This brother is like my Father and my Uncle. He's like a friend when your in need. He's just amazing. His music gets me through literally. I listen to his songs every single day. He lives on through me. Like everyday I play his music as I lay these tiles and carpet traveling the east cost working these hotels. It's almost like it's the 80's and he's still on tour. I'm only 32 and there was an old vet named Anthony Lambright from Martinsburg WV that put me on to his music when I was passing through and I've been listening to him ever since. Thank you Anthony.

The man was a Prophet. Been listening to his music and poetry for over 40 years. It's 2014 and it's Winter in America......still Walk in Beauty Gil. Thank you for sharing your brilliance and profound love with the World.

Listening with my Lil man, my son. 30 weeks, 5 days down. 9 weeks and 2 days to go! GROW STRONG my son! THIS is my HERO, I hope to be YOUR HERO and GIVE you your NEW BEGINNING !

One of America's greatest poets....living or dead. I've been listening to Gil since the 1970's. He hasn't made a bad record or a misstep in his long impressive career. His record THE OTHER SIDE (A take on his HOME IS WHERE THE HATREDT IS) makes me cry....every time....and I ain't no flower. Him....well into his sixties or nearly 70 telling us about addiction...from experience. Me, on the wromg side of 60, experienced...and addicted, hears the anguish in his voice and I am moved....to tears. Oh Gil, I hear you. always have. R.I.P. (rap in paradise) my friend....my teacher...my brother. Rest well, Someone here on KZfaq once wrote "we stand on your sholders Gil." I, for one , do not....I stand in your shadow Gil, in awe.

A Prophet. The inspiration of thought. The answer. The best of us personified. He loved us until he was broken. I miss him.

can't say this enough ,probably the most underrated artist ever!

I CAN NOT LISTEN TO THIS SONG WITHOUT CRYING........ IT'S DEEP

I love this song...It fills me up with every listen...."We want to be free yet we have no idea why we are struggling here faced with our every fear just to survive"....How real is that? God Bless Gil Scott Heron -Thank you for shining your light and illuminating the darkness with messages of hope, peace and prosparity.

What a poet! My personal all time favorite vocal poet. His album, Pieces of a Man, has got to go down as one of the top 100 greatest albums ever. If you are new to Gil Scott Heron, you need to explore all of his early work. This is a GIANT.

Listening to Gil and Brian Jackson brings back so many memories of growing up in the 70's! Their challenging the system and enlightening us to what was really happening in America was profound.

Glad I am not alone. Many of the other comments resonate with me. Gil touches something very deep in all of us. Over 40 years for me. And it's almost like hearing it anew. Thank you Gil.

This is as about as close to a musical prayer as I've ever heard of a song. This is theraputic and so deep. Makes me think of all that I haven't accomplished in life yet still time to be able to. I could listen to this to get up and go to bed just to carry towards another day

One of the most moving songs about freedom and the struggle for positive change. Tears in my eyes every time I hear this. x

This song and Gil's look of "desolation and dejection" BREAK MY HEART. I loved him and I love this song. RIP, my father, brother, son . . .

This blows my mind. It is so rich with truth. Brilliant!! A stone cold classic.R.I.P. my Brother Heron,

I have days where I listen to this over and over and over. The hope and longing of it. The weariness.

Great photography, captures the "essence" of life's stuggles, "pain", "hopes" "surrender" and final commitment..Beautiful work...

New black national anthem! Rise In Power Baba Gil! Big up Baba Brian Jackson on lead vocals!

My grandmother often said success was waking up every morning to the first minute of a brand new day. She said every morning is a new gift and a blessing

I'm 24 and glad I have a old soul....Gil makes you feel like you've known him before...The older you get the more you realize how messed up this world is...Pray we all find that freedom...

you can't help but get spiritual listening to this

Gil scott one of the most gifted and true artists of our times period

We want to be free!!! The living legend himself Brian Robert Jackson singing lead vocals. Respect due!! 👊🏾🖤🎼

This song is a healing to the mind and soul a reminder that there can always be new beginning

God bless the SOUL of a man..."Spirit's say don't give up"...the paradox of giver who never takes is that they give ALL (music)and sadly are given nothing in return except some adulation which is not a fair exchange in context...what a price to always pay for giving to enrich the souls of the rest of us.

A "time out"... A time to pull back..A time to get involved..A time to wonder and "watch"...We love you,Gil. Job well done! Rest now, "just a matter of "time"...💕

The world was too cruel for his sensibilities. For very creative people, sometimes the world is too much.

Gill we sorely miss u but you left us with songs that will inspire us forever!!! RIP Brother!!!!

