Gil Scott-Heron - Paint It Black lyrics
[Gil Scott-Heron - Paint It Black lyrics]
Picture a man of nearly thirty
Who seems twice as old, with clothes
Torn and dirty give him a job, shining shoes
Or cleaning out toilets with
Bus station crews
Give him six children with nothing to eat
Expose them to life, on a ghetto street
Tie an old rag to his wife's head
And have her pregnant and lying in bed
Stuff them all in a Harlem house
And then tell them how bout
Things are down South
Who seems twice as old, with clothes
Torn and dirty give him a job, shining shoes
Or cleaning out toilets with
Bus station crews
Give him six children with nothing to eat
Expose them to life, on a ghetto street
Tie an old rag to his wife's head
And have her pregnant and lying in bed
Stuff them all in a Harlem house
And then tell them how bout
Things are down South