I'm New Here

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Gil Scott-Heron

Gilbert "Gil" Scott-Heron (April 1, 1949 – May 27, 2011) was an American soul and jazz poet, musician, and author, known primarily for his work as a spoken word performer in the 1970s and '80s. His collaborative efforts with musician Brian Jackson featured a musical fusion of jazz, blues, and soul, as well as lyrical content concerning social and political issues of the time, delivered in both rapping and melismatic vocal styles by Scott-Heron. His own term for himself was "bluesologist", which he defined as "a scientist who is concerned with the origin of the blues." His music, most notably on Pieces of a Man and Winter in America in the early 1970s, influenced and helped engender later African-American music genres such as hip hop and neo soul. more »

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2011

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I did not become someone different
That I did not want to be
But I'm new here
Will you show me around?

Met a woman in a bar
Told her I was hard to get to know
And near 'bout impossible to forget
She said I had an ego on me
The size of Texas

Well, I'm new here and I forget
Does that mean big or small?

And I'm shedding plates like a snake
And it may be crazy
But I'm the closest thing I have
To a voice of reason

I met him at a party
He said the sweetest things
I was lonely and naive
I guess that's why I believed
Every word he said
Every word he said
Every word he said
Every word he said
Every word he said
Every word he said
Every word he said
Every word he said
Every word he said
Every word he said

I met him at a party (met a woman in a bar)
He said the sweetest things (told her I was hard to get to know)
I was lonely and naive (and near 'bout impossible to forget)
I guess that's why I believed
Every word he said

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