The Get out of the Ghetto Blues
Gil Scott-Heron
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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 If he don't catch you in the wash Lord knows he'll catch you in the rinse 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
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Written by: BRIAN JACKSON, GIL SCOTT-HERON
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