-whoo)

And have a whole lot of thrills

But if you ever come looking for me (whoo-whoo-whoo)

I'll be right down in these hills

I ain't leaving Mississippi

Mississippi is my home

If you think I'm gonna leave Mississippi

You might as well leave me alone

Now Mississippi got some valleys so low

They got some hills so high

They got some places in the Delta

You can hide from the FBI

Now Mississippi got some soul food

That'll make you smile

You ain't never had no soul food

Until you had a Mississippi style

And I ain't leaving Mississippi

Mississippi is my home

If you think I'm gonna leave Mississippi

You might as well leave me alone

Now if you're looking for some action

You can find it down in Jackson

If you want to plait some hair

You can go right down to Clarksdale

If you wanna party in a juke joint

Just come on down to Fry's Coins

And if you wanna have a ball

Go to Greenwood to any hole in the wall

And I ain't leaving Mississippi

Mississippi is my home

If you think I'm gonna leave Mississippi

You might as well leave me alone, oh yeah

Mississippi is my home, oh yeah

Leave Mississippi, you might as well leave me alone