2014/03/15: gil scott-heron - runnning

gil scott-heron - runnning



"
because i always feel like running
not away,
because there is no such place
because, if there was i would have found it by now
because it's easier to run,
easier than staying and finding out you're the only one...who didn't run
because running will be the way your life and mine will be described
as in "the long run"
or as in having given someone a "run for his money"
or as in "running out of time"
because running makes me look like everyone else,
though i hope there will ever be cause for that
because i will be running in the other direction,
not running for cover
because if i knew where cover was,
i would stay there and never have to run for it
not running for my life,
because i have to be running for something of more value to be running
and not in fear
because the thing i fear cannot be escaped,
eluded,
avoided,
hidden from,
protected from,
gotten away from,
not without showing the fear
as i see it now
because closer,
clearer,
no sir,
nearer
because of you
and because of that nice
that you quietly,
quickly
be causing
and because you're going to see me run soon
and because you're going to know why i'm running then
you'll know then
because i'm not going to tell you now
"

2014/03/14: gil scott-heron - i'm new here

gil scott-heron - i'm new here



"
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 hard to get to know
and near impossible to forget
she said i had an ego on me
the size of texas

well i'm new here and i forget
does that mean big or small

no matter how far wrong you've gone
you can always turn around

and i'm shedding plates like a snake
and it may be crazy but i'm
the closest thing i have
to a voice of reason

turn around, turn around, turn around
and you may come full circle
and be new here again
"