Give Her A Call Gil Scott-Heron

Give Her a Call on the Spirits album, 1994.

Plastic Pattern People Gil Scott-Heron

Up on suddenly, Charlie Mingus and our man Abdul Malik, to add bass, to a bottomless pit of insecurity.

Paint It Black Gil Scott-Heron

Picture a man of nearly thirty Who seems twice as old with clothes torn and dirty Give him a job shining shoes Or cleaning out toilets with bus station crews Give him six children with nothing to eat Expose

Billy Green Is Dead Gil Scott-Heron

man they had themselves a shootout and folks was dyin' left and right At the end when Matt was cornerd i had damn near give up hope What you? Why you keep on interrupting me?

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

Don't Give Up Gil Scott-Heron

Ahh lovely day…… I never really thought of myself as a complex man, Or as someone who was really that hard to understand.

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

And so my life has been guided All the love I needed was provided And through my mothers sacrifices I saw where her life went To give more than birth to me, but life to me And this ain't one of the cliches

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

figure right But lily Scott was absolutely not your mail order room service type cast black grandmother I was moved in with her temporarily, just until things were patched 'Til this was patched and 'til

Gun Gil Scott-Heron

Everybody got a pistol, everybody got a .45 And the philosophy seem to be, At least as near as I can see, When other folks give up theirs, I'll give up mine.

Enough Gil Scott-Heron

of bark from a termite-infested tree, bones rotting turning first to brittle ivory then to resin.

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.

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.

Did You Hear What They Said Gil Scott-Heron

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 his head a

Lady Day And John Coltrane Gil Scott-Heron

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 quick you won't make it through the day-- Could you call

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

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 quick you won't make it through the day Could you call

The Revolution Will Not Be Televised Gil Scott-Heron

bugle and leading a charge by John Mitchell, General Abrams and Spiro Agnew to eat hog moss confiscated from a Harlem sanctuary The revolution will not be televised The revolution will not be brought

Blue Collar Gil Scott-Heron

down 'Cause there ain't no place I ain't been down I was down in Kansas City Where even the blues sell by the pound And I been down in New York City, brother And that ain't no place to be down Yeah, I'm a-looking

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

Pieces Of A Man Gil Scott-Heron

Jagged jigsaw pieces Tossed about the room I saw my grandma sweeping With her old straw broom She didn't know what she was doing She could hardly understand That she was really sweeping up Pieces of a

Message To The Messengers Gil Scott-Heron

Hey, yeah, we the same brothas from a long time ago We was talkin' about 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

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

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

Angel Dust Gil Scott-Heron

They were standin' Ev'rybody in a circle, The whole family Listening to the preacher's words Sis was cryin' She alone held all the secrets 'bout his dyin' Tears fallin' to earth Maybe her fault He was

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

No Knock Gil Scott-Heron

You explained 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

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.

Everyday Gil Scott-Heron

from the truth I ask myself questions but it just ain't no use 'Cause it seems no matter, no matter, what I try to do I'm still loving and living, lying and losing Every day (Yeah, every day) I've got a

B Movie Gil Scott-Heron

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 registered voters form a mandate or a landslide. 21% voted for Skippy

Comment #1 Gil Scott-Heron

Harlem as the Rainbow Conspiracy a combination of the Students For A Democratic Society, the Black Panthers, and the Young Lords and this is my particular comment about that conspiracy, Comment #1.

The Other Side Gil Scott-Heron

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 place, ain't no real race Ain't no other side Life is like a

Jose Campos Torres Gil Scott-Heron

Orientals were the new niggers Maybe in Philadelphia and North Carolina they decided they didn't need no new niggers I had said I wasn't going to write no more poems like this But dogs are in the street It's a

Work For Peace Gil Scott-Heron

We're marching behind a commander in chief, who is standing under a spotlight shaking like a leaf. but the ship of state had landed on an economic reef, so we knew he was going to bring us messages of

Bicentennial Blues Gil Scott-Heron

bicentennial year and the blues is celebrating a birthday And it's a bicentennial blues America has got the blues and it's a bicentennial edition The blues view might amuse you But make no mistake, it's

Bicentennial Blues (With Brian Jackson) Gil Scott-Heron

bicentennial year and the blues is celebrating a birthday And it's a bicentennial blues America has got the blues and it's a bicentennial edition The blues view might amuse you But make no mistake, it's

Three Miles Down Gil Scott-Heron

your lungs, on your skin and on your mind I've listened to the speeches But it occured to me politicians don't understand The thoughts of isolation, ain't no sunshine underground It's like workin' in a

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.

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

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

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

riddles of the ages Yes and you have understood The universal nine You have placed your footprints on The everlasting sands of time Yes so tell me why Can't you understand that there ain't no such thing as a

Your Soul and Mine Gil Scott-Heron

the light Charon brought his raft from the sea that sails on souls And saw the scavenger departing taking warm hearts to the cold He knew the ghetto was the haven for the meanest creature ever known In a

The Vulture Gil Scott-Heron

In a wilderness of heartbreak And a desert of despair, Evil's clarion of justice Shrieks a cry of naked terror. Taking babies from their mamas And leaving grief beyond compare.

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

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

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

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 they

Winter In America Gil Scott-Heron

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 cities staggered on the coastline Living in a

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

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 cities staggered on the coastline Living in a

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

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 cities staggered on the coastline Living in a