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> [If someone comes to you and asks for help, and you can help them, you're supposed to help them. Why wouldn't you? You have been put in the position somehow to be able to help this person.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gil-scott-heron/if-someone-comes-to-you-and-asks-for-help-and-you-can-help-them-you/)

[Gil Scott-Heron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gil-scott-heron/)

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## More by Gil Scott-Heron

> [Oftentimes, the way it seems to be is that our artists in particular point themselves out as spokesmen for a certain constituency in a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gil-scott-heron/oftentimes-the-way-it-seems-to-be-is-that-our-artists-in-particular/)

[Gil Scott-Heron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gil-scott-heron/)

> [I was one of the first three black students to go to an all-white school in Tennessee.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gil-scott-heron/i-was-one-of-the-first-three-black-students-to-go-to-an-all-white/)

[Gil Scott-Heron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gil-scott-heron/)

> [A good poet feels what his community feels. Like if you stub your toe, the rest of your body hurts.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gil-scott-heron/a-good-poet-feels-what-his-community-feels-like-if-you-stub-your-toe/)

[Gil Scott-Heron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gil-scott-heron/)

> [I find it not just strange but almost ridiculous that people could take a song like the one I was doing and interpret it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gil-scott-heron/i-find-it-not-just-strange-but-almost-ridiculous-that-people-could/)

[Gil Scott-Heron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gil-scott-heron/)

> [Womenfolk raised me and I was full-grown before I knew I came from a broken home](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gil-scott-heron/womenfolk-raised-me-and-i-was-full-grown-before-i-knew-i-came-from-a/)

[Gil Scott-Heron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gil-scott-heron/)

> [If you aren't having no fun, die, because you're running a worthless program, far as I'm concerned.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gil-scott-heron/if-you-aren-t-having-no-fun-die-because-you-re-running-a-worthless/)

[Gil Scott-Heron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gil-scott-heron/)

> [I have a novel that I can write. It's about three soldiers from Somalia. Some babies have been disappearing up on 144th Street, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gil-scott-heron/i-have-a-novel-that-i-can-write-it-s-about-three-soldiers-from/)

[Gil Scott-Heron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gil-scott-heron/)

> [ I work hard at it \[delivery of lyrics\], just like I worked hard at getting my masters degree. It's not just something I sit… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gil-scott-heron/i-work-hard-at-it-delivery-of-lyrics-just-like-i-worked-hard-at/)

[Gil Scott-Heron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gil-scott-heron/)

> [Your life has to consist of more than 'Black people should unite.' You hope they do, but not twenty-four hours a day.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gil-scott-heron/your-life-has-to-consist-of-more-than-black-people-should-unite-you/)

[Gil Scott-Heron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gil-scott-heron/)

> [You should be able to do anything you can afford as an adult.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gil-scott-heron/you-should-be-able-to-do-anything-you-can-afford-as-an-adult/)

[Gil Scott-Heron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gil-scott-heron/)

> [You know what has made me the happiest I've ever been? Seeing my son and daughter graduate from college. More than wanting them to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gil-scott-heron/you-know-what-has-made-me-the-happiest-i-ve-ever-been-seeing-my-son/)

[Gil Scott-Heron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gil-scott-heron/)

> [I've always had questions about what it meant to be a protester, to be in the minority. Are the people who are trying to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gil-scott-heron/i-ve-always-had-questions-about-what-it-meant-to-be-a-protester-to-be/)

[Gil Scott-Heron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gil-scott-heron/)

> [I was a piano player before I was a poet.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gil-scott-heron/i-was-a-piano-player-before-i-was-a-poet/)

[Gil Scott-Heron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gil-scott-heron/)

> [I cannot afford to watch Fox News.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gil-scott-heron/i-cannot-afford-to-watch-fox-news/)

[Gil Scott-Heron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gil-scott-heron/)

> [I think a whole lot of stuff gets by people - I could name half a dozen groups that do songs that are openly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gil-scott-heron/i-think-a-whole-lot-of-stuff-gets-by-people-i-could-name-half-a-dozen/)

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