The Bottle (With Brian Jackson) Gil Scott-Heron

And don't you think it's a crime when time after time, people in the bottle. See that sista, sho wuz fine before she started drinkin' wine from the bottle.

Bicentennial Blues (With Brian Jackson) Gil Scott-Heron

snapped its fingers and tapped its feet right along with the blues folks But, the blues has always been totally American As American as apple pie As American as the blues As American as apple pie The

Back Home (With Brian Jackson) Gil Scott-Heron

"There's been a whole lot said about your city living They told us that the streets were paved with gold And some of us believed 'em, left our home and came looking But that was just another story they

Winter In America (With Brian Jackson) Gil Scott-Heron

"From the Indians who welcomed the pilgrims And to the buffalo who once ruled the plains Like the vultures circling beneath the dark clouds Looking for the rain Looking for the rain Just like the

Home Is Where The Hatred Is (With Brian Jackson) Gil Scott-Heron

"A junkie walking through the twilight I'm on my way home I left three days ago, but no one seems to know I'm gone Home is where the hatred is Home is filled with pain and it, Might not be such a

Save The Children (With Brian Jackson) (Live) (Bonus Track) Gil Scott-Heron

"If you're driving through the country on a lazy afternoon Or you're watching your children playin' after school They seem to be so unaware of I know I know The things that they soon have to take care

Ain't No Such Thing As Superman (With Brian Jackson) Gil Scott-Heron

You have understood The riddles of the ages Yes and you have understood The universal nine You have placed your footprints on The everlasting sands of time Yes so tell me why Can't you understand that

Winter In America (With Brian Jackson) (Solo Ver.) (Bonus Track) Gil Scott-Heron

"From the Indians who welcomed the pilgrims And to the buffalo who once ruled the plains Like the vultures circling beneath the dark clouds Looking for the rain Looking for the rain Just like the

The Bottle Gil Scott-Heron

And don't you think it's a crime when time after time, people in the bottle. See that sista, sho wuz fine before she started drinkin' wine from the bottle.

New York Is Killing Me Gil Scott-Heron

Yeah the doctors don't know, but New York was killing me Bunch of doctors coming round, they don't know That New York is killing me Yeah I need to go home and take it slow in Jackson, Tennessee Let me

H2O Gate Blues Gil Scott-Heron

And if you take these 3,000 and divide them by 6, you come up with 500. Meaning that there are at least 500 shades of The Blues. For example, there is... The "I ain't got me no money, blues".

Omen Gil Scott-Heron

A giant eye zapped across the screen, With tentacle type feeler type thin roots, Reaching for someone maybe me, With large black block letters, Chiseled into the white around the pupils screaming, R e

Whitey On The Moon Gil Scott-Heron

(with Whitey on the moon) Her face and arms began to swell. (and Whitey's on the moon) I can't pay no doctor bill. (but Whitey's on the moon) Ten years from now I'll be payin' still.

Comment #1 Gil Scott-Heron

Two long centuries buried in the musty vault, hosed down daily with a gagging perfume.

Plastic Pattern People Gil Scott-Heron

Glad to get high and see the slow motion world. Just to reach, and touch, the half notes floating. Worlds spinning orbit quicker than 9/8ths Dave Brubeck.

Alien (Hold On To Your Dreams) Gil Scott-Heron

Midnight near the border trying to cross the Rio Grande Runnin' with coyotes to where the streets are paved with gold You're diving underwater when you hear the helicopters Knowing it's all been less than

Better Days Ahead Gil Scott-Heron

And now it's time To gather all the things we need to fly To better days ahead Just wave goodbye We've better things to do now, you and I In better days ahead Just take my hand You're one I need to understand

Small Talk At 125th And Lenox Gil Scott-Heron

This is just like listening to a conversation being held by the many people who congregate on one of the most popular blocks in the largest area of black America Did you ever eat cornbread and black

The Other Side Gil Scott-Heron

other side Yeah, the opposite of new is old The opposite of young is old Seems like everything has got another side Yeah, but young ones want to be old ones Old ones know what they would do if they was

Home Is Where The Hatred Is Gil Scott-Heron

A junkie walking through the twilight I'm on my way home I left three days ago, but no one seems to know I'm gone Home is where the hatred is Home is filled with pain and it, Might not be such a bad idea

Home Is Where The Hatred Is Gil Scott Heron

A junkie walking through the twilight I'm on my way home I left three days ago, but no one seems to know I'm gone Home is where the hatred is Home is filled with pain and it Might not be such a bad idea

95 South (All of the Places We've Been) Gil Scott-Heron

middle of a mountain Well, I'm reaching out from within And all I can think of are chapters and scenes of all of the places we've been I'm not such an old man so don't get me wrong I'm the latest survivor

Is That Jazz? Gil Scott-Heron

Ellington was more than number one For the music and things that he said.

Is That Jazz Gil Scott-Heron

Ellington was more than number one For the music and things that he said.