This brother was an inspiration to our struggle for liberation. I did security for this bro. when he came to make a presentation in NY back in the 70s. he will always live in our thoughts and mind. miss you good brother.

This pic of Gil paints a picture of this song. Feelings.😶

Both Gil and Brian Jackson wrote this. Brian is singing the lead and Gil and( I think) Allan Barnes are singing back up...Brian also plays the flute solo. I love these guys. Brian is a sweet sweet soul who hasn't got his due...yet! Thanks for posting this. Respect

Praying that all of our children will grow up and be true children of God Favored, blessed and anointed Amen

RIP.... Was glad to have seen you perform once...

I come here since late 2009. In 2010 I attended one of Gill’s last concerts. I’ve lived in 8 countries since then. I got married and divorced. I’ve never stopped coming.

this track for me is so uplifting,everyday i live with a deep down depression and only through this kinda truth gives me a reason to keep going,thanksgil scott heron,to me you are a cool guy

Thank you for caring enough to post the lyrics to this song. Gil vocal is great. His harmonizing is great. The man is great. He was too revolutionary for the times when is early recordings came out, and "the system" gave him hell. I hope young and older people find their way to his recordings at some point in their lives. He spoke and sang to make the world a better place, but society fustrated his every attempt. It's is out of thanks that I listen to Gil.

Amazing. Saw him in 1982, I will never get enough and now he's BACK with the new cd. Stay with us this time Mr Heron! Respect

The memories that come with this song are enormous. As a young revolutionary, Gil's music inspired and uplifted me. His legacy continues. Thank you so much Gil. RIP because your work will continue to inspire us. Akilah

god be with you my friend.. you open up alot of avenue for all race of people with your music. peace and aloha

As a young revolutionary, Gil helped me to find my place. He left so many musical memories - I ain't even mad. Love you man.

Gil brings tears very real very haunting you are missed brother!!!!

Beautiful down to earth spirit inside out a real treasure

To inspire, express and explain the hope drivin desire of new begininngs, defines this song. Living in a generation impressed by Change, as success comes Mr.Heron keeps Hope alive...

“You never miss your water until the well runs dry”, it’s ironic that he left so so much work and content that this well will never run dry! He came here to do all that he has done and moved on, let’s embrace that. Rest In Peace wherever you are!

This is my favourite Gil track from an outstanding body of work - beautiful, elegiac, and uplifting. God bless you Gil and thanks.

I absolutely love all of this man's body of work. A true blue fan and follower from beginning to end. I have a selfmade poster on my wall, I wrote a poem "Ode to Gil Scott Heron". His soul lives in me where he is still alive and well. This song takes your heart to another place and time. Peace go with you brother.

I saw him a couple of times in Paris.. and I am still mesmerized, thank you so very much for your love, for your words and for your poetry, One Love!

PURE UNADULTERATED JOY, SADNESS, LOVE, LONGING AND HOPE!!!❤️❤️❤️

What's worse, there isn't anybody else to talk/sing to us like this for the rest of my life, at least. All of the various artists that defined our era are dying out, hell I might be next,but if I ain't I need someone like Gil to strengthen my failing spirit.

The most beautiful song, makes me cry and at the same time makes me stand proud and tall.

yo bread1111, i too first saw gil and the midnite band at livingston.i was a student at rutgers.i saw him every time he toured after that. ive always thought of this masterpiece as an anthem for african people all over the planet!!

This piece of music has been with me for so long and I always come back to it....

one regret I have is not ever having met Gil. but then he really was and is at the root of every human's Soul. Peace Gil, thanks for the vibe all these years and ever more.

I love you Gil, i love you for ever.

Cuts to the core. What an opportunity to be graced with such a uplifting song. The love drips from his every word.🖤

I love gil scott-Heron, always have and always will........... he is an originator not an imitator, the True Soul of a Poet, one who feels life deeply.

The last 4 minutes are without sound. Today this is wonderfull : Gil, we miss you.

Gil is a brother that got me through alot of difficult times mentally with his music, and this brother i truly love like jesus, my only existing hero.

Brother Bobby Bright, you have said everything that I feel about Gil. I have loved him and his music every since I first heard it when I was a little girl. I too listen to him every day as well, it is my ritual before going to sleep every night. I also feel that his spirit live on through me.

There are just not enough superbatives to describe the 1 and only Gil.There will never be another and frankly we don't need another.

I still have the towel he used to mop his brow at a concert in London in the 1990s. Too great to be forgotten.

