Lyrics

They say a black woman got steel for a spine She'll carry your weight, she'll carry it fine She'll think of you 'fore she'll think of herself She don't mind not being on the mind of nobody else But I don't want to rescue you From the deep water washing over my neighbors, and Deep water I won't be your savior Won't give you my life to keep you alive You're gonna learn to swim or you will die tonight in Deep water, deep water Now it's been too many times I've been put in a place To have to wipe up a mess a white man made Like my grandmom, indeedy, and her mama did too So I'll be awful glad to get me clean of you Let the water do what water do In the deep water washing over my neighbors, and Deep water I won't be your savior Won't give you my life to keep you alive You're gonna learn to swim or you will die tonight in Deep water, deep water So when the water rises and the levees break If you're looking for me that's your last mistake I've packed my bag, I'm going up and gone I fare thee well, that water deepen as it come But I'll remember to say a prayer for you In the deep water washing over my neighbors, and Deep water I won't be your savior Won't give you my life to see you arise You're gonna learn to swim or you will drown tonight in Deep water, deep water Deep water, deep water Deep water, deep water