Who Did It Better? - Gil Scott-Heron vs. Esther Phillips (1971/1972)

Please listen to both renditions of Home Is Where The Hatred Is and share your thoughts in the comments section. Both versions were released as singles-- Gil’s was the b-side to The Revolution Will Not Be Televised and features Bernard Pretty Purdie on drums. Esther’s version was her first single on KUDU records and was arranged by James Brown alumni Alfred Pee Wee Ellis. A junkie walking through the twilight I’m on my way home I left three days ago, but no one seems to know I’m gone Home is where the hatred is Home is filled with pain and it, might not be such a bad idea if i never, never went home again stand as far away from me as you can and ask me why hang on to your rosary beads close your eyes to watch me die you keep saying, kick it, quit it, kick it, quit it God, but did you ever try to turn your sick soul inside out so that the world, so that the world can watch you die home is where I live inside my white powder dreams home was on