Bicentennial Blues Gil Scott-Heron

Watergate The blues is grown But not the home The blues is grown But the country has not The blues remembers everything the country forgot It's a bicentennial year and the blues is celebrating a birthday

Bicentennial Blues (With Brian Jackson) Gil Scott-Heron

Watergate The blues is grown But not the home The blues is grown But the country has not The blues remembers everything the country forgot It's a bicentennial year and the blues is celebrating a birthday

H2O Gate Blues Gil Scott-Heron

This here is gonna be a blues number. But first I wanna do a little bit of background on the Blues And say what it is.

Sign of the Ages Gil Scott-Heron

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 the ghetto blues

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 al...

Blue Collar Gil Scott-Heron

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 place I ain't been down I was down in Kansas City Where even the blues

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...

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...

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 d...

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...

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. Charon brought his raft Fr...

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 al...

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...

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 Whe...

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...

Washington D.C. Gil Scott-Heron

Symbols of democracy, pinned up against the coastOuthouse of bureaucracy, surrounded by a moatCitizens of poverty are barely out of sightOverlords escape in the evening with people of the nightMorn...

Winter In America Gil Scott-Heron

"From the Indians who welcomed the pilgrimsAnd to the buffalo who once ruled the plainsLike the vultures circling beneath the dark cloudsLooking for the rainLooking for the rainJust like the cities...

Is That Jazz Gil Scott-Heron

Basie was never really commonplaceHe was always measures ahead.Ellington was more than number oneFor the music and things that he said.Bird was the word back when tenors were heardFrom Kansas right...

Three Miles Down Gil Scott-Heron

Here come the mine carsand it's damn near dawnAnother shift of men, some of them my friends, comin' onHard to imagine workin' in the minesCoal dust in your lungs, on your skin and on your mindI've ...

Angel Dust Gil Scott-Heron

He was groovin'And that was when he coulda swornThe room was movin'But that was only in his mindHe was sailin'He never really seemed to noticeVision failin''cause that was all part of the highSweat...

B Movie Gil Scott-Heron

Well, the first thing I want to say isMandate my ass!Because it seems as though we've been convinced that 26% of the registered voters, not even 26% of the American people, but 26% of the registere...

The Bottle Gil Scott-Heron

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

Did You Hear What They Said Gil Scott-Heron

Did you hear what they saidDid you hear what they saidDid you hear what they saidThey said another brother's deadThey said he's dead but he can't be buriedThey said he's dead but he can't be buried...

Better Days Ahead Gil Scott-Heron

And now it's timeTo gather all the things we need to flyTo better days aheadJust wave goodbyeWe've better things to do now, you and IIn better days aheadJust take my handYou're one I need to unders...

Pieces Of A Man Gil Scott-Heron

Jagged jigsaw piecesTossed about the roomI saw my grandma sweepingWith her old straw broomShe didn't know what she was doingShe could hardly understandThat she was really sweeping upPieces of a man...

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

Midnight near the border trying to cross the Rio GrandeRunnin' with coyotes to where the streets are paved with goldYou're diving underwater when you hear the helicoptersKnowing it's all been less ...

Home Is Where The Hatred Is Gil Scott Heron

A junkie walking through the twilightI'm on my way homeI left three days ago, but no one seems to know I'm goneHome is where the hatred isHome is filled with pain and itMight not be such a bad idea...

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

In my lifetime I've been in townswhere there was no freedom or future aroundI've been in places where you could not eator take a drink of water where ever you pleasedAnd now that I meet you in the ...

The Other Side Gil Scott-Heron

Sometimes I feel like I'm just wasting timeLooking for another sideSometime I feel like I'm losing my mind 'cause there ain'tNo other sideSometimes I'm just spinning my wheels, ain't no big dealMor...

Me and the Devil Gil Scott-Heron

Early this morningwhen you knockedupon my doorupon my doorAn I sayHello SatanI believe its time to goMe and the DevilWalking side by sideWalking side by sideAnd I'm gonna see my woman'til I get sat...

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

Early this morningwhen you knockedupon my doorupon my doorAn I sayHello SatanI believe its time to goMe and the DevilWalking side by sideWalking side by sideAnd I'm gonna see my woman'til I get sat...

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

I'm New Here Gil Scott-Heron

I did not become someone differentThat I did not want to beBut I'm new hereWill you show me aroundNo matter how far wrong you've goneYou can always turn aroundMet a woman in a barTold her I was har...

Your Soul and Mine Gil Scott-Heron

Standing in the ruinsOf another Black man's lifeor flying through the valleyseparating day and nightI am death, cried the VultureFor the people of the lightCharon brought his raftfrom the sea that ...

Parents (Interlude) Gil Scott-Heron

I believe that the spirits are your parentsAnd their parents and their parents and their parentsAnd they are in your bloodstreamAnd they run through your body constantlyBecause they want you to liv...

I'll Take Care of You Gil Scott-Heron

I know you've been hurt by someone elseI can tell by the way you carry yourselfBut if you let me, here's what I'll doI'll take care of youI've loved and I lost the same as youSo you see I know just...

Being Blessed (Interlude) Gil Scott-Heron

Being blessed is not just being able to float on air I'm saying if you gotta pay for Things that you've done wrong I gotta big bill comin' At the end of the day

Where Did the Night Go Gil Scott-Heron

Long ago the clock washed midnight awayBringing the dawnOh God, I must be dreamingTime to get up againAnd time to start up againPulling on my socks againShould have been asleepWhen I was sitting th...

I Was Guided (Interlude) Gil Scott-Heron

I was guided I was guided I was guided To get here To get here To get here

New York Is Killing Me Gil Scott-Heron

Yeah the doctors don't know, but New York was killing meBunch of doctors coming round, they don't knowThat New York is killing meYeah I need to go home and take it slow in Jackson, TennesseeLet me ...

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

Running Gil Scott-Heron

Because I always feel like runningNot away, because there is no such placeBecause, if there was I would have found it by nowBecause it's easier to runEasier than staying and finding out you're the ...

The Crutch Gil Scott-Heron

His eyes half closed revealed his world of nodA world of lonely men and no love, no godHis life of seeming nonchalance can't hideThe pain and fear that in his mind resideFrom dawn til dawn his body...

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

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

And so my life has been guidedAll the love I needed was providedAnd through my mothers sacrifices I saw where her life wentTo give more than birth to me, but life to meAnd this ain't one of the cli...

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

Ever feel kinda down and out, you don't know just what to doLivin' all of your days in darkness let the sun shine throughEver feel that somehow, somewhere, you've lost your wayAnd if you don't get ...

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 v...

Brother Gil Scott-Heron

We deal in too many externals, brotherAlways afro's, handshakes and dashikisNever can a man build a working structure for black capitalismAlways does the man read Mao or FanonI think I know you wou...

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 i...

Small Talk At 125th And Lenox Gil Scott-Heron

This is just like listeningto a conversation being held by the many people who congregate on one of the most popular blocksin the largest area of black AmericaDid you ever eat cornbread and black e...