Free Will Gil Scott-Heron

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.

Comment #1 Gil Scott-Heron

America was a bastard the illegitimate daughter of the mother country whose legs were then spread around the world and a rapist known as freedom, free doom.

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

H2O Gate Blues Gil Scott-Heron

Just how blind will America be? The world is on the edge of its seat Defeat on the horizon. very surprisin' That we all could see the plot and still could not... -- let me do that part again.

Running Gil Scott-Heron

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 only onewho didn't run Because running will

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

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.

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 will

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 will

B Movie Gil Scott-Heron

Natural resources and minerals will change your world. The Arabs used to be in the 3rd World. They have bought the 2nd World and put a firm down payment on the 1st one.

No Knock Gil Scott-Heron

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, the man will

Enough Gil Scott-Heron

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 party. your ancestors raped my foremothers and i will

Winter In America Gil Scott-Heron

the people know It's winter Winter in America And ain't nobody fighting 'Cause nobody knows what to save Save your soul, Lord knows From Winter in America The Constitution A noble piece of paper With free

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

know It's winter Winter in America And ain't nobody fighting 'Cause nobody knows what to save Save your soul, Lord knows From Winter in America The Constitution A noble piece of paper With free

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

know It's winter Winter in America And ain't nobody fighting 'Cause nobody knows what to save Save your soul, Lord knows From Winter in America The Constitution A noble piece of paper With free

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

know It's winter Winter in America And ain't nobody fighting 'Cause nobody knows what to save Save your soul, Lord knows From Winter in America The Constitution A noble piece of paper With free

The Crutch Gil Scott-Heron

sing cliches, the fool It's always easy to forcast other's doom The 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

Your Soul and Mine Gil Scott-Heron

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 escaping for he will

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.

A Sign Of The Ages Gil Scott-Heron

can't be answered You're always haunted by the past The world's full of children Who grew up too fast Yeah, but where can you run Since there ain't no world of your own And you know that no one will

Get Out of the Ghetto Blues Gil Scott-Heron

can't be answered You're always haunted by the past The world's full of children Who grew up too fast Yeah, but where can you run Since there ain't no world of your own And you know that no one will

Message To The Messengers Gil Scott-Heron

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 it wasn't gonna be televised We got respect for you rappers and the way they be free-weighin

Billy Green Is Dead Gil Scott-Heron

Billy took an overdose well now junkies will be junkies but did you see Gunsmoke last night?

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

after it seems like all you get is pain It seem to me that you have found the courage that others could not find You alone have the wisdom to take this world and make it what it need to be, want to be, will

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

Brother Gil Scott-Heron

talking about blowing the white man away That's now where it's at yet, brother Calling this man an Uncle Tom and telling this woman to get an afro But you won't speak to her if she looks like hell, now will

The Other Side Gil Scott-Heron

I don't want to know him I don't want to need him I don't want to feel it I don't want to know But I know, know know Hey, home So I say tomorrow Tomorrow I'm going home Tomorrow ain't coming Tomorrow will

Work For Peace Gil Scott-Heron

Peace is not the absence of war, it is the time when we will all bring ourselves closer to each other, closer to building a structure that is unique within ourselves because we have finally come to Peace

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

The Subject Was Faggots Gil Scott-Heron

The subject was faggotsand 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 dotLike that, 34th street and 8th a...

Plastic Pattern People Gil Scott-Heron

Glad to get high and see the slow motion world.Just to reach, and touch, the half notes floating.Worlds spinning orbit quicker than 9/8ths Dave Brubeck.We come now, frantically searching for Thomas...

Whitey On The Moon Gil Scott-Heron

A rat done bit my sister Nell. (with Whitey on the moon) Her face and arms began to swell. (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 ...

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...

Everyday Gil Scott-Heron

MmmmmI can't seem to find the words to say (to say)I don't have strength to play the gamesyou need to play (to play)Every day I seem to be running from the truthI ask myself questions but it just a...

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 it,Might not be such a bad ide...

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 ...

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...

Blue Collar Gil Scott-Heron

I been down in PennsylvaniaWhere I was working in the mineAnd I been down in CincinnatiThey laid me off the assembly lineYeah, they got me looking everywhereBut I ain't too proud of what I foundAnd...

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...

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...

The New Deal Gil Scott-Heron

I have believed in my convictions And have been convicted for my beliefsConned by the constitution And harassed by the police.I've been billed for the bill of rights And been treated like I was wro...