Spirits Past Gil Scott-Heron

It's getting to be the time of yearWhen people once spoke of love and good cheerPeace on Earth and good will to all menAnd we all believed that there'd come a dayWhen peace would be much more than ...

Is That Jazz? Gil Scott-Heron

Miles had a style that amazes and raises The spirits from deep in your soul. 'Trane struck a vein of laughter and pain Adventures the mind could explore.

Is That Jazz Gil Scott-Heron

Miles had a style that amazes and raises The spirits from deep in your soul. 'Trane struck a vein of laughter and pain Adventures the mind could explore.

Don't Give Up Gil Scott-Heron

To bring me disappointment and teach me to fear it Obviously these are folks that just didn’t have no spirit Spirits say chorusDon’t give up (spirits say don’t give up) Yes it’s time to stop your fallin

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

Give Her A Call Gil Scott-Heron

Give Her a Call on the Spirits album, 1994.

A Sign Of The Ages Gil Scott-Heron

customs Are put to the test The gods are all angry You hear from the breeze As night slams like a hammer Yeah, and you drop to your knees The questions can't be answered You're always haunted by the past

Get Out of the Ghetto Blues Gil Scott-Heron

customs Are put to the test The gods are all angry You hear from the breeze As night slams like a hammer Yeah, and you drop to your knees The questions can't be answered You're always haunted by the past

Where Did the Night Go Gil Scott-Heron

turned the stack of records over and over So I wouldn't be up by myself Where did the night go Should go to sleep now And say fuck a job and money Because I spend it all on unlined paper and can't get past

Message To The Messengers Gil Scott-Heron

sayin' is that you damn well got to be correct Because if you're gonna be speakin' for a whole generation And you know enough to try and handle their education Make sure you know the real deal about past

Bicentennial Blues Gil Scott-Heron

bicentennial edition The blues view might amuse you But make no mistake, it's a bicentennial year A year of hysterical importance A year of historical importance Ripped off like donated moments from the past

Bicentennial Blues (With Brian Jackson) Gil Scott-Heron

bicentennial edition The blues view might amuse you But make no mistake, it's a bicentennial year A year of hysterical importance A year of historical importance Ripped off like donated moments from the past

B Movie Gil Scott-Heron

It was doubtlessly based on his chameleon performance of the past - as a liberal democrat as the head of the Studio Actor's Guild.

H2O Gate Blues Gil Scott-Heron

key to the whole charade Would be to run down all of the games they played: Remember Dita Beard and ITT, the slaughter of Attica, The C.I.A. in Chile knowing nothing about Allende at this time In the past

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 ...

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

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...