Paint It Black Gil Scott-Heron

Picture a man of nearly thirtyWho seems twice as old with clothes torn and dirtyGive him a job shining shoesOr cleaning out toilets with bus station crewsGive him six children with nothing to eatEx...

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

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

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

The Bottle Gil Scott-Heron

See that black boy over there, runnin' scared his ol' man's in a bottle. He done quit his 9 to 5 he drink full time so now he's livin' in the bottle.

The Bottle (With Brian Jackson) Gil Scott-Heron

See that black boy over there, runnin' scared his ol' man's in a bottle. He done quit his 9 to 5 he drink full time so now he's livin' in the bottle.

The Subject Was Faggots Gil Scott-Heron

have come to ball faggots who were balling because they couldn't get their balls inside the faggot hall Balling, balling, ball-less faggots cutie cootie and snoodie faggots I mean you just had to dig it

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

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.

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

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

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 about black

Your Soul and Mine Gil Scott-Heron

Standing in the ruins Of another Black man's life or flying through the valley separating day and night I am death, cried the Vulture For the people of the light Charon brought his raft from the sea that

The Vulture Gil Scott-Heron

Standing in the ruins Of another Black man's life, Or flying through the valley He's separating day and night. I am death, cried the Vulture. For the people of the light.

The Revolution Will Not Be Televised Gil Scott-Heron

instant replay There will be no pictures of young being run out of Harlem a rail with a brand new process There will be no slow motion or still life of Roy Wilkens strolling through Watts in a red, black

The New Deal Gil Scott-Heron

But all black leaders who dared stand up Wuz in jail, in the courtroom or gone.

Bicentennial Blues Gil Scott-Heron

we sit back and laugh and mock the things that happen in our lives To accept anything less than the truth About this bicentennial year And the truth relates to 200 years of people and ideas getting by It

Bicentennial Blues (With Brian Jackson) Gil Scott-Heron

we sit back and laugh and mock the things that happen in our lives To accept anything less than the truth About this bicentennial year And the truth relates to 200 years of people and ideas getting by It

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

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 figure right But lily Scott

B Movie Gil Scott-Heron

That's the way it is. We used to be a producer very inflexible at that, and now we are consumers and, finding it difficult to understand. Natural resources and minerals will change your world.

H2O Gate Blues Gil Scott-Heron

But first I wanna do a little bit of background on the Blues And say what it is. Like, there are 6 cardinal colors And colors have always come to signify more than that particular shade.

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

When You Are Who You Are Gil Scott-Heron

time you smile When I feel like you mean to smile You can be so very beautiful When 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

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

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

There ain't no such thing as a superman You was on the Nile You went to see great Egypt fall It fell down to the ground Yes, and you was out there on the corner When being cool went blind Oh, you alone

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

Free Will Gil Scott-Heron

Ain't it nice to fly? You're waving as soft clouds go by, But Peace won't be still of its own free will. Say you want to go exploring, you got to find some truth.

Is That Jazz? Gil Scott-Heron

What it has will surely last but is that Jazz? Miles had a style that amazes and raises The spirits from deep in your soul.

Is That Jazz Gil Scott-Heron

What it has will surely last but is that Jazz? Miles had a style that amazes and raises The spirits from deep in your soul.

Jose Campos Torres Gil Scott-Heron

when we're down About racist dogs that attack us and drive us down, drag us down and beat us down But the dogs are in the street The dogs are alive and the terror in our hearts has scarcely diminished It

Don't Give Up Gil Scott-Heron

But it would hardly take a genius to realize That I’ve always been a lot too arrogant and a little too f$%kin’ wise That was a combination that made folks feel duty bound, To do whatever they could to

Spirits Past Gil Scott-Heron

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 will be They haven't confided in me And i don't think that everybody can wait 'til then It

Give Her A Call Gil Scott-Heron

my old man But I'm committed to the consequences Whether I stand or fall And when I get back to my life I think I'm gonna give her a call She's been waiting patiently For me to get myself together And it

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

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

Me and the Devil Gil Scott-Heron

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 get satisfied See See You don't see why Like you'a dog me 'round Now babe you know I ain't do it

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

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 get satisfied See See You don't see why Like you'a dog me 'round Now babe you know I ain't do it

Where Did the Night Go Gil Scott-Heron

last night Should've been asleep when I turned the stack of records over and over So I wouldn't be up by myself Where did the night go Should go to sleep now And say fuck a job and money Because I spend it

Or Down You Fall Gil Scott-Heron

Yea, I've got to keep on turning 'Til I fall down To the top of the mountain Inside a hollow stone I pretend I'm an iron man, yes Instead of flesh and bone The world is just a simple circle And it

Save The Children Gil Scott-Heron

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 of We got to do something yeah to save the children Soon it

Angel Dust Gil Scott-Heron

he coulda sworn The room was movin' But that was only in his mind He was sailin' He never really seemed to notice Vision failin' 'cause that was all part of the high Sweat was pourin' He couldn't take it

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

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 of We got to do something yeah to save the children Soon it

The Other Side Gil Scott-Heron

old ones Old ones know what they would do if they was young ones People ain't never really satisfied People ain't never satisfied If life is like a mirror then the nearer you get clearer You can see it

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

Knowing it's all been less than 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

Lady Day And John Coltrane Gil Scott-Heron

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 quick you won't make it

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

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 quick you won't make it

Three Miles Down Gil Scott-Heron

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 listened to the speeches But it

Sign of the Ages Gil Scott-Heron

you in the wash Lord knows he'll catch you in the rinse I know you think you're cool Just cause you shooting that stuff in your arm I seen you nodding Cause you shoot that stuff in your arm And it

Billy Green Is Dead Gil Scott-Heron

Check out whats inside your head Because it never seems to matter when it's Billy Green who's dead