We Almost Lost Detroit Songtext
von Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson

It stands out on a highway
Like a creature from another time
It inspires the babies′ questions
(What's that?)
For their mothers, as they rhyme

But no one stopped to think about the babies
Or how they would survive
And we′ve almost lost Detroit
This time
How would we ever get over
Losing our minds?

Just 30 miles from Detroit
Stands a giant power station
It ticks each night as the city sleeps
Seconds from annihilation


But no one stopped to think about the people
Or how they would survive
And we've almost lost Detroit
This time
How would we ever get over
Over losing our minds?

The sherrif of Monroe County had
Sure enough, disasters on his mind
And what would Karen Silkwood say to you
If she was still alive?

That, when it comes to people's safety
Money wins out every time
And we′ve almost lost Detroit
This time, this time
How would we ever get over
Over losing our minds?

You see, we almost lost Detroit
That time
Almost lost Detroit
That time

And how would we ever get over?
′Cause odds are
We're gonna lose somewhere, one time
Odds are
We′re gonna lose somewhere, sometime


And how would we ever get over
Losing our minds, yeah?
And how would we ever get over
Losing our minds?

Didn't they, didn′t they decide?
Almost lost Detroit
That time
Damn near totally destroyed
One time

Didn't all over the world know?
Say, didn′t you know?
Didn't all over the world know?
Say, didn't you know?

We almost lost detroit
Yeah, man, totally destroyed
Pretty soon we′ll all wake up one morning
I′m saying clear as day, I'm sitting here giving you a warning