anthony: some time ago something crawled, or slithered, or grew like a fungus. something that started small, got bigger, lurched like a swamp thing out of the mud and moist earth and humid nights of the delta. then, it took over the world. so next time some smart ass foreigner, horrified by our latest ham-fisted foreign policy blunder wonders out loud, what good is america? well, you can always pipe up that the blues, rock n roll, r&b, and soul all came out of this place one state mississippi. i took a walk through this beautiful world felt the cool rain on my shoulder found something good in this beautiful world i felt the rain getting colder sha la la la la sha la la la la la sha la la la la sha la la la la la la geno: right now we re in the middle of downtown jackson. farish street. anthony: it is a street with a lot of history. what did it used to be like back in the day? geno: the street was packed with folks. folks all over, they
day people fight to live. all too often they lose that battle. the magnificent, heartbreakingly beautiful country. music and food. any uniquely mexican darkly funny, deeply felt worldview. right down there. cuddled up beneath us, our brother from another mother. while it is beautiful. felt the cool rain noma show love. holy mother of santa muerta. please protect my stash of cocaine. let it not be interfered with by the cops. where the competition let any who would mess with me. be killed. my enemies destroyed. please forgive us our sins for they are many. so it s business . good i mean, is there are there more murders, particularly in article murders? commercial? droga already. barbara. he s there having last permissible. every day, mexico wakes up to count the dead. they are, after all, left out to be seen. often with a helpful note identifying who done what and generally speaking why. there is a language to the never ending violence coded message in the twists and marks of
This place one state mississippi. I took a walk through this beautiful world felt the cool rain on my shoulder found something good in this beautiful world i felt the rain getting colder sha la la la la sha la la la la la sha la la la la sha la la la la la la geno right now were in the middle of downtown jackson. Farish street. Anthony it is a street with a lot of history. What did it used to be like back in the day . Geno the street was packed with folks. Folks all over, they had their own restaurants, grocery stores, juke joints. I mean everything happened on farish street that happened in jackson for the africanamerican community. Anthony the state capital of jackson, mississippi, located along interstate highway 55, just outside whats known as the mississippi delta. Its the kind of place that makes you wonder why did they make it the capital. Until you grab hold of what used to be around here. Farish street used to be the hub of africanamerican life in the city. Its black commercia
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