Winter In America Gil Scott-Heron

a nation that just can't stand much more Like the forest buried beneath the highway Never had a chance to grow Never had a chance to grow And now it's winter Winter in America Yes and all of the healers

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

a nation that just can't stand much more Like the forest buried beneath the highway Never had a chance to grow Never had a chance to grow And now it's winter Winter in America Yes and all of the

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

a nation that just can't stand much more Like the forest buried beneath the highway Never had a chance to grow Never had a chance to grow And now it's winter Winter in America Yes and all of the

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

a nation that just can't stand much more Like the forest buried beneath the highway Never had a chance to grow Never had a chance to grow And now it's winter Winter in America Yes and all of the

Bicentennial Blues Gil Scott-Heron

Some people think that America invented the blues And few people doubt that America is the home of the blues As the bluesicians have gone all over the world carrying the blues message And the world has

Bicentennial Blues (With Brian Jackson) Gil Scott-Heron

Some people think that America invented the blues And few people doubt that America is the home of the blues As the bluesicians have gone all over the world carrying the blues message And the world has

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.

H2O Gate Blues Gil Scott-Heron

The Ex-Second in Command in terms of this Country. (He GOT the blues.)*laughter* And the poem is called the "H2O G-A-T-E Blues".

B Movie Gil Scott-Heron

We're all actors in this I suppose. What has happened is that in the last 20 years, America has changed from a producer to a consumer.

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

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.

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

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

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 New Deal Gil Scott-Heron

I have believed in my convictions And have been convicted for my beliefs Conned by the constitution And harassed by the police.

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

Jose Campos Torres Gil Scott-Heron

along, tracer of life, poetry trends That awareness, consciousness, poems that screamed of pain and the origins of pain and death had blanketed my tablets And therefore, my friends, brothers, sisters, in-laws

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

Sign of the Ages Gil Scott-Heron

me you think you're cool Because you're gettin' two welfare checks Yea but you got ten years to lose (if they catch you) Just tryin' to fight that get out of the ghetto blues If he don't catch you in

Running Gil Scott-Heron

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 life and mine will be described As in

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.

The Revolution Will Not Be Televised Gil Scott-Heron

You will not be able to stay home brother you will not be able to plug in, turn on and drop out you will not be able to lose yourself on skag and skip skip out for beer during commercials Because the

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.

Paint It Black Gil Scott-Heron

shoes Or cleaning out toilets with bus station crews Give him six children with nothing to eat Expose them to life on a ghetto street Tie an old rag around his wife's head And have her pregnant and lying in

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

Grandma's Hands Gil Scott-Heron

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 a piece of glass, Might be snakes there in

Did You Hear What They Said Gil Scott-Heron

said he's dead but he can't be buried Come on, come on, come on, come on this can't be real Did you hear what they said Did you hear what they said Did you hear what they said They said, they shot him in

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

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

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

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

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

I want to make this a special tribute To a family that 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

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"?

Spirits Past Gil Scott-Heron

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 will be They haven't confided in

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

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 worthless if you run into patrols Hiding in

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

Message To The Messengers Gil Scott-Heron

busy cause it wasn't gonna be televised We got respect for you rappers and the way they be free-weighin' But if you're gon' be teachin' folks things, make sure you know what you're sayin' Older folks in

The Other Side Gil Scott-Heron

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, there's another side Sometimes I feel like I'm just standing in

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

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

Gun Gil Scott-Heron

Brother man nowadays livin' in the ghetto Where 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.

Me and the Devil Gil Scott-Heron

See See You don't see why Like you'a dog me 'round Now babe you know I ain't do it like that Say I Don't see why people dawging me around It must be that old old evil spirit that spirit drop me down in

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

See See You don't see why Like you'a dog me 'round Now babe you know I ain't do it like that Say I Don't see why people dawging me around It must be that old old evil spirit that spirit drop me down in

I'll Take Care of You Gil Scott-Heron

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 doubt in

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

Your Daddy Loves You Gil Scott-Heron

you Your daddy loves his girl Your daddy loves you Your daddy loves his girl, hey now Now sweet lil ol' chocolate girl Now that you're sleepin' I feel braver I've got a confession to make I'll sneak it in