Gil Scott-Heron, Makaya McCraven - Guided (Broken Home pt.4)

[00:05.12] And so my life has been guided [00:08.37] All the love I needed was provided [00:11.49] And through my mother's sacrifices I saw where her life went [00:16.80] To give more than birth to me, but life to me [00:20.21] And this ain't one of the clichés about black women being strong [00:23.22] Cause hell if you're weak, you're gone [00:25.72] But life courage determined to do more than just survive [00:31.90] And too many homes have a missing woman or man [00:35.79] Without the feeling of missing love [00:38.27] Maybe they are homes that are hurt [00:41.36] But there are no real lives that hurt without reach, but not broken [00:47.54] Unless the homes of soldiers stationed overseas [00:50.61] Or lost in battles or broken [00:53.07] Unless the homes of firemen, policemen, construction workers [00:56.01] Seamen, railroad men, truckers, pilots [00:59.42] Who lost their lives, but not for what their lives stood for [01:03.84] Because men die, men lose, they are lost and they leave [01:09.64] And so do women [01:11.51] I came from what they called "A broken home" [01:14.95] But they ever really called it "A house" [01:18.38] They would have known how wrong they were [01:21.73] We were working on our lives and our homes [01:24.86] Dealing with what we had, not what we didn't have [01:29.85] My life has been guided by women [01:32.89] But because of them; I am a man [01:37.42] God bless you mama, and thank you [01:47.06]