Gil Scott-Heron
Gil Scott-Heron - On Coming From A Broken Home lyrics
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I want to make this a special tribute To a family that contradicts the concepts Heard the rules but wouldn'€™t accept And women-folk raised me And I was full grown before I knew I came from a broken home Sent to live with my grandma down south When my uncles was leaving And my grandfather had just left for heaven They said and as every-ologist would certainly note I had no strong male figure right? But lily Scott was absolutely not your mail order Room service type cast black grandmother I was moved in with her; temporarily, just until things were patched, Til this was patched and til that was patched Until I became at 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10 The patch that held lily Scott who held me and like them 4 I become one more and I loved her From the absolute marrow of my bones And we was holdin on, I come from a broken home She had more then the 5 senses She knew more then books could teach And raised everyone she touched just a little bit higher And all around her there was a natural sense As though she sensed what the stars say what the birds say What the wind and the clouds say A sensual soul and self that African sense And she raised me like she raised 4 of her own And I was hurt and scared and shocked When lily Scott left suddenly one night And they sent a limousine from heaven to take her to god, If there is one. So I knew she had gone; and I came from a broken home