Whitey on the moon - gil scott-heron

Are you people all serious? He may be the godfather of rap, but the black lennon? Hoooooly shit. This is NOT a good song. This is not powerful. This is not poetic. This is garbage. Period. Say what you want. Blast me, call me ignorant. A rat done bit my sister nell? Seriously? I'm ashamed that the intellectual property of John Lennon would even be mentioned in the same sentence as this man's. Fuck.

He is the Godfather of rap.

No contest.

The black Lennon.

still powerful words put together her!!

oh man, here we go with the anonymous gutless, spineless, nutless racist comments. all the man gsh was saying was that poverty is so bad and instead of fixing it with the federal government, they're spending it to go into space.

I can't get no welfare check.
Cause whities on the moon.
I gots to rob a liquor store.
Cause whities on the moon.
I stick coke all in my nose.
Cause whities on the moon.
I'm dumb as shit can't read or write.
Cause whities on the moon.
Us nigs invented everything.
But whities on the moon.

"All the taxes I done paid last year,
to Whitey on the Moon,
I don't have no money down here?,
Cause Whitey's on the Moon"

Classic

Classic because, when he wrote this, he didn't pay taxes?

Yeah, you'd think if he was complaining about "taxes take my whole damn check" that he would vote Republican!

an outspoken genius.

Classic!