Scott-Heron, Gil - 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 around his wife's head
And have her pregnant and lying in bed
Stuff them all in a Harlem house
And then tell them how bad things are down South.





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  1. A.... D....

    Thanks for sharing this poem.

  2. M.... ....

    tell me what does it mean please I'm dying to know