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

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

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

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 there ain't no

Everyday Gil Scott-Heron

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 ain't no

Whitey On The Moon Gil Scott-Heron

(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. (while Whitey's on the moon) The man jus' upped my rent las' night.

Blue Collar Gil Scott-Heron

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 can't name where I ain't been down 'Cause there ain't no

The Revolution Will Not Be Televised Gil Scott-Heron

give your mouth sex appeal The revolution will not get rid of the nubs The revolution will not make you look five pounds thinner because The revolution will not be televised brother There will be no

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

The Crutch Gil Scott-Heron

His eyes half closed revealed his world of nod A world of lonely men and no love, no god His life of seeming nonchalance can't hide The pain and fear that in his mind reside From dawn til dawn his body

Back Home (With Brian Jackson) Gil Scott-Heron

get back and see my people Someday and someway I never thought I'd be lost and start searching for warmth and a smile I never thought I'd be running through the city streets like a newborn child No

The Other Side Gil Scott-Heron

Sometimes I feel like I'm just wasting time Looking for another side Sometime I feel like I'm losing my mind 'cause there ain't No other side Sometimes I'm just spinning my wheels, ain't no big deal Morning

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

Angel Dust Gil Scott-Heron

Angel DustYou won't remember what you're Missin', but down some dead end streets There ain't no turnin' back.

Enough Gil Scott-Heron

mother at once ripping open their bowels sexually like a wishbone. imagine that magnified a million times when you realize that the blinders have been stripped from my eyes and I realize that slavery was no

Grandma's Hands Gil Scott-Heron

He didn't throw no apple core. Grandma's hands, they keep on calling to me.

Spirits Past Gil Scott-Heron

I am still a child I know But it seems like we've lost much more than the time Cause the folks who decide what will be They haven't confided in me And I don't think that everybody can wait 'til then No

H2O Gate Blues Gil Scott-Heron

The "I ain't got me no money, blues". There is the "I ain't got me no woman, blues". There is the "I ain't got me no money AND I ain't got me no woman". which is the double blues.

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

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 Hold on Cause you know it's all you got No

Message To The Messengers Gil Scott-Heron

folks things, make sure you know what you're sayin' Older folks in our neighborhood 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

Small Talk At 125th And Lenox Gil Scott-Heron

Sunday to set things right Listen I seen Miss Blake after Willy yesterday She'd've killed anybody who got in her way Hey look I got a TV for a pound on the head And Jimmy Jean got the best Panamanian Red No

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

Running Gil Scott-Heron

Because I always feel like running Not away, because 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

Lady Day And John Coltrane Gil Scott-Heron

Plastic people with plastic minds are on their way to plastic homes-- No beginning there ain't no ending just on and on and on and on and on, it's All because they're so afraid to say that they're alone

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

Lady Day Could you call on John Coltrane Now ‘cause they'll They'll wash your troubles Your troubles your troubles Your troubles away Plastic people with plastic minds are on their way to plastic homes No

The New Deal Gil Scott-Heron

(No amendment needed here) I've contributed in every field including cotton From Sunset Strip to Washington Square. Back during the non-violent era. I was the only non-violent one.

Omen Gil Scott-Heron

Reaching for someone maybe me, With large black block letters, Chiseled into the white around the pupils screaming, R e v o l u t i o n, Revolution, And as the eye giant and green, Sort of oozed with no

Plastic Pattern People Gil Scott-Heron

Still no vocal on blue black horizons. Your plasticity is tested by a formless assault. The sun can answer questions in tune, to all your sacrifices.

Your Soul and Mine Gil Scott-Heron

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 see the Vulture coming flying circles in your mind Remember there is no

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.

I'll Take Care of You Gil Scott-Heron

here's what I'll do I'll take care of you You won't ever have to worry You won't ever have to whine For I'll be there beside you To dry your weeping eye So darling tell me that you'll be true There's no

Three Miles Down Gil Scott-Heron

to imagine workin' in the mines Coal dust in your lungs, on your skin and on your mind I've listened to the speeches But it occured to me politicians don't understand The thoughts of isolation, ain't no

Work For Peace Gil Scott-Heron

Americans no longer fight to keep their shores safe, Just to keep the jobs going in the arms making workplace.

The Subject Was Faggots Gil Scott-Heron

pectoral and balls and he err she or it prepared to enter the faggot ball but sitting on the corner digging all that I did as I did long long, black limousines and long flowin' evening gowns had there been no

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 (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

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

B Movie Gil Scott-Heron

But since John Wayne was no longer available, they settled for Ronald Reagan and it has placed us in a situation that we can only look at like a B movie.

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

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 are homes that are hurt But they are no

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

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

In my lifetime I've been in towns where there was no freedom or future around I've been in places where you could not eat or take a drink of water where ever you pleased And now that I meet you in the

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

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 said and as every ologist would certainly note I had no

Bicentennial Blues Gil Scott-Heron

forgot It's a bicentennial year and the blues is celebrating a birthday And it's a bicentennial blues America has got the blues and it's a bicentennial edition The blues view might amuse you But make no

Bicentennial Blues (With Brian Jackson) Gil Scott-Heron

forgot It's a bicentennial year and the blues is celebrating a birthday And it's a bicentennial blues America has got the blues and it's a bicentennial edition The blues view might amuse you But make no

Is That Jazz? Gil Scott-Heron

Basie was never really commonplace He was always measures ahead. Ellington was more than number one For the music and things that he said. Bird was the word back when tenors were heard From Ka...

Free Will Gil Scott-Heron

Find a shadow cast by rainbows There you'll meet the sage. 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...

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 ca...

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 ...

Or Down You Fall Gil Scott-Heron

I sail alone in my paper ship The seat is made of fire I ride my horse of nuts and bolts We're made to never tire The world is just a simple circle I've got to keep on turning Yea, I've got to keep...

Gun Gil Scott-Heron

Brother man nowadays livin' in the ghettoWhere 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.Brother...