Grandma's Hands

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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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2007

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Grandma's hands clapped to church on Sunday mornings 
Grandma's hands played the tambourine so well 
Grandma's hands used to issue out a warning 
She say, "Scotty why you run so fast, 
Might fall on a piece of glass, 
Might be snakes there in that grass?" 
Grandma's hands, they keep on calling to me. 

Grandma's hands soothed the local unwed mothers 
Grandma's hands used to ache sometimes and swell 
Grandma's hands, lord they'd really come in handy 
She say, "Bobbie why you want to whip that boy? 
What you want to whip him for? 
He didn't throw no apple core." 
Grandma's hands, they keep on calling to me. 

Grandma's hands soothed the local unwed mothers 
Grandma's hands used to ache sometimes and swell 
Grandma's hands, well they really came in handy 
She say, "Bobbie why you want to whip that boy? 
What you want to whip him for? 
He didn't throw no apple core." 
But I don't have grandma anymore 
When I get to heaven I'll look for grandma's hands.

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