Your Soul and Mine

Standing in the ruins
Of another Black man's life
Or flying through the valley
Separating day and night
"I am death," cried the Vulture
"For the people of the light"

Charon brought his raft
From the sea that sails on souls
And saw the scavenger departing
Taking warm hearts to the cold
He knew the ghetto was the haven
For the meanest creature ever known

In the wilderness of heartbreak
And a desert of despair
Evil's clarion of justice
Shrieks a cry of naked terror
Taking babies from their mamas
Leaving grief beyond compare

So if you see the Vulture coming
Flying circles in your mind
Remember there is no escaping
For he will follow close behind
Only promised me a battle
Battle for your soul and mine (and mine)
And mine



Credits
Writer(s): Gil Scott Heron, Richard Leslie Russell
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