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Gil Scott-Heron
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born
April 01, 1949
in Chicago, Illinois, The United States
died
May 27, 2011
gender
male
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The Last Holiday
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published
2012
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4 editions
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The Vulture
3.66 avg rating — 64 ratings
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published
1970
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7 editions
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Now and Then...
 4.47 avg rating — 32 ratings
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published
2000
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2 editions
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The Nigger Factory
3.81 avg rating — 31 ratings
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published
1996
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3 editions
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The Vulture & The Nigger Factory
3.90 avg rating — 20 ratings
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published
2001
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So Far, So Good
4.00 avg rating — 7 ratings
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published
1990
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Small Talk at 125th and Lenox
4.00 avg rating — 5 ratings
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1970
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Two of a Kind
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Black Light: The African American Hero (Classic Reprint Series)
by Paul Carter Harrison, Gil Scott-Heron 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating
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published
1993
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“Because I always feel like running
Not away, because there is no such place
Because if there was, I would have found it by now
Because it's easier to run,
Easier than staying and finding out you're the only one who didn't run
Because running will be the way your life and mine will be described,
As in "the long run"
Or as in having "given someone a run for his money"
Or as in "running out of time"
Because running makes me look like everyone else, though I hope there will never be cause for that
Because I will be running in the other direction, not running for cover
Because if I knew where cover was, I would stay there and never have to run for it
Not running for my life, because I have to be running for something of more value to be running and not in fear
Because the thing I fear cannot be escaped, eluded, avoided, hidden from, protected from, gotten away from,
Not without showing the fear as I see it now
Because closer, clearer, no sir, nearer
Because of you and because of that nice
That you quietly, quickly be causing
And because you're going to see me run soon and because you're going to know why I'm running then
You'll know then
Because I'm not going to tell you now”
― Gil Scott-Heron, Now and Then...
Not away, because there is no such place
Because if there was, I would have found it by now
Because it's easier to run,
Easier than staying and finding out you're the only one who didn't run
Because running will be the way your life and mine will be described,
As in "the long run"
Or as in having "given someone a run for his money"
Or as in "running out of time"
Because running makes me look like everyone else, though I hope there will never be cause for that
Because I will be running in the other direction, not running for cover
Because if I knew where cover was, I would stay there and never have to run for it
Not running for my life, because I have to be running for something of more value to be running and not in fear
Because the thing I fear cannot be escaped, eluded, avoided, hidden from, protected from, gotten away from,
Not without showing the fear as I see it now
Because closer, clearer, no sir, nearer
Because of you and because of that nice
That you quietly, quickly be causing
And because you're going to see me run soon and because you're going to know why I'm running then
You'll know then
Because I'm not going to tell you now”
― Gil Scott-Heron, Now and Then...
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