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[Verse 1: James Brown & (Other Man)

Come to the house and clean up

(What kind of Mississippi girls over anyway

Goddamn, that's one place I ain't never been)

Oh, goddamn, it's some fun in 'round there

(Yeah? That's one place I never been)

Shit, it's some 'round there

(Don't flip when you get there)

(And the thrill of all—)

And then I'm gon' tell you one goddamn thing

(I been standin' on the street, I been there all my life)

I'm gon' tell you one damn thing, Jack

Mississippi got just the prettier women

Than there is any goddamn where in the United States

(Let me see, yeah?)

Now goddamn it, you can believe that if you want

And brother, I've been around

(You been a lot of places?)

(I been there, but I don't know if it's too good)

I mean it

(If you ain't got time, you come here)

(Sure)

(I don't know if I'm gonna look 'em over)

It's okay

(Three minutes old, goddamn)

I got, I got a buddy, I got a buddy got three horses

And we go huntin'

Goddamn, we used to 'fore he got the damn horses

We'd get on his tractor, go down and

(On a tractor?)

Hell yeah

You can't walk out there among them damn snakes

Get on the horse, may not

Get on the tractor, may not see a snake

But hell, we ain't takin' no chance

We get on the tractor, the old Ford tractor

(But what about when you get out there?)

(You got to get off the damn thing to hunt, ain't you?)

Let the dogs run

(And you stay on the tractor?)

Yeah, and when he treed, we whack us a way to him

(Ain't that a bitch, I ain't never heard

About no goin' huntin' with a tractor)

(That's a, that's, that really is a new one)

We do it

(All them snakes around there)

(You told 'em, fucker)

Oh, it's

(Let the dog, boy)

Last year, last year, it was snakes badder last year

Than it was any year in history in the South

(You know what I'm sayin'?)

That's right

(Yeah?)

Goddamn right

Snakes was badder than any year in the history

And I ain't saw two

(When I was a kid, I used to go down south and hunt)

Now that's the truth, I ain't saw two goddamn snakes

[Verse 2: James Brown & (Other Man)

(Hey man, you know that "Black Snake Blues"?)

(You could put me in mind to that)

You know, you know, I used to play that "Black Snake Blues"

(Why don't you try it now, baby?)

Wait a minute

(Go ahead)

Wait, I don't even know how it sound now

Wait a minute

Mean black, black snake

That's been a hell of a time, boy

Oh, goddamn, can he remember that?

Now the man got you old as I am, huh?

(Could be)

Man, that "Black Snake Blues," I used to play that thing

(It's a mean black snake in my rider, my rider)

You know?

No, "Cross My Baby's Trail"

Ain't that the way that thing went?

(Somethin' like that)

(It's a mean black snake that—)

"Cross My Baby's Trail"

Hell yeah

Mean black snake

No, that would be a motherfuckin' real good one

If I could bring somethin' back with some rhythm to it

That "Black Snake" with rhythm, got

(You should make up your own blues about a snake, man)

(You know you can do it, you do it off the top of your head)

(Come on, let's get those snake blues now)

Can't think good as I used to

Wait a while, give me a little while, don't rush me

(Take your time, baby)

Damn

You know that is, I used to play that damn "Black Snake"

(I remember when I was a kid, I remember the song)

I used to play that to me

That, uh