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      • 1. shut 'um down
      • 2. alien (hold on to your dreams)
      • 3. willing
      • 4. corners
      • 5. 1980
      • 6. push comes to shove
      • 7. shah mot (the shah is dead/checkmate)
      • 8. late last night

      Gil Scott-Heron enters the 80's with a solid slab of conscious soul from the anti-nuclear anthem "Shut 'Um Down" to the plight of illegal immigrants crossing the Mexican border in "Alien".


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