Beautiful, awe-inspiring performance from GSH and his accompanying musicians. So spiritually inspiring. Wonderfully fearless arrangement and production. Wish I'd been there

Gil, I'll never forget our meetings....the inspiration of your songs and poetry...May the message live on!

I used to listen to this alone in my front room (7 siblings) aged 15 and wonder why it wasn’t played everywhere on the planet on a loop…GENIUS

This song ravages my soul. Brilliant.

Ich wage kaum zu atmen um keine Note zu verpassen. Dieser wunderbare Künstler hat mehr Herzen berührt und Gutes getan als alle heuchlerischen Moralapostel, die ihn zeitlebens zu zerbrechen versucht haben, zusammen. Eine Persönlichkeit, die andere auf dem Gewissen haben, die nicht ansatzweise soviel Charisma und Stimme haben/hatten - ein Opfer von Neidern. Ich schäme mich für sie.

Felt in my SOUL!

I adore this song and Ms. Heron. genius, rest in peace

So damn beautyful,...getting teardrops in my eyes & goosebumps !!!-Love it!!!

Haltingly Beautiful and so moving feel it in your soul

2:58 DAT GOT DAMN FLUTE CUTS STRAIGHT TO MY SOUL AND IT HURTS SOOO GOOOD!

i keep repeating..... it's only on vinyl i need this daily for my ride EVERY morning

Love, Love, Love, Gil Scott Herron's music...I am so grateful that I have his music to melt into...

Absolutely a beautiful song, soooo damn with emotions.

I'm speechless...Thank you, Gil

Eternal love...OK...kweli

Precious Composition!!! From the Heart through the Mind!!!!! This is actually the very soothing voice of Brian Jackson... They came in pairs..Two priceless Gems-GSH and BJ..

respects to late gil scott-heron. here brian jackson takes the lead with gil and alan barnes harmonising. classic midnight band.

Peace.. I work with Brian and we do a version of this track, he is definitely the lead on this. He is a really under appreciated singer.

beautiful song and lovely pic too

A true messaginger, this hit home years later, we could use a new beginning right now today. Trying to survive!

This is the first time I've ever heard this.......simply beautiful!!!!! I miss real music!

Gil Scott-Heron, Scrittore, poeta, musicista, militante politico e sociale, autore di inni immortali come "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised", antesignano del rap insieme ai coevi Last Poets e fautore di un sound sfuggevole a ogni definizione, misto di jazz-soul-funky-blues e spoken word

😂Revolutionary, freedom fighter, a voice crying as one in the wilderness. Along side che, mumia, malcolm, marley & othee revolutionaries, we salute you & brother brian. Thank you for the cause. for giving us a vision & a hope. Aluta contiuna. One love

Mmhmm, most definitely. It was on the phenomenal and artistic album From South Africa to South Carolina.

Gifted soul with a troubled mind.I hope he can put his drug habit behind him,lucky for us,that it doesn't merit his excellent plethora of music he has blessed us over the years with.

why cant this messages like this be perpetuated by new artists? the talent is definitely out there. the spoken word never goes out of style. too bad everyone is only concerned about getting paid. GSH had a message to deliver...we've been waiting what seems like forever....

I feel this joint deep down in my bones! fantastic music worth every bit to listen

@psyne000 ....It seems clear to me that this history is rich and overflows with the same dreams of a possible world today. Gils words continue to touch and inspire young minds yearning for more than this reality.

Beautiful as most of his art is!

The heaviest part of this song is how relevant it STILL is today...

é muito bom e faz nos a melhor companhia quando estamos em estado de completa deriva.

One of my favorite songs

thanks bro. gil, your legacy and messages live on in your music. your job was well done.

Thank you so much for giving IT to us....Gil Scott Heron.......Love to you...

Rip Gil. You honestly changed a lot of things in my way of seeing the place we hold in this universe. Thank you.

When My Mother was alive she was always trying to get me to listen to Gil Scot Heron, but right after her death I man had a T-shirt and it had Gil Scott Heron on it; only in Motown. I think my mother was trying to tell me something; definitely listening now; !!!! Now I truly see why my mother called me an educated fool because if you don't know Gil Scott Heron truly what are you doing on planet earth!!!

This is history and a perspective that is genuine. It articulates a sense of place which has not necesssarily lived up to expectations, is dissolute with it and wishes to be removed from it with progress, where material for that progress however is not provided and so dissolves into a dream, its a moment, dont make it a lifetime, its over.

Incredible song... I love it!

All I have to say is, THE ONE AND ONLY GIL SCOTT HERON PEACE AND LOVE I TRULY MISS "U"👀 AMEN!