The Bottle
(专辑: Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson – Messages (Anthology) - 2005)
See that black boy over there, running scared his ol' man's in a
bottle. He done quit his 9
to 5
he drink full time so now he's living in the
bottle. See that black boy over there, running scared his ol' man got a
problem and it's a
bad one Pawned off damn near everything, his ol' woman's wedding ring for a
bottle. And don't you think it's a
crime when time after time, people in the
bottle. See that sista, sho wuz fine before she started drinking wine from the
bottle. Said her ol' man committed a
crime and he's doing time, so now she's in the
bottle. She's out there on the
avenue, all by herself sho' needs help from the
bottle. Preacherman tried to help her out, she cussed him out and hit him in the
head with a
bottle. And don't you think it's a
crime when time after time, people in the
bottle. See that gent in the
wrinkled suit he done damn near blown his cool to the
bottle He wuz a
doctor helping young girls along if they wuzn't too far gone to have problems. But defenders of the
dollar eagle Said "What you doing, Doc, it ain't legal," and now he's in the
bottle. Now we watch him everyday trying to chase the
pigeons away from the
bottle. And don't you think it's a
crime when time after time, people in the
bottle.