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

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.

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.

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

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

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

chapters and scenes of all of the places we've been I'm not such an old man so don't get me wrong I'm the latest survivor of the constantly strong I've been to Mississippi and down city streets I've seen days

B Movie Gil Scott-Heron

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

Don't Give Up Gil Scott-Heron

“”And then I heard Chorus Ain’t no way overnight to turn your life around And this ain’t the conversation of someone that never falls back down But no matter how long you’ve been on trial With the days

Work For Peace Gil Scott-Heron

Watched Gorbachev slaughtering Lithuanians, We better warn the Amish, they may bomb the Pennsylvanians.

The Other Side Gil Scott-Heron

that they know What I should do with my life How I should run my life What should be happening with my life They're on the other side They're on the outside I'm on the inside Things always look so much better

The Revolution Will Not Be Televised Gil Scott-Heron

there will be no highlights on the eleven o'clock news and no pictures of hairy armed women liberationists and Jackie Onassis blowing her nose The theme song will not be written by Jim Webb, Francis Scott

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 ...

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 li...

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...

Billy Green Is Dead Gil Scott-Heron

The economy is in an uproarThe whole damn countries is in the redTaxi fares are going upYou say, "Billy Green is dead"?The government can't decide on bussin'or at least thats what they saidYea I he...

No Knock Gil Scott-Heron

You explained it to me I must admitBut just for the record you were talkin' shitY'all rap about no knock bein' legislatedFor the people you've always hatedIn this hell hole you, we, call homeNo kno...

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...

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...

H2O Gate Blues Gil Scott-Heron

Heh, don't wanna be involved in this one, huh?This here is gonna be a blues number.But first I wanna do a little bit of background on the BluesAnd say what it is.Like, there are 6 cardinal colorsAn...

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...

Jose Campos Torres Gil Scott-Heron

I had said I wasn't going to write no more poems like thisI had confessed to myself all along, tracer of life, poetry trendsThat awareness, consciousness, poems that screamed of pain and the origin...

Bicentennial Blues Gil Scott-Heron

Some people think that America invented the bluesAnd few people doubt that America is the home of the bluesAs the bluesicians have gone all over the world carrying the blues messageAnd the world ha...

Back Home (With Brian Jackson) Gil Scott-Heron

"There's been a whole lot said about your city living They told us that the streets were paved with gold And some of us believed 'em, left our home and came looking But that was just another story ...

Your Daddy Loves You Gil Scott-Heron

Now sweet lil ol' brown eyed girl, hey, nowNow that you're sleepin'I've got a confession to make Of secrets that I've been keepin'Me and your mama had some problems,A whole lotta things on our mind...

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

"From the Indians who welcomed the pilgrims And to the buffalo who once ruled the plains Like the vultures circling beneath the dark clouds Looking for the rain Looking for the rain Just like the ...

Your Daddy Loves You (Live) (Bonus Track) Gil Scott-Heron

Now sweet lil ol' brown eyed girl, hey, nowNow that you're sleepin'I've got a confession to make Of secrets that I've been keepin'Me and your mama had some problems,A whole lotta things on our mind...