I'm on day 4 fentanyl detox this has always been my go to song. I keep hyperventilating crying in the shower with this on repeat. Pray for me

I was on meth and heroin basically since I was not even 18. Now I’m 28 and I’m nearly 2 years clean. I feel this song so much

The comments are heartbreaking here, stay strong people. The despair in his voice is overwhelming.

As a x crack head of the early 80s .last week i heard this song.it bought me make to that time in my life ...im so glad that i kick it. Peace...

My heart goes out to anyone battling the disease of addiction. You are worthy of getting your life back on track and I believe in you even if no one else does.

People always talk about what a great writer Gil was, and for a reason. But what about those vocals? It's hard to think of a more touching performance than that.

My favorite line is " they keep saying kick it quite it but did u ever try" meaning it's easy for someone who never even in your situation tell u something they know nothing about

The way this sounded Gil and Jimi Hendrix would of made a killer combination

This guy is a master of words and feelings. Lots of respect from England.

Gil passed away the same i tried to commit suicide.... I was strung out and at rock bottom that night.... If i never heard this song that night.... I might not be here today - clean and sober - and I really turned my life around.... Still to this day... His music.... Guides me by giving me strength to get thru hard times... And the empathy to be grateful when times are good.... Coming here today remind myself how far Ive come and the world how powerful music is... We are Grateful for you Gil... truly

“Home is where he needle marks try to fill my broken heart” Welp now I need to go cry.

"But God, did you ever try to turn your sick soul inside out, so that the world can watch you die?" This line left chills running down my spine, deep into my bones. I felt that.

I’m 3 years clean from meth pcp and let’s just say everything ok well let me tell you that God has everything to do with these 3 years because I’m so so so grateful thankful happy blessed ever as I ever been in my hole life keep God number one is my advice to who ever is suffering from the disease of addiction

Gil Scott-Heron brought me here

Broken home and dysfunctional family brought me here.

"You keep saying kick it quit kick it quit but God have you ever tried?" Powerful line right there

The soundtrack of my youth...nothing but Gratitude. Thx.

This song was written for the soldiers coming back home from the Vietnam War. Gil Scott-Heron was a straight up genius! Rest in power brother!

Thank you for sharing ran the streets alot of people thought i wouldn't make it out and almost cost me But God covered me and had people i didn't know was praying for me...🙏🏿🙏🏿 Amen and in Jesus Name....Thank you..

I sat across from this brother, in a NY subway. I could not believe that I was seating in front of this icon of music and poetry. One half of my heart was filled with happiness and amazement and the other was filled with sadness and anger; as I observed him constantly falling Sleep because of a Heroin high. I still love him because in his life he took our pain and made it his, without regard for the consequences.

One of the greatest songs ever made.

the saddest part is nobody knows, util you have been there, or you see someone close to you going thru it... But i feel you Gil, I am in the same predicament...I hear you, man!

I remember it was a winter night in the year 2016 and I was in a hostel in Istanbul called "Chillout" when a British guy named "Johnny" sang this song and played it very well with my steel string guitar. That was the first time I heard this song and the lyrics and the melody got stuck in my head. After one year of mysterious troubles that led me to a place, disconnected from the world outside, I searched for this music. I didn't know the artist, and I didn't know the title of the song, so I searched the few lines of the lyrics that I luckily remembered. It's one of my favourite songs of all time. And this was the story that I became a big fan of Gill Scott Heron. May he rest in peace

It might not be such a bad idea if i never went home again.

Until my mid thirties, i was totally wasted on drinks and drugs. Luckily when my first daughter was born I decided to kick it. It was unimaginable hard but I did it,that was 25 years ago. Btw I met Gil in the street in London, I told him how much I admired his music. 😊

First heard this in mid 76 as a 15 yr old white kid from the uk. It made me cry and as a 62 year old I am not ashamed to say it still does, every time I hear it. Gil Scott was a genius and you can feel the pain in his vocal delivery.

Growing up in the hood really makes you hopeless as a young boy I’m thankful I moved out

The groove is out of this world, one of the best. Rest peacefully Mr Heron.

This was literally my favorite Kanye sample, and it turned out to be your boi.

Love how they crank the vocal reverb in the final verse for "home was once an empty vacuum" Chilling production for an even more chilling line, really adds to the feeling of despair and emptiness

This man was a legend to me a brilliant song writer they dont make like this anymore Rest in Peace brother you are truly missed

First heard this song on Grand Theft Auto 4 when I was a teen. Been a fan ever since

I'm no junkie bit I can relate to this song in other ways. What a great song

Who's living this in 2019? 💯 real music

Two years clean, it can be done. I love yall.

