Just when I thought that the original studio version was the best soul music I've ever heard, this comes on. God damn, Gil Scott Heron is just a straight up fucking amazing and beautiful musician!
Ooh yeah I heard somebody said The magic word the magic word this evening is rebirth Rebirth and regeneration As in body in the rhythm of Guan Guanco Guan Guanco is the rhythm of rebirth and regeneration Name by the Africans after the snake Because the snake could share his skin each year And appear to be reborn So Guan Guanco became the rhythm of rebirth and regeneration Say and get down in you sometimes Say and get down and you get down and you get down And you get down in you sometime Called me and say Guan Guanco Guan Guanco Guan Guanco Guanco get won’t let go Get won’t let go get won’t let go say heheey Guan Guanco Get me sometime get me sometime say won’t let go say heheey Guan Guanco got me won’t let got me won’t let go say Like to say again to the rhythm call Guan Guanco The rhythm of rebirth and regen regeneration Song is called “The Bottle” Guan Guanco got me won’t let go I Guan Guanco got me to get you Guan Guanco got me won’t let go said Guan Guanco got me You see that black boy over there running scared His old man in a bottle Say he done quit his 9 to 5 He drinks full-time now he’s hanging in a bottle Just see that black boy over there running scared His old man got a problem who’s in the news? He done pawned off damn near everything His old womam wedding ring a bottle Seem to be lack don't you think it's a crime? Get away so time after time after time people in a bottle People living in a bottle Look say see that sister super fine ‘Fore she done drinking that wine from the bottle She told me her old man committed a crime He's doing time now she’s hanging in the bottle I seen her out there on the avenue All by herself sure need a help from the bottle I seen a preacher man tried to help her out She cussed him out hit him in the head with a bottle Say well and don't you think it's a crime? Get away so time after time after time people in a bottle People living in a bottle You see that gent in a wrinkled suit there He not done damn blown his cool in the bottle Whe he was old a doctor helping young girls along If they wasn't too far gone to have problem of me to you Them confrontration well defenders of the dollar eagle said “What you’re doing doc. ain’t legal” And now he's in the bottle He hates in now we watch him every day He’s trying to chase pigeon away from the bottle But he turned to me and he said “Keep ya head now” But don't you think it's a crime Get away ahhah so time after time rhythm mine in a bottle The people living in a bottle Got to funny same thing Where? Pudapampum Say heey say heey Guan Guanco Guan Guanco Guan Guanco got me won’t let go uhha Guan Guanco got me won’t let go uhhaha Guan Guanco got me won’t let go uhhaha Guan Guanco got me won’t let go warm it up Guan Guanco got me won’t let go uhhaha Say Guan Guanco got me won’t let go Say Guan Guanco got me won’t let go Say Guan Guanco got me won’t let go celebrate Celebrate celebrate celebrate Celebrate celebrate celebrate make her feel good Celebrate celebrate celebrate celebrate Celebrate celebrate celebrate Look my… because Guan Guanco got me won’t let go See Guan Guanco got me won’t let go uhhaha See Guan Guanco got me won’t let go celebrate Celebrate celebrate celebrate Celebrate celebrate celebrate Celebrate celebrate celebrate celebrate Celebrate celebrate celebrate it’s time the rhythm Did the rhythm make you move? It’s all right Did the rhythm make you move? Did the rhythm make you move? It’s all right Did the rhythm make you move uhhaha? Did the rhythm make you move? It’s all right Did the rhythm make you move ? Did the rhythm make you move? It’s all right Did the rhythm make you move? Let’s join Did the rhythm make? Did the rhythm make? Did the rhythm make? Did the rhythm make? Did the rhythm make? Did the rhythm make? Did the rhythm make make you move? Make you move? Are you saying? Guan Guanco got me won’t let go uhhaha See Guan Guanco got me won’t let go See Guan Guanco got me won’t let go uhhaha See Guan Guanco got me won’t let go uhhaha See if you ever come looking for me You know where I’m bound to be in a bottle Said turn around look around on any corner And if you see some brother looking like a goner It’s gonna be me say sing a song Na na na………….. now sing ahhah Na na na……………… I’m a say Na na na……………. Everybody needs something ahhah Everybody needs something ahhah Everybody needs everybody needs Everybody needs something ahhah Let me tell you what I mean She knows I know it she know it I know that you did something Everybody needs something say where? She know it I know it she know it I know that you did something And if everybody needs it needs it She know it I know it she know it I know that you did something Question is how the world that man know? She know it I know it she know it I know that you did something Heheh easy everybody needs something ahhah Everybody needs something ahhah Everybody needs everybody needs Everybody needs say something ahhah Sometimes sometimes repeat Guan Guanco Sometimes sometime repeat Guan Guanco Sometimes I rather say won’t let go Sometimes a brother put won’t Guan pull over Every time I needs something Everybody needs something Everybody needs something Everybody needs something Say yes say yeah And now……………. Everybody needs something sometimes sometimes yeah heheey
To tell the truth, my answer is not helpful (besides that I am a little late). But I have this version on a CD released in 1998, a reissue of Winter in America. But it is a bonus track, it was not part of the original artwork. Greetings from Argentina
Just when I thought that the original studio version was the best soul music I've ever heard, this comes on. God damn, Gil Scott Heron is just a straight up fucking amazing and beautiful musician!
Tnx from Chile 🇨🇱 🙏
Merci.
