Phil Ochs was a folk singer who was of the Dem-Soc tendency, who was mostly popular in the 60s for his sick protest songs and absolutely slick wit, as well as his friendship and rivalry with Bob Dylan

Here's to the State of Mississippi is a rending assessment of the culture reared within Mississippi and all the hardship it's wrought on the people within it, especially marginalized people. It was followed up by "Here's to the State of Richard Nixon" which uses the same structure and theme expanded to the America that voted in Tricky Dick

I love this song because of how absolutely venemous and no holds barred it is, while remaining mournful and relatively tasteful about the tragedy of the subject