Lyrics by Gil Scott-Heron

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1. The Revolution Will Not Be Televised
2. Me And The Devil
3. We Almost Lost Detroit
4. Your Daddy Loves You
5. 17th Street
6. 1980
7. A Prayer For Everybody / To Be Free
8. A Sign of the Ages
9. A Very Precious Time
10. Ain't No Such Thing As Superman
11. Angel Dust
12. Angola, Louisiana
13. B Movie
14. Better Days Ahead
15. Billy Green Is Dead
16. Bottle
17. Brother
18. Combinations
19. Delta Man (Where I'm Comin' From)
20. Designer Love
21. Did You Hear What They Said?
22. Enough
23. Grandma's Hands
24. Gun
25. H2O Gate Blues
26. Hello Sunday! Hello Road!
27. Home Is Where the Hatred Is
28. I Think I'll Call It Morning
29. I'll Take Care of U
30. Is That Jazz?
31. It's Your World
32. Johannesburg
33. Jose Campos Torres
34. Lady Day and John Coltrane
35. Liberation Song (Red, Black and Green)
36. Lovely Day
37. Madison Avenue
38. Message to the Messengers
39. Morning Thoughts
40. Must Be Something
41. No Knock
42. Offering
43. Or Down You Fall
44. Pieces of a Man
45. Plastic Pattern People
46. Racetrack in France
47. Revolution (And Flashback)
48. Save the Children
49. Sex Education: Ghetto Style
50. Song For Bobby Smith
51. Storm Music
52. The Bottle
53. The Get Out Of The Ghetto Blues
54. The Klan
55. The Needle's Eye
56. The Prisoner
57. The Revolution Will No Be Televised
58. The Vulture
59. Three Miles Down
60. Waiting For the Axe to Fall
61. We Beg Your Pardon (Pardon Our Analysis)
62. When You Are Who You Are
63. Where Did The Night Go
64. Whitey On The Moon
65. Who'll Pay Reparations On My Soul?
66. Winter in America
67. Work For Peace

Gilbert Scott-Heron (April 1, 1949 – May 27, 2011) was an American jazz poet, singer, musician, and author known for his work as a spoken-word performer in the 1970s and 1980s. His collaborative efforts with musician Brian Jackson fused jazz, blues, and soul with lyrics relative to social and political issues of the time, delivered in both rapping and melismatic vocal styles. He referred to himself as a "bluesologist", his own term for "a scientist who is concerned with the origin of the blues". His poem "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised", delivered over a jazz-soul beat, is considered a major influence on hip hop music. Scott-Heron's music, most notably on the albums Pieces of a Man and Winter in America during the early 1970s, influenced and foreshadowed later African-American music genres, including hip hop and neo soul. His recording work received much critical acclaim, especially for "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised". AllMusic's John Bush called him "one of the most important progenitors of rap music", stating that "his aggressive, no-nonsense street poetry inspired a legion of intelligent rappers while his engaging songwriting skills placed him square in the R&B charts later in his career." Scott-Heron remained active until his death, and in 2010 released his first new album in 16 years, entitled I'm New Here. A memoir he had been working on for years up to the time of his death, The Last Holiday, was published posthumously in January 2012. Scott-Heron received a posthumous Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2012. He also is included in the exhibits at the National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC) that officially opened on September 24, 2016, on the National Mall, and in an NMAAHC publication, Dream a World Anew. In 2021, Scott-Heron was posthumously inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, as a recipient of the Early Influence Award.

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