Get Out of the Ghetto Blues Songtext
von Gil Scott‐Heron

I know you think you′re cool
Lord if they bus your kids to school
I know you think you're cool
Just cuz 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 cuz you shooting that stuff in your arm
I seen you nodding
Cuz 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