Nina Simone (born Eunice Kathleen Waymon; February 21, 1933 — April 21, 2003) was an American singer, songwriter, pianist, arranger, and activist in the Civil Rights Movement. Her music spanned a broad range of musical styles including classical, jazz, blues, folk, R&B, gospel, and pop. Simone's... more
Nina Simone (born Eunice Kathleen Waymon; February 21, 1933 — April 21, 2003) was an American singer, songwriter, pianist, arranger, and activist in the Civil Rights Movement. Her music spanned a broad range of musical styles including classical, jazz, blues, folk, R&B, gospel, and pop. Simone's musical style fused gospel and pop with classical music, in particular Johann Sebastian Bach, and accompanied expressive, jazz-like singing in her contralto voice.
I was born black and poor and
Now everyone Owes me.
Whaaa Whaaaa
I bad mouth the nation that set me free
And now I'm pissed cuz I can't get work
Whaaaa Whaaaa