He was such a brilliant man. He had such a great understanding of the people that struggle to survive is this world!

Never did drugs, don't plan to either. I'm just digging this awesome tune!

Lyrics A junkie walking through the twilight I'm on my way home I left three days ago But no one seems to know I'm gone Home is where the hatred is Home is filled with pain and it Might not be such a bad idea If I never, never went home again Stand as far away from me as you can And ask me why Hang on to your rosary beads Close your eyes to watch me die You keep saying, kick it, quit it, kick it, quit it God, but did you ever try To turn your sick soul inside out? So that the world, so that the world Can watch you die? Home is where I live Inside my white powder dreams Home was once an empty vacuum That's filled now with my silent screams Home is where the needle marks Try to heal my broken heart And it might not be such a bad idea If I never, if I never went home again Home again Home again Home again Kick it, quit it Kick it, quit it Kick it, quit it Kick it, can't go home again Home again Home again You know I can't go home again Source: Musixmatch Songwriters: Gil Scott Heron Home Is Where the Hatred Is lyrics © Cayman Music, Bienstock Publishing Company, Carlin Music Corp - MORAL: Protect your heart, tell yourself the truth and deal with it soberly. Make GOOD Choices.

Had this on his live album back in 78. The "bottle" was on it to...This man is the most underrated singer/musician I've ever heard. I'm a 63 year old white guy and admit this music rocked my soul..Also had it on 8 track..Played it loud in my 67 Buick Special.

What a man. We miss his wisdom and talent today.

We need more voices like this. Not just the song, but the messages too.

hey been missing this man for 50yrs

One of the Greatest songs ever written/performed in human history.

One down to earth brother. In reality we are all hooked and strung out on something, shit was nourished and grown in us all and we pretend there's no chaos and madness around us, at least Gil had the courage to voice it. We get up day to day look in the mirror and pretend we are doing fine, zip our lips up and step out into the madness. The whole world's watching each one of us die. One of my favorite songs.

Staying away from home to keep your shame away from loved ones. One of the worst feelings I think a man can feel.

Addiction is a slow death.

I started using Deuce Bags ‘69. Woke up one morning with a runny nose. Coming home bitter Harlem morn. I hummed Gil every morning Comin home sawed off 12 gauge in a shopping bag half a quarter for me and my woman. She gone. “I alone survived”

This song always brings me to tears. It’s like he was prophesying about his own demise. Screaming but no one was listening/hearing. Same with Marvin Gaye. I cry all thru his ‘What’s Going On’ album; but specifically when he sings ‘Flyin High In The Friendly Skies’; just like Gil he has demons he’s trying to exercise … but unfortunately he can’t . Gil and Marvin were two great writers, singers, composers, arrangers, and lyricists. Both immensely talented. Both taken down by the same vice that they both sang so eloquently about.

This song will forever be relevant, same as much of his work.

IM ON MY WAY HOME🙏🏽

This has to be the saddest of his songs. His music, his voice, have always moved me to tears. Such a great artist!

RIP Gil, you changed my life...

"Stand as far away from me as you can and ask me why" this line hits.

I still miss Gil Scott Heron and the sanity he often brought to the music. He used to call himself a Bluesologist, but in fact he was one of America's greatest poet/musicians. R.I.P.

A POWERFUL song from someone who HIMSELF struggled with the horrors of addiction to smack. This song was somewhat of a theme of his! RIP Gil Scott Heron, we MISS YOU!😔👊

Not just about drug addiction but addresses how a person's home-life/family especially if it is filled with chaos can turn someone into and anti-social type; damages you. I think it could also use to address intra-racism/colorism that people of your own kind discriminating, hating, harming each other.

Man of the Century With Luv from Johannesburg

Never experienced addiction but the song speaks to a sense of hopelessness I understand quite clearly. A desperate melancholy peppered with bitterness born of rejection of those you’d hope to find refuge. To seek salvation from the demons that might swallow you whole from the inside out. A sad realization that you’re a doomed pariah and you’re alone in a losing battle with what seemed a predetermined outcome no matter how hard you tried. No one’s coming to save you. No ever did and ever will. Finally a the killing blow comes from the cold realization that it’s because you never were worth saving and that’s why no one ever did and never will.

When I listen to this song after I heard it in the movie DOPE, I feel so bad so judging my brother after being addicted to drugs. I haven't spoken to him in over a year an d I miss him. But it's complicated

This song is so deep that for a few who have lived the word in this song it hit deep.and the story is clear

Growing up in Compton & South Central Los Angeles in the 70's & 80's, I saw so Much I am still Haunted by all that!

In my opinion one of the best songwriter's of all time. We Need Brilliant mind's like his in this troubled World!.

Never Ever will I go back 2da state I grew up in so called home again....and still not a drug addict!!

These lyrics are dark, man.

Snowfall brought me here. This song is so dope!

If there's ever been a better song made about junk I've yet to hear it A cry from the soul

Gil Scott-Heron is the heaviest artist of all time. I've never heard anyone write so many songs that rip your guts out.

Both Esther Phillips and Gil Scott-Heron are amazing and I declare a tie with no tie-breaker.

Such a deep man. rest in peace Mr.Scott you will be missed . But your music will live for ever.

Happy Birthday Gil 🙏 Glad I met you, Genius !!!

Came here from the movie Dope released in 2015, such a good song and movie. If your ever struggling wondering if you want to leave home, it may just be your heart wanting a better life for you. Leaving home won't change you for the better, I mean it could, but in the end it will only make you miss where you left from. Make sure you feel it in your heart before making a big decision like that. I learned the hard way by trying to start a better life across the country, but now I'm back home in LA California and now knowing where my heart is, I feel like I can take life on again.

Took an elective in college years ago.... history of rock and roll. This is the man I did my term paper on. We had to play audio during our presentation. This was one of two songs I played. Classmates had no real idea. Grade wise I killed w this. In 2020, this still runs deep

So very very heavy man and so in your face. So raw the way his voice cracks lol love that revolutionary tone from that time period.

Positive vibes only 🛀🏾

Such a genius, such a legend. I love his songs and lyrics. What a talented poet and gifted musician, so times less and second to none.

I sit here listening to this song again, addicted, on the wrong side of 60. I hear the anquish in his voice....and it moves me.

They don't make em like this no more. I could listen to this all day.

This songs means so much to me... "I left 3 days ago, but none seems to know I'm gone" "You say kick it, quit it, God but did you ever try" he's talking about addiction to drugs obviously

Brings me back to the darkest part of my life... 6 years off the needle and I'm still hurting from that monster

No one knows about this man in my place (Sikkim,India) I’ll make sure they do love and respect from this girl and imma Hiphop head 🌹

we love him in Russia ...

The best songs are wen u actually going thru it! Blue collar type song old fashioned whatchu know bout that??? Deep passionate

Leaving your mark in life is much more important than the fools that never understood.One of the greatest all all time. R.I.P Gill Scott Heron.✌️

He is a genius a blessing...and an Angel in Heaven..

Starting for 2:27 you can hear a slight echo in the background of the silent screams possibly from the demons of drug addiction. You need to use earphones for this to really hear what Gil Scott Heron was trying to convey. Amazing song even though I have never suffered from hard drug addiction.

Addiction to its highest degree

moving back to Florida after relapsing back home in Toronto, been listening to this song the whole time in the airport and I know I gotta quit I know I gotta be a better person to be successful it’s just so damn hard, I’m just thankful I’m not the only one struggling I hope everyone makes it out good

Happy birthday to revolutionary poet & musician Gil Scott Heron, born this day in 1949, Gil who was way ahead of the game at the time with his socially & political rap poetry, which led him to a generation of fans, in turn becoming the Godfather of Hip hop poetry, the inspiration for many a would be rapper alongside James Brown from the Bronx through to Compton, best known for the cult classic "The Revolution Will Not be Televised"

Knowing the little I know about Gil Scott it's evident this brother put himself deeply into the music and here is clearly screaming for help and understanding!

Beautiful song

I 💖 both Gil Scott-Heron & Esther Phillips take on this song.

Most powerful words and song I ever heard about addiction. Heard this is Snowfall and another classic song I’ve never come across. Now on my playlist. This song hits close to home with parents who were Heroin Addicts. I cry every time I listen to this man’s words and voice . Thankyou Snowfall for sharing this masterpiece .

Wow this message in this is still relevant 40 years later...GOD BLESS GIL SCOTT HERON

I used to use almost everything. Now been clean so many years i can't even remember. I won't even use alcohol anymore. I thank God for he is the one who set me free.

This magnificent song ... and drugs still got Gil. What a damn tragedy.

RIP to this deeply poetic soul.

This is a deep song. Most people don't realize he was singing about his addiction. I think it was a cry for help but unfortunately he didn't get it.

Never to be forgotten... ever 🎉 celebrating 🎇 Gil 💬🗯️💭🗨️♦️👁️👁️💜♀️♂️🤓✌️🙏👏👍🏿

This song reminds me of my best friend and oldest friend. He lost his war with heroin this December. I miss you Dan 💔

This is pure lyrical genius🙏🏾 God bless Gil Scott Heron ❤️