American - Poet | April 1, 1949 - May 27, 2011
Womenfolk raised me, and I was full-grown before I knew I came from a broken home.
Gil Scott-Heron
HomeBrokenMeKnewBeforeRaised
The revolution that takes place in your head, nobody will ever see that.
RevolutionPlaceNobodyWillSee
You see, revolution sounds like something that happens, like turning on the light switch, but actually it's moving a large obstacle, and a lot of folks' efforts to push it in one direction or the other have to combine.
LightMovingRevolutionDirection
I found my grandmother dead. It shook me up. I got up to make her breakfast, and I knew it was strange that she wasn't stirring. I went in to wake her, and she was laying in rigor mortis, and I'm done. I called next door, and the kid picked up the phone, and I was so wild, he dropped it.
BreakfastMeDoorPhoneDoneWild
Colour is not the issue in America; class is.
AmericaClassColourIssue
The way you get to know yourself is by the expressions on other people's faces, because that's the only thing that you can see, unless you carry a mirror about.
MirrorYourselfPeopleYouKnowWay
I was a piano player before I was a poet.
PianoPoetPlayerBefore
Music has the power to make me feel good like nothing else does. It gives me some peace for a while. Takes me back to who I really am.
GoodMusicPowerPeaceMeFeel Good
If you aren't having no fun, die, because you're running a worthless program, far as I'm concerned.
FunDieYouWorthlessBecauseFar
If someone comes to you and asks for help, and you can help them, you're supposed to help them. Why wouldn't you? You have been put in the position somehow to be able to help this person.
SomeoneHelpYouPersonWhyBeen
If you're supposed to be doing something, the spirits will come and help you. They have helped me out with lines I shouldn't have known, chords I shouldn't have known. Every once in a while I get lines from somewhere, and I think, I better write this down.
MeThinkBetterDoingHelpYou
I don't mind being criticized. I enjoy being criticized personally, not by rumor.
MindEnjoyBeingPersonallyRumor
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