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?

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

Don't Give Up Gil Scott-Heron

Ahh lovely day…… I never really thought of myself as a complex man, Or as someone who was really that hard to understand.

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.

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

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 are

Jose Campos Torres Gil Scott-Heron

brother Torres, common ancient bloodline brother Torres is dead I had said I wasn't going to write no more poems like this I had said I wasn't going to write no more words down about people kicking us when

Work For Peace Gil Scott-Heron

Back when Eisenhower was the President, Golf courses was where most of his time was spent.

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"?

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

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

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

B Movie Gil Scott-Heron

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

Where Did the Night Go Gil Scott-Heron

Long ago the clock washed midnight away Bringing the dawn Oh 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

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

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

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

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.

Comment #1 Gil Scott-Heron

The time is in the street you know. Us living as we do upside down. And the new word to have is revolution.

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

Message To The Messengers Gil Scott-Heron

The first sign is peace, tell all them gun totin' young brothas That the man is glad to see us out there killin' one another We raised too much hell when they was shootin' us down So they started poisoning

The New Deal Gil Scott-Heron

Like "All men are created equal." (No amendment needed here) I've contributed in every field including cotton From Sunset Strip to Washington Square. Back during the non-violent era.

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

Enough Gil Scott-Heron

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 smiling happy-fizzy

Spirits Past Gil Scott-Heron

It's getting to be the time of year When people once spoke of love and good cheer Peace on Earth and good will to all men And we all believed that there'd come a day When peace would be much more than

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

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!

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

Pieces Of A Man Gil Scott-Heron

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 greet the mailman And I heard the mailman say Now don't you

Gun Gil Scott-Heron

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.

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.

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.

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

Bicentennial Blues Gil Scott-Heron

partial accomplishments Over partial periods of time Halfway justice Halfway liberty Halfway equality It's a half-ass year And we would be silly in all our knowledge In all our self-righteous knowledge When

Bicentennial Blues (With Brian Jackson) Gil Scott-Heron

partial accomplishments Over partial periods of time Halfway justice Halfway liberty Halfway equality It's a half-ass year And we would be silly in all our knowledge In all our self-righteous knowledge When

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

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

Back Home (With Brian Jackson) Gil Scott-Heron

left our home and came looking But that was just another story they told I got to get back and see my people Someday and someway My old Uncle Henry don't believe in those airplanes Lord knows you

Angel Dust Gil Scott-Heron

He was groovin' And that was when 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

Is That Jazz? Gil Scott-Heron

Bird was the word back when tenors were heard From Kansas right up to the Prez And Billie was really the Queen of a scene That keeps echoing on in my head.

Is That Jazz Gil Scott-Heron

Bird was the word back when tenors were heard From Kansas right up to the Prez And Billie was really the Queen of a scene That keeps echoing on in my head.

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

contradicts the concepts Heard the rules but wouldn't accept In addition, 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

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

I've Been Me (Interlude) Gil Scott-Heron

If I hadn't been As eccentric As obnoxious As arrogant As aggressive As introspective As selfish I wouldn't be me I wouldn't be who I am

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

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

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