On Coming from a Broken Home (Pt. 1) - Gil Scott-Heron

Written by：E. Hudson/Kanye West/Gil Scott/Heron

I want to make this a special tribute

To a family that contradicts the concepts

Heard the rules but wouldn't accept

In women folk raised me

And I was full grown

Before I knew

I came from a broken home

Sent to live with my grandma down south

When my uncles was leaving

And my grandfather had just left for heaven

They said

And as every ologist would certainly note

I had no strong male figure right

But lily scott was absolutely not your mail

Order room service type cast black grandmother

I was moved in with her

Temporarily

Just until things were patched

'Til this was patched and 'til that was patched

Until I became

At 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 and 10

The patch that held Lily

Scott who held me and like them 4

I became one more

An I loved her from the absolute marrow of my bones

And we was holdin' on

I come from a broken home

She had more than the five senses

She knew more than books could teach

And raised everyone she touched just a little bit higher

And all around her there was a natural sense

As though she sensed what the stars say what the birds say

What the wind and the clouds say

A sensual soul and self that

African sense

And she raised me like she raised 4 of her own

And I was hurt and scared and shocked

When Lil Scott left suddenly one night

And they sent a limousine from heaven

To take her to god if there is one

So I knew she had gone

And I came from a broken home