Two, actually:
Technically, that's the same event. But you can forgive some creative license where Gil Scott-Heron is concerned, right?
'Specially when the news involves Gil still being alive--and still able to perform.
I have to admit, I was a lil bit surprised. Also a lil bit sad. Though, I s'pose, Gil is exactly where he ought to be in life. A soft echo of a rebel yell released long ago by lungs who sought to collapse themselves.
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you know, i've never seen him live. have you?
he strikes me as a real laid-back dude, always focused, always listening.
I am sorry to say that I have not, Tre. (I ain't even seen YOU live, lol.)
Frankly, I think Gil is probably a ghost. Which is not such a bad thing.
He has spent a lot of time destroying himself and, for better or worse, he has not yet succeeded. I do wonder what he makes of that. If he really is desperate to get to the next world. Or if he regrets his efforts in this one. Perhaps a bit of both.
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