Gil Scott-Heron - On Coming From A Broken Home (Pt. 1) lyrics

I want to make this a special tribute To a family that contradicts the concepts Heard the rules but wouldn't accept In addition, women-folk raised me In addition, I was full grown before I knew I came from a broken home Sent to live with my grandma down south When my uncles was leaving And my grandfather had just left for heaven They said and as every-ologist would certainly note I had no strong male figure right? But lily Scott was absolutely not your mail order room service type cast black grandmother I was moved in with her; temporarily, just until things were patched, 'Til this was patched and 'til that was patched Until I became at 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10 The patch that held lily Scott who held me and like them 4 I became one more and I loved her from the absolute marrow of my bones And we was holdin' on, I come from a broken home She had more than the five senses She knew more than books could teach And raised everyone she touched just a little bit higher And all around her there was a natural sense As though she sensed what the stars say what the birds say What the wind and the clouds say A sensual soul and self that African sense And she raised me like she raised 4 of her own And I was hurt and scared and shocked when lily Scott left suddenly one night And they sent a limousine from heaven to take her to god, if there is one. So I knew she had gone And I came from a broken home