That giant was a fighter born and raised Mississippi born and raised On that canvas born and raised Dirty streets born and raised The people stood up to wave those white flags The devil had died, devil had died, the devil died Born and raised through the valley born and raised In the city born and raised Down south born and raised The people stood up and a cheer went through the air That devil had died, devil had died, the devil died Sharpened tongues fair painted divers Forearms rest in streams of silver Golden people pass in silence But it won't slip away That giant was a mountain of a man Walking trembles through the earth Like a riot in the streets tearin' Florence to the ground. The people stood up to wave those white flags The devil had died, devil had died, the devil died Born and raised in 65 born and raised In the streets born and raised Televised born and raised The people stood up and a cheer went through the air That devil had died, devil had died, the devil died Sharpened tongues fair painted divers Forearms rest in streams of silver Golden people pass in silence But it won't slip away That giant was a fighter born and raised Mississippi born and raised On that canvas born and raised Dirty streets born and raised The people stood up to wave those white flags The devil had died, devil had died, the devil died Born and raised In those gloves born and raised In them women born and raised In the mind born and raised The people stood up and a cheer went through the air That devil had died, devil had died, the devil died