Excellent audio quality Kudos to you uploader, even the percussion cowbells are prominently audible
Love his music~
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Ooh yeah
I heard somebody said
The magic word the magic word this evening is rebirth
Rebirth and regeneration
As in body in the rhythm of Guan Guanco
Guan Guanco is the rhythm of rebirth and regeneration
Name by the Africans after the snake
Because the snake could share his skin each year
And appear to be reborn
So Guan Guanco became the rhythm of rebirth and regeneration
Say and get down in you sometimes
Say and get down and you get down and you get down
And you get down in you sometime
Called me and say Guan Guanco Guan Guanco
Guan Guanco Guanco get won’t let go
Get won’t let go get won’t let go say heheey Guan Guanco
Get me sometime get me sometime say won’t let go say heheey
Guan Guanco got me won’t let got me won’t let go say
Like to say again to the rhythm call Guan Guanco
The rhythm of rebirth and regen regeneration
Song is called “The Bottle”
Guan Guanco got me won’t let go I
Guan Guanco got me to get you
Guan Guanco got me won’t let go said
Guan Guanco got me
You see that black boy over there running scared
His old man in a bottle
Say he done quit his 9 to 5
He drinks full-time now he’s hanging in a bottle
Just see that black boy over there running scared
His old man got a problem who’s in the news?
He done pawned off damn near everything
His old womam wedding ring a bottle
Seem to be lack don't you think it's a crime?
Get away so time after time after time people in a bottle
People living in a bottle
Look say see that sister super fine
‘Fore she done drinking that wine from the bottle
She told me her old man committed a crime
He's doing time now she’s hanging in the bottle
I seen her out there on the avenue
All by herself sure need a help from the bottle
I seen a preacher man tried to help her out
She cussed him out hit him in the head with a bottle
Say well and don't you think it's a crime?
Get away so time after time after time people in a bottle
People living in a bottle
You see that gent in a wrinkled suit there
He not done damn blown his cool in the bottle
Whe he was old a doctor helping young girls along
If they wasn't too far gone to have problem of me to you
Them confrontration well defenders of the dollar eagle said
“What you’re doing doc. ain’t legal” And now he's in the bottle
He hates in now we watch him every day
He’s trying to chase pigeon away from the bottle
But he turned to me and he said “Keep ya head now”
But don't you think it's a crime
Get away ahhah so time after time rhythm mine in a bottle
The people living in a bottle
Got to funny same thing
Where?
Pudapampum
Say heey say heey Guan Guanco
Guan Guanco
Guan Guanco got me won’t let go uhha
Guan Guanco got me won’t let go uhhaha
Guan Guanco got me won’t let go uhhaha
Guan Guanco got me won’t let go warm it up
Guan Guanco got me won’t let go uhhaha
Say Guan Guanco got me won’t let go
Say Guan Guanco got me won’t let go
Say Guan Guanco got me won’t let go celebrate
Celebrate celebrate celebrate
Celebrate celebrate celebrate make her feel good
Celebrate celebrate celebrate celebrate
Celebrate celebrate celebrate
Look my… because
Guan Guanco got me won’t let go
See Guan Guanco got me won’t let go uhhaha
See Guan Guanco got me won’t let go celebrate
Celebrate celebrate celebrate
Celebrate celebrate celebrate
Celebrate celebrate celebrate celebrate
Celebrate celebrate celebrate it’s time the rhythm
Did the rhythm make you move? It’s all right
Did the rhythm make you move?
Did the rhythm make you move? It’s all right
Did the rhythm make you move uhhaha?
Did the rhythm make you move? It’s all right
Did the rhythm make you move ?
Did the rhythm make you move? It’s all right
Did the rhythm make you move? Let’s join
Did the rhythm make? Did the rhythm make? Did the rhythm make?
Did the rhythm make? Did the rhythm make? Did the rhythm make?
Did the rhythm make make you move?
Make you move? Are you saying?
Guan Guanco got me won’t let go uhhaha
See Guan Guanco got me won’t let go
See Guan Guanco got me won’t let go uhhaha
See Guan Guanco got me won’t let go uhhaha
See if you ever come looking for me
You know where I’m bound to be in a bottle
Said turn around look around on any corner
And if you see some brother looking like a goner
It’s gonna be me say sing a song
Na na na………….. now sing ahhah
Na na na……………… I’m a say
Na na na…………….
Everybody needs something ahhah
Everybody needs something ahhah
Everybody needs everybody needs
Everybody needs something ahhah
Let me tell you what I mean
She knows I know it she know it I know that you did something
Everybody needs something say where?
She know it I know it she know it I know that you did something
And if everybody needs it needs it
She know it I know it she know it I know that you did something
Question is how the world that man know?
She know it I know it she know it I know that you did something
Heheh easy everybody needs something ahhah
Everybody needs something ahhah
Everybody needs everybody needs
Everybody needs say something ahhah
Sometimes sometimes repeat Guan Guanco
Sometimes sometime repeat Guan Guanco
Sometimes I rather say won’t let go
Sometimes a brother put won’t Guan pull over
Every time I needs something
Everybody needs something
Everybody needs something
Everybody needs something
Say yes say yeah
And now…………….
Everybody needs something sometimes sometimes yeah heheey
Awesome!
love it...most at 5:40..yeah !
Where can i find this version on vinyl my friends ?
To tell the truth, my answer is not helpful (besides that I am a little late). But I have this version on a CD released in 1998, a reissue of Winter in America. But it is a bonus track, it was not part of the original artwork. Greetings from Argentina