Lyrics The Get Out of the Ghetto Blues - Gil Scott-Heron
What
we
want
to
discuss
here
Are
routes
out
of
the
ghetto
This
is
called
The
"Get
Out
of
the
Ghetto"
blues
I
know
you
think
you're
cool
Lord,
if
they
bus
your
kids
to
school
I
know
you
think
you're
cool
Just
'cause
they
bus
your
kids
to
school
But
you
ain't
got
a
thing
to
lose
You
just
got
the
get
out
of
the
ghetto
blues
I
know
you
think
you're
cool
If
you're
gettin'
two
welfare
checks
You
done
told
me
you
think
you're
cool
Because
you're
gettin'
two
welfare
checks
Yea,
but
you
got
ten
years
to
lose
(if
they
catch
you)
Just
tryin'
to
fight
that
get
out
of
the
ghetto
blues
What
it
is,
what
it
is
I
know
Whoo!
If
he
don't
catch
you
in
the
wash
Lord
knows,
he'll
catch
you
in
the
rinse
I
know,
I
know
you
think
you're
cool
Just
'cause
you
shooting
that
stuff
in
your
arm
I
seen
you
nodding
'Cause
you
shoot
that
stuff
in
your
arm
And
it
don't
matter
which
pine
box
you
choose
You
got
the
get
out
of
the
ghetto
blues
Yeah,
yeah,
yeah,
yeah,
yeah,
yeah,
yeah
1 Did You Hear What They Said?
2 Speed Kills
3 Everyday
4 The Middle of Your Day
5 Who'll Pay Reparations On My Soul?
6 Introduction / The Revolution Will Not Be Televised
7 Whitey On the Moon
8 No Knock
9 Small Talk At 125th & Lenox
10 Billy Green Is Dead
11 Sex Education: Ghetto Style
12 ...And Then He Wrote Meditations
13 Plastic Pattern People
14 The Get Out of the Ghetto Blues
15 Ain't No New Thing
16 Brother
17 Evolution (And Flashback)
18 The King Alfred Plan
19 Enough
20 Paint It Black
21 Omen
22 Wiggy
23 Comment #1
24 The Subject Was Faggots
25 Did You Hear What They Said? (Alt take 1)
26 The Middle of Your Day (Alt take 1)
27 Free Will (Alt take 1)
28 The Get Out of the Ghetto Blues (alternate ending)
29 Speed Kills (Alt take 3)
30 The King Alfred Plan (Alt)
31 No Knock (Alt)
32 Wiggy (Alt)
33 Ain't No New Thing (breakdown take)
34 Billy Green Is Dead (Alt)
35 ...And Then He Wrote Meditations (Alt)
36 No Knock (breakdown Alt take)
37 Free Will (Alt take 2)
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