Gil Scott-Heron - 1980 Lyrics






Thank you very much, thank you
Thank you, thanks, thanks everybody, yes thank you

Robot dignitaries better welcome you
Aliens part as you pass on through(?)
Nourishment and encouragement for the captain and his crew
Includes a ticker tape parade down the Main Avenue(?)

And you're captured by the dream machine
you wake up and you wonder what it means
It's 1980
And there ain't even no way back to '75 or 1969
It's 1980
And ain't nobody ask me no time lately "how we gonna open the door for 1984?"

God will continue to look out for the children
But the fools will have to look out for themselves

Space is the place but you stuck on the ground
If powers continue but without the sound
A universal dress rehearsal paints the town
But boogie-woogie somewhere in the lost and found

I don't mean to say that you're behind the times
But only that the times got away from you
And it's 1980
And there ain't even no way back to '75, much less 1969
It's 1980
And ain't nobody ask me no time lately "Brother help me open the door for 1984"

God will continue to look out for the children
But the fools will have to look out, look out, look out

The robot mayor is there to shake your hand
But he ain't never seen himself no earth man
Heard a funny word he just don't understand
But he hope that it don't mean you need a piece of land

Does it seem like such a long long way to come
To end up right back where you coming from?
It's 1980
And there ain't even no way back to '75, or much less 1969
It's 1980
And ain't nobody ask me no time lately "how we gonna open the door for 1984?"

God will continue to look out for the children
But the fools are gonna have to learn to fend for themselves

God will continue to watch over the babies
But the fools who never learn, never learn

God will continue to watch over the babies
But the fools are gonna have to watch out, watch out, watch out
Watch out
Watch out





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  1. T.... C....

    What a Groove! Kill em Gil!

  2. T.... C....

    God will continue to look out for the children, but the fool will have to look out for himself!

  3. m.... j....

    Shit gets wild in my city

  4. W.... S....

    Love this song and his voice what a incredible talent that walked the earth 2019.

  5. r.... ....

    ....much less 1969.Gil Scott-Heron. It's 2018.

  6. F.... T....

    Ready for whatever Pac

  7. L.... S....

    Twit one!

  8. C.... C....

    👑👟👞

  9. K.... L....

    Langston Hughes,Gil Scott heron,Oscar brown Jr.all ahead of their time!

  10. R.... ....

    Definitely ahead of its time....

    R.... ....

    Gil scoot i caller

  11. G.... P....

    che groove ... che voce ...

  12. O.... ....

    2pac sampled this

    O.... ....

    fuckin hell

    O.... ....

    Ready 4 Whatever

    O.... ....

    OneLove-Lokos so did street military

  13. h.... ....

    its nineteen eighty

  14. W.... T....

    FUNKY GIL&BRIAN, ALWAYS PLAYED THIS ER DAY!

    W.... T....

    er day!

  15. J.... S....

    iam a fan of his music for real i get his message

    J.... S....

    Janine Sudberry big up yourself

    J.... S....

    he was a head of his time✌️

  16. C.... S....

    The robot mayor is there to shake your hand
    But he ain't never seen himself no earth man
    Heard a funny word he just don't understand
    But he hope that it don't mean you need a piece of land---

  17. w.... t....

    Marcus Garvey park in Harlem it was 2010!

  18. m.... w....

    all ya'll babies, listen to the word.

  19. l.... ....

    You know this line "If powers continues but without the sound"

    I think it might instead be "Applause continues but without the sound"

  20. k.... m....

    They need release all his latter stuff like this.