The Vulture - Gil Scott Heron

作词：Gil Scott Heron

作曲：Gil Scott Heron

Standing in the ruins

Or of another black man's life

Or flying through the valley

They're separating day and night

I am death cried the vulture

Is for the people of the light

Charon brought his raft

Came from the sea that sails on souls

Saw the scavenger departing

Or taking warm hearts to the cold

He knew the ghetto was the haven

For the meanest creature ever known

In a wilderness of heartbreak

Yes and a desert of despair

Evil's clarion of justice

Or shrieks a cry of naked terror

He's taking babies from their mommas

And leaving grief beyond compare

See the vulture coming

He's flying circles in your mind

There is no escaping

For he will follow close behind

Only promised me a battle

Yet battle for your soul and mine

Your soul and mine

He taking babies from their momas

And he's leaving

Leaving

Leaving

Leaving

Leaving