Your Daddy Loves You Gil Scott-Heron

Now sweet lil ol' brown eyed girl, hey, now Now that you're sleepin' I've got a confession to make Of secrets that I've been keepin' Me and your mama had some problems, A whole lotta things on our minds

Your Daddy Loves You (Live) (Bonus Track) Gil Scott-Heron

Now sweet lil ol' brown eyed girl, hey, now Now that you're sleepin' I've got a confession to make Of secrets that I've been keepin' Me and your mama had some problems, A whole lotta things on our minds

Pieces Of A Man Gil Scott-Heron

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 man I saw my daddy

The Other Side Gil Scott-Heron

Sometimes I'm just spinning my wheels, ain't no big deal Morning, there's another side Sometimes I feel like I'm just standing in place, ain't no real race Ain't no other side Life is like a circle and you

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

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

worthless if you run into patrols Hiding in the shadows, so scared you want to scream But you dare not make a sound if you want to hold on to your dreams Hold on Though it may not be a lot, you got to

Sign of the Ages Gil Scott-Heron

I know you think you're cool Lord if they bus your kids to school I know you think you're cool Just cause they bus your kids to school But you ain't got a thing to lose You just got the get out of

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

Brother Gil Scott-Heron

won't speak to her if she looks like hell, now will you brother Some of us been checking your act out kinda close And by now its looking kinda shaky The way you been rushin' people with your super black

No Knock Gil Scott-Heron

You explained it to me I must admit But just for the record you were talkin' shit Y'all rap about no knock bein' legislated For the people you've always hated In this hell hole you, we, call home No knock

Message To The Messengers Gil Scott-Heron

your game Or worse yet implying that you don't really know...

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

A Sign Of The Ages Gil Scott-Heron

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 all angry You

Get Out of the Ghetto Blues Gil Scott-Heron

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 all angry You

Plastic Pattern People Gil Scott-Heron

You may be plastic because you never meditate, about the bottom of glasses, The third side of your universe. Add on Alice Coltrane and her cosmic strains. Still no vocal on blue black horizons.

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

Free Will Gil Scott-Heron

Feeding rabbits bits of lettuce or cleaning out the cage He can give you more direction than you've ever known. Show you your bronzed baby shoes Now, my how you have grown!

Enough Gil Scott-Heron

you a piece of lead or pipe to end your worthless motherfucking exitence. imagine your nightmares of my sneaking into a vieled of satin bedroom and attacking your daughter, wife and mother at once ripping

Home Is Where The Hatred Is Gil Scott Heron

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 if I never, never went home again Stand as far away from me as you

Home Is Where The Hatred Is Gil Scott-Heron

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 if I never, never went home again Stand as far away from me as you

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

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 if I never, never went home again Stand as far away from me as you

Your Soul and Mine Gil Scott-Heron

creature ever known In a wilderness of heartbreak and a desert of despair Evil's carrion of justice shrieks a cry of naked terror He's taking babies from their momas and leaving grief beyond compare So if you

I'll Take Care of You Gil Scott-Heron

I know you've been hurt by someone else I can tell by the way you carry yourself But if you let me, here's what I'll do I'll take care of you I've loved and I lost the same as you So you see I know just

Don't Give Up Gil Scott-Heron

To bring me disappointment and teach me to fear it Obviously these are folks that just didn’t have no spirit Spirits say chorusDon’t give up (spirits say don’t give up) Yes it’s time to stop your fallin

Me and the Devil Gil Scott-Heron

Early this morning when you knocked upon my door upon my door An I say Hello Satan I believe its time to go Me and the Devil Walking side by side Walking side by side And I'm gonna see my woman 'til I

Me and the Devil (NYC Orchestral Version) Gil Scott-Heron

Early this morning when you knocked upon my door upon my door An I say Hello Satan I believe its time to go Me and the Devil Walking side by side Walking side by side And I'm gonna see my woman 'til I

Billy Green Is Dead Gil Scott-Heron

The government can't decide on bussin' or at least thats what they said Yea I heard you, when you told me You said, "Billy Green was dead" But let me tell you bout these hot-pants that this big legged

When You Are Who You Are Gil Scott-Heron

You always go out of your way to impress me Don't you know by now, ain't no need to impress me I'm impressed every time you smile When I feel like you mean to smile You can be so very beautiful When

Did You Hear What They Said Gil Scott-Heron

Did you hear what they said Did you hear what they said Did you hear what they said They said another brother's dead They said he's dead but he can't be buried They said he's dead but he can't be buried

B Movie Gil Scott-Heron

Controlling your resources we'll control your world. This country has been surprised by the way the world looks now. They don't know if they want to be Matt Dillon or Bob Dylan.

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

Or Down You Fall Gil Scott-Heron

stone I pretend I'm an iron man, yes Instead of flesh and bone The world is just a simple circle And it keeps on turning Yea, and it keeps on turning You've got to Go away, I can't stand to see your

The Vulture Gil Scott-Heron

So if you see the Vulture coming, Flying circles in your mind, Remember there is no escaping For he will follow close behind. Only promised me a battle, Battle for your soul and mine.

Running Gil Scott-Heron

there is no such place Because, if there was I would have found it by now Because it's easier to run Easier than staying and finding out you're the only onewho didn't run Because running will be the way your

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

Comment #1 Gil Scott-Heron

Poem here says, Comment #1 uh Comment #2 is dynamite but Comment #1 is the one we decided to use here this evening because it makes a comment if you listen closely on what is now being advertised in East

Is That Jazz? Gil Scott-Heron

Miles had a style that amazes and raises The spirits from deep in your soul. 'Trane struck a vein of laughter and pain Adventures the mind could explore.

Is That Jazz Gil Scott-Heron

Miles had a style that amazes and raises The spirits from deep in your soul. 'Trane struck a vein of laughter and pain Adventures the mind could explore.

Stupid Introlude (Feat. Gil Scott-Heron) Bobby Womack

Preacher is preaching How you should live Instead of teaching With the love they give They ask for money In the name of the Lord And they line their pockets keep coming back for more Dragging you down

Certain Things (Interlude) Gil Scott-Heron

Certain bad things did happen Make you realize that you been here A lot longer than a whole bunch of people thought you would

I'm New Here Gil Scott-Heron

I did not become someone different That I did not want to be But I'm new here Will you show me around No matter how far wrong you've gone You can always turn around Met a woman in a bar Told her I was

Winter In America Gil Scott-Heron

America Yes and all of the healers have been killed Or sent away, yeah But the people know, the people know It's winter Winter in America And ain't nobody fighting 'Cause nobody knows what to save Save your

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

Yes and all of the healers have been killed Or sent away, yeah But the people know, the people know It's winter Winter in America And ain't nobody fighting 'Cause nobody knows what to save Save your

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

Yes and all of the healers have been killed Or sent away, yeah But the people know, the people know It's winter Winter in America And ain't nobody fighting 'Cause nobody knows what to save Save your

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

Yes and all of the healers have been killed Or sent away, yeah But the people know, the people know It's winter Winter in America And ain't nobody fighting 'Cause nobody knows what to save Save your

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

Grandma's Hands Gil Scott-Heron

Grandma's hands clapped to church on Sunday mornings Grandma's hands played the tambourine so well Grandma's hands used to issue out a warning She say, Scotty why you run so fast, Might fall on

Blue Collar Gil Scott-Heron

been down in Pennsylvania Where I was working in the mine And I been down in Cincinnati They laid me off the assembly line Yeah, they got me looking everywhere But I ain't too proud of what I found And you

Work For Peace Gil Scott-Heron

The only thing wrong with Peace, is that you can't make no money from it.