NEW YORK (CONCEPT DE PARIS) (Feat. Gil Scott-Heron) JAY-Z

Yeah [Verse 1: JAY-Z] Yeah, I'm out that Brooklyn, now I'm down in Tribeca Right next to De Niro, but I'll be hood forever I'm the new Sinatra, and since I made it here I can make it anywhere, yeah, they

New York Is Killing Me Gil Scott-Heron

Yeah the doctors don't know, but New York was killing me Bunch of doctors coming round, they don't know That New York is killing me Yeah I need to go home and take it slow in Jackson, Tennessee Let me

Blue Collar Gil Scott-Heron

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 sell by the pound And I been down in New

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...

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

Jose Campos Torres Gil Scott-Heron

on home, life, family and philosophy, total It is beyond the question of the advantages of didactic niggerisms The motherfucking dogs are in the street In Houston maybe someone said Mexicans were the new

When You Are Who You Are Gil Scott-Heron

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 When you are who you are Every morning when you wake up you put on a new

NY Is Killing Me Gil Scott-Heron, Jamie XX

Yeah the doctors don't know, but New York was killing me Bunch of doctors coming round, they don't know That New York is killing me Yeah I need to go home and take it slow in Jackson, Tennessee Let me

Empire State Of Mind (Feat. Alicia Keys) Jay-Z

York Concrete jungle where dreams are made of There's nothing you can't do Now you're in New York These streets will make you feel brand new Big lights will inspire you Let's hear it for New York

Empire State Of Mind (Feat. Alicia Keys) JAY Z

New York New York New York I made you hot nigga Catch me at the X with OG at a Yankee game Shit I made the Yankee hat more famous than a Yankee can You should know I bleed blue but I ain\'t a crip

05 - Jay-Z - Empire State of Mind (Feat Jay-Z

Yeah, 예, Yeah, I\'m a up at Brooklyn, 예, 나 지금 블룩클린이야 Now I\'m down in Tribeca, 이젠 트리베카, Right next to De Niro, 드니로 바로 옆에 But I\'ll be hood forever, 그래도 난 평생 갱스터 I\'m the new Sinatra

Comment #1 Gil Scott-Heron

And the new word to have is revolution. People don't even want to hear the preacher spill or spiel because God's whole card has been thoroughly piqued.

Plastic Pattern People Gil Scott-Heron

But why would our new jazz age give us no more mind expanding puzzles? Enter John. Blow from under, always, and never, so that the morning, the sun, may scream of brain bending saxophones.

The Other Side Gil Scott-Heron

you started ain't no other side Yeah, but if life is like a curtain that I'm 90% certain that I'm looking through at something Yes, I'm almost touching something on the other side Yeah, the opposite of new

The Revolution Will Not Be Televised Gil Scott-Heron

The revolution will not be televised There will be no pictures of pigs shooting down brothers in the instant replay There will be no pictures of young being run out of Harlem a rail with a brand new

B Movie Gil Scott-Heron

To the new Captain Bly on the new ship of fools. 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

It seems that MacBeth, and not his lady, went mad We've let him eliminate the whole middle class The dollar's the only thing we can't inflate While the poor go on without a new minimum wage What really

Message To The Messengers Gil Scott-Heron

to be no investigation Or at least that's the way they're gon' play it on the local TV stations All your 9-millimeter brothas...give them somthin' to think about Tell them you heard that this is the new

Stupid Introlude (Feat. Gil Scott-Heron) Bobby Womack

Preacher is preachingHow you should liveInstead of teachingWith the love they giveThey ask for moneyIn the name of the LordAnd they line their pockets keep coming back for moreDragging you downChip...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 ...