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

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

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

Message To The Messengers Gil Scott-Heron

Hey, yeah, we the same brothas from a long time ago We was talkin' about television and doin' it on the radio What we did was to help our generation realize They had to get out there and get busy cause

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

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

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

The Subject Was Faggots Gil Scott-Heron

Trying their best to see to see the misses and misery and miscellaneous misfits who attend the faggot ball faggots who have come to ball faggots who have come to ball faggots who were balling because they

Don't Give Up Gil Scott-Heron

To head off some of the things I might possibly say, And see if they couldn’t take some of my pride away.

When You Are Who You Are Gil Scott-Heron

you are who you are Every morning when you wake up you put on a new disguise How long did you long did you think it would take me to realize?

The Bottle Gil Scott-Heron

Said her ol' man committed a crime and he's doin' time, so now she's in the bottle. She's out there on the avenue, all by herself sho' needs help from the bottle.

The Bottle (With Brian Jackson) Gil Scott-Heron

Said her ol' man committed a crime and he's doin' time, so now she's in the bottle. She's out there on the avenue, all by herself sho' needs help from the bottle.

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

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

women being strong Cause hell if you're weak, you're gone But life courage determined to do more than just survive And too many homes have a missing woman or man Without the feeling of missing love Maybe they

Jose Campos Torres Gil Scott-Heron

I had said I wasn't going to write no more poems like this I had confessed to myself all along, tracer of life, poetry trends That awareness, consciousness, poems that screamed of pain and the origins

Save The Children 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

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

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

The Other Side Gil Scott-Heron

end up where you started If you end up where you started ain't no other side Yeah, but if life is like a curtain that I'm 90% certain that I'm looking through at something Yes, I'm almost touching something

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

women folk raised me In addition, I was full grown before I knew I came 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

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

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

Angel Dust Gil Scott-Heron

Angel DustPlease, children would you listen. Angel DustJust ain't where it's at. Angel DustYou won't remember what you're Missin', but down some dead end streets There ain't no turnin' back.

Work For Peace Gil Scott-Heron

So I never really listened to what the President said, Because in general I believed that the General was politically dead.

Where Did the Night Go Gil Scott-Heron

God, I must be dreaming Time to get up again And time to start up again Pulling on my socks again Should have been asleep When I was sitting there drinking beer And trying to start another letter to you

B Movie Gil Scott-Heron

In this year that we have now declared the year from Shogun to Reagan, I remember what I said about Reaganmeant it. Acted like an actorHollyweird. Acted like a liberal.

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

Blue Collar Gil Scott-Heron

I 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

H2O Gate Blues Gil Scott-Heron

That's where you apply somethin to a color, to express what you're trying to say. So, there are 6 cardinal colors: Yellow, Red, Orange, Green, Blue, and Purple. And there are 3,000 shades.

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.

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.

Spirits Past Gil Scott-Heron

and good will to all men And we all believed that there'd come a day When peace would be much more than "on it's way" Cause peace has been on it's way since I don't know when And the folks who decide what

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

Your Daddy Loves You Gil Scott-Heron

that I've been keepin' Me and your mama had some problems, A whole lotta things on our minds But lately, girl, we've been thinkin' that we were wastin' time Nearly all the time, and Your daddy loves you

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

that I've been keepin' Me and your mama had some problems, A whole lotta things on our minds But lately, girl, we've been thinkin' that we were wastin' time Nearly all the time, and Your daddy loves you

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

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

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

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

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

Enough Gil Scott-Heron

that we were chained to leg irons, black on black with a piss stained wall forced to heed nature's call through and inside of tattered rags that strained our privates, and evidently years of slavery did

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

The Crutch Gil Scott-Heron

savage beast that once so soothed his brain Has reared it's ugly head and staked it's claim Call Yama, His is one more soul That he will have to add to sorrows toll These men, still men, would be like you

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

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

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