The Bottle (Winter in America Version) Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson

[Intro]
If I just (Ha ha ha, ha ha ha)
Oh, uno dos
Uno dos tres cuatro

[Verse 1]
You see that black boy over there running scared
His old man in a bottle
He done quit his nine to five, he drink full-time
And now he’s living in a bottle
See that black boy over there running scared
His old man got a problem and it's a bad one
He done pawned off damn near everything
His old woman's wedding ring for a bottle

[Chorus]
And don't you think it's a crime
When time after time after time
People in a bottle?
There's people living in a bottle
Listen to me

[Verse 2]
See that sister sure was fine
'Fore she started drinking wine from the bottle
She told me her old man committed a crime, he's doing time
Now she’s hanging in the bottle
I seen her out there on the avenue all by herself
Sure need help from the bottle
I seen a preacher man tried to help her out
She cussed him out and hit him in the head with a bottle
They turned to me, they asked me "Gil now