Washington D.C. Gil Scott-Heron

Symbols of democracy, pinned up against the coast Outhouse of bureaucracy, surrounded by a moat Citizens of poverty are barely out of sight Overlords escape in the evening with people of the night Morning

The Revolution Will Not Be Televised Gil Scott-Heron

pushing that cart down the block on the dead run or trying to slide that color television into a stolen ambulance NBC will not be able to predict the winner at 8:32 or the count from 29 districts

Bicentennial Blues Gil Scott-Heron

snapped its fingers and tapped its feet right along with the blues folks But, the blues has always been totally American As American as apple pie As American as the blues As American as apple pie The

Brother Gil Scott-Heron

We deal in too many externals, brother Always afro's, handshakes and dashikis Never can a man build a working structure for black capitalism Always does the man read Mao or Fanon I think I know you would-be

On Coming from a Broken Home (Pt. 1) Gil Scott-Heron

from a broken home Sent to live with my grandma down south When my uncles was leaving And my grandfather had just left for heaven They said and as every ologist would certainly note I had no strong male

Parents (Interlude) Gil Scott-Heron

I believe that the spirits are your parents And their parents and their parents and their parents And they are in your bloodstream And they run through your body constantly Because they want you to live

Gun Gil Scott-Heron

Brother man nowadays livin' in the ghetto Where the dangers sure enough real. Well when he's out late at night, and if he's got his head on right, Well, I lay you 9 to 5 he's walking with steel.

A Sign Of The Ages Gil Scott-Heron

It's a sign of the ages Markings on my mind Men at the crossroads At odds with an angry scab There can be no salvation There can be no rest Until all old customs Are put to the test The gods are

Get Out of the Ghetto Blues Gil Scott-Heron

It's a sign of the ages Markings on my mind Men at the crossroads At odds with an angry scab There can be no salvation There can be no rest Until all old customs Are put to the test The gods are

Enough Gil Scott-Heron

it was not enough that we were bought and brought to this home as the slave, locked in the bowels of a floating shithouse, watching those we love eaten away by plauge and insanity, flesh falling like strips

Three Miles Down Gil Scott-Heron

Here come the mine cars and it's damn near dawn Another shift of men, some of them my friends, comin' on Hard to imagine workin' in the mines Coal dust in your lungs, on your skin and on your mind I've

B Movie Gil Scott-Heron

Come with us back to those inglorious days when heroes weren't zeros. Before fair was square.

Billy Green Is Dead Gil Scott-Heron

The economy is in an uproar The whole damn countries is in the red Taxi fares are going up You say, "Billy Green is dead"?

The Subject Was Faggots Gil Scott-Heron

The subject was faggots and the quote was "ain't nothin' happenin' but faggots and dope" Faggots and dope, faggots and faggots and faggots who line dot dot dot dot dot Like that, 34th street and 8th avenue

Jose Campos Torres Gil Scott-Heron

dogs are in the street The dogs are alive and the terror in our hearts has scarcely diminished It has scarcely brought us the comfort we suspected The recognition of our terror and the screaming release

Pieces Of A Man Gil Scott-Heron

Jagged jigsaw pieces Tossed about the room I saw my grandma sweeping With her old straw broom She didn't know what she was doing She could hardly understand That she was really sweeping up Pieces of a

The New Deal Gil Scott-Heron

I have believed in my convictions And have been convicted for my beliefs Conned by the constitution And harassed by the police.

Winter In America Gil Scott-Heron

"From the Indians who welcomed the pilgrims And to the buffalo who once ruled the plains Like the vultures circling beneath the dark clouds Looking for the rain Looking for the rain Just like the cities

Winter In America (Live) (Bonus Track) Gil Scott-Heron

"From the Indians who welcomed the pilgrims And to the buffalo who once ruled the plains Like the vultures circling beneath the dark clouds Looking for the rain Looking for the rain Just like the

Message To The Messengers Gil Scott-Heron

got plenty of know-how Remember if it wasn't for them, you wouldn't be out here now And I ain't comin' at you with no disrespect All I'm sayin' is that you damn well got to be correct Because if you're

On Coming from a Broken Home (Pt. 2) Gil Scott-Heron

And so my life has been guided All the love I needed was provided And through my mothers sacrifices I saw where her life went To give more than birth to me, but life to me And this ain't one of the cliches

Everyday Gil Scott-Heron

Mmmmm I can't seem to find the words to say (to say) I don't have strength to play the games you need to play (to play) Every day I seem to be running from the truth I ask myself questions but it just

Lady Day And John Coltrane Gil Scott-Heron

Ever feel kinda down and out, you don't know just what to do-- Livin' all of your days in darkness let the sun shine through-- Ever feel that somehow, somewhere, you've lost your way-- And if you don't

Lady Day & Jihn Coltrane (Original Mix) Gil Scott Heron

Ever feel kinda down and out, you don't know just what to do Livin' all of your days in darkness let the sun shine through Ever feel that somehow, somewhere, you've lost your way And if you don't get help

Paint It Black Gil Scott-Heron

Picture a man of nearly thirty Who seems twice as old with clothes torn and dirty Give him a job shining shoes Or cleaning out toilets with bus station crews Give him six children with nothing to eat Expose

Don't Give Up Gil Scott-Heron

spirits callin’ Yes it’s the spirits Can’t you hear iiiiiit Callin’ your name x 2 Yeah talkin’ bout spiriiiiiiiiiiits heh There are people whose lives are so far of the track That what they like best