{"id":1182,"date":"2014-07-22T20:03:02","date_gmt":"2014-07-22T20:03:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mauspace.com\/space\/?p=1182"},"modified":"2014-07-22T20:03:02","modified_gmt":"2014-07-22T20:03:02","slug":"gil-scott-heron-me-and-the-devil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mauspace.com\/space\/?p=1182","title":{"rendered":"Gil Scott Heron &#8211; Me And The Devil"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"twttr_buttons\"><div class=\"twttr_twitter\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/share?text=Gil+Scott+Heron+-+Me+And+The+Devil\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-via=\"\" data-hashtags=\"\"  data-size=\"default\" data-url=\"https:\/\/mauspace.com\/space\/?p=1182\"  data-related=\"\" target=\"_blank\">Tweet<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><\/div><p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/uRyHW6r7pjA\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Early this morning<br \/>\nWhen you knocked<br \/>\nUpon my door (2x)<br \/>\nAn I say<br \/>\nHello Satan<br \/>\nI believe it&#8217;s time to go<br \/>\nMe and the Devil<br \/>\nWalking side by side (2x)<br \/>\nAnd I&#8217;m gonna see my woman<br \/>\n&#8216;Til I get satisfied<br \/>\nSee See<br \/>\nYou don&#8217;t see why<br \/>\nLike you&#8217;a dog me &#8217;round<br \/>\n*Now babe you know I ain&#8217;t do it like that<br \/>\nSay I<br \/>\nDon&#8217;t see why<br \/>\nPeople dawging me around<br \/>\nIt must be that old old evil spirit<br \/>\nThat spirit drop me down in your ground<br \/>\nYou may<br \/>\nBury my body<br \/>\nDown by the highway side<br \/>\n*I don&#8217;t really care where you bury me when I&#8217;m gone<br \/>\nI&#8217;m gone<br \/>\nYou may bury my body<br \/>\nDown by the highway side<br \/>\nSo my old evil spirit<br \/>\nCan greyhound<br \/>\nBus that ride<br \/>\n&#8211;Bonus part<br \/>\nStanding<br \/>\nIn the ruins of another black mans life<br \/>\nOr flying through the valley<br \/>\nSeparating day and night<br \/>\nI am am Death,<br \/>\nCried the Vulture,<br \/>\nFor the people of the light<br \/>\nCaron brought his raft<br \/>\nFrom the sea that sails on souls<br \/>\nAnd I saw the scavenger departing<br \/>\nTaking warm hearts to the cold<br \/>\nHe knew the ghetto was a haven<br \/>\nFor the meanest creature ever known<br \/>\nIn a wilderness of heart break<br \/>\nIn a desert of despair<br \/>\nEvil&#8217;s clarion of justice<br \/>\nShrieks a cry of naked terror<br \/>\nTaking babies from their mamas<br \/>\nLeaving grief beyond compare<br \/>\nSo if you see the vulture coming<br \/>\nFlying circles in your mind<br \/>\nRemember their is no escaping<br \/>\nFor he will follow close behind<\/p>\n<p>Only promise me a battle<br \/>\nA battle<br \/>\nFor your soul and mind<br \/>\nAnd mine<br \/>\nAnd mine<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Early this morning When you knocked Upon my door (2x) An I say Hello Satan I believe it&#8217;s time to go Me and the Devil Walking side by side (2x) And I&#8217;m gonna see my woman &#8216;Til I get satisfied See See You don&#8217;t see why Like you&#8217;a dog me &#8217;round *Now babe you know <a class=\"more-link excerpt-link\" href=\"https:\/\/mauspace.com\/space\/?p=1182\">Continue Reading<span class=\"glyphicon glyphicon-chevron-right\"><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mauspace.com\/space\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1182"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mauspace.com\/space\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mauspace.com\/space\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mauspace.com\/space\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mauspace.com\/space\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1182"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mauspace.com\/space\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1182\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1183,"href":"https:\/\/mauspace.com\/space\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1182\/revisions\/1183"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mauspace.com\/space\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1182"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mauspace.com\/space\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1182"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mauspace.com\/space\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1182"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}