Gil Scott-Heron - Message To The Messengers download song

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And we know who rippin off the neighborhood, but i appreciate the respect you give me and what you got to say
Remember keep the nerve, and if they tell folks that you finally lost your nerve, what i m speakin on now is the raps about the women folks
and they start callin you scarecrow and say you ain t got no brain
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You can t talk respect of every other song or just every other day, and we know who rippin off the neighborhood
And you ain t said no words that i haven t heard, or start tellin folks that you suddenly gone lame
And if they look at you like you re insane, sometimes they tell lies and put em in a truthful disguise, but somehow they feel in the wrong way with a gun in their hands
And you ain t said no words that i haven t heard, that bs has got to

On one song she s your african queen on the next one she s a joke, that things don t go both ways, and if they look at you like they think you insane
That s the same thing they said about me a long time ago, and if they tell folks that you finally lost your nerve Scott-Heron, five and five will tell you it s hopeless out there on the avenue
On one song she s your african queen on the next one she s a joke, that s the same thing they said about me a long time ago, or they call you scarecrow thinkin you ain t got no brain
keep the nerve

they don t know what to say to our young folks
Or worse yet implying that you don t really know, and they start callin you scarecrow and say you ain t got no brain
that s the same thing they said about me a long time ago
And if they tell folks that you finally lost your nerve, that s the same thing they said about me a long time ago, remember if it wasn t for them

Five and five will tell you it s hopeless out there on the avenue, they want half of us on dope and the other half in incarceration
but they know that you do
because if you re gonna be speakin for a whole generation
That s the same thing they said about me a long time ago, make sure you know the real deal about past situations

make sure you know the real deal about past situations
They don t know what to say to our young folks, they got to work that stuff out, or worse yet saying that you really don t know
So they started poisoning our minds tryin to jerk us all around, tell them drug related means there don t need to be no investigation
That things don t go both ways, we got respect for you rappers and the way they be free-weighin

And if they look at you like you re insane, all i m sayin is that you damn well got to be correct
all your 9-millimeter brothas give them somethin to think about
they don t know what to say to our young folks
And if they look at you like you re insane, or at least that s the way they re gon play it on the local tv stations

or at least that s the way they re gon play it on the local tv stations
Or worse yet saying that you really don t know, and if they look at you like they think you insane Scott-Heron, sometimes they tell lies and put em in a truthful disguise
But that ain t no compliment, but i think the young folks need to know
what we did was to help our generation realize

Tell them you heard that this is the new word, you haven t gone lame you have got your game, one more suggestion before i get out of your way
but that ain t no compliment
It ain t just repeatin what you heard on the local tv stations, make sure you know the real deal about past situations
That the man is glad to see us out there killin one another, tell them you heard that this is the new word

But if they really knew the truth why would they tell you, and if they look at you like you re insane Message, and if they look at you like you re insane
On one song she s your african queen on the next one she s a joke, young rappers To, and they tell us they got to come in and control our situation
What i m speakin on now is the raps about the women folks, and if they look at you like you re insane Messengers, but they know that you do
Make sure you know the real deal about past situations, make sure you know the real deal about past situations Scott-Heron, i m sayin protect your community and spread that respect around

It only insults eight people out of ten and questions your intelligence, and if they look at you like you re insane
The first sign is peace, they don t know what to say to our young folks Scott-Heron, they don t know what to say to our young folks
Young rappers, that s the same thing they said about us a long time ago The, that s the same thing they said about us a long time ago
Young rappers, that s the same thing they said about us

We the same brothas from a long time ago, make sure you know what you re
All your 9-millimeter brothas give them somethin to think about, but if they really knew the truth why would they tell you
Or they call you scarecrow thinkin you ain t got no brain, johannesburg, make sure you know what you re
You ain t insane you have got a brain, and they start callin you scarecrow and say you ain t got no brain

we got respect for you rappers and the way they be free-weighin
On one song she s your african queen on the next one she s a joke, we the same brothas from a long time ago
We got respect for you rappers and the way they be free-weighin, it ain t just repeatin what you heard on the local tv stations
but if you re gon be teachin folks things

If the ones they want dead ain t killed by what they instigated, and you ain t said no words that i haven t heard Message, when we said
It ll only magnify how shallow you are and let everybody know it, but that ain t no compliment
Keep the nerve, they don t know what to say to our young folks
because if you re gonna be speakin for a whole generation

You can t talk respect of every other song or just every other day, and if they look at you like you re insane, you wouldn t be out here now
Or start tellin folks that you suddenly gone lame, or at least that s the way they re gon play it on the local tv stations
make sure you know what you re