GIL SCOTT-HERON - The Bottle lyrics

the broken times

self-confidence must be

it's obviously

selfish to preserve,

selfish to pursue

i guess it's the proper way

to go on to loving

begin with nothing

begin with nothing

begin with nothing

and so here's the state

that love's left me in

in the estate of the redhead

and what does it mean

she don't need the proof

of my failures

or all the nights

when i earned my failure

and i suppose

i've not been rejected

and i suppose

we've not been a failure

and i suppose

that we're proof of it