Home Is Where the Hatred Is
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"Home Is Where the Hatred Is" is a stark, socially conscious soul song written and performed by Gil Scott-Heron that confronts addiction, poverty, and inner turmoil with unflinching honesty.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Home Is Where the Hatred Is canonical | 3 |
| "Home is where the hatred is" | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3143519 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Home Is Where the Hatred Is Context triple: [My Way Home, sampledWork, Home Is Where the Hatred Is]
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A.
Clean, Old-Fashioned Hate
Clean, Old-Fashioned Hate is the longstanding, intense college football rivalry between the University of Georgia Bulldogs and the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets.
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B.
The Cultivation of Hatred
The Cultivation of Hatred is a historical study by Peter Gay that examines the roots and expressions of aggression and hostility in bourgeois society during the 19th century.
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C.
Love in the Days of Rage
Love in the Days of Rage is a short novel by Lawrence Ferlinghetti that intertwines a passionate love affair with the political upheaval of the May 1968 Paris student and worker uprisings.
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D.
A House Is Not a Home
"A House Is Not a Home" is a classic soul ballad written by Burt Bacharach and Hal David, most famously performed by Luther Vandross.
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E.
The Motherfucker with the Hat
The Motherfucker with the Hat is a dark comedy stage play by Stephen Adly Guirgis that explores addiction, love, and loyalty among working-class New Yorkers through sharp, profane dialogue.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Home Is Where the Hatred Is Target entity description: "Home Is Where the Hatred Is" is a stark, socially conscious soul song written and performed by Gil Scott-Heron that confronts addiction, poverty, and inner turmoil with unflinching honesty.
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A.
Clean, Old-Fashioned Hate
Clean, Old-Fashioned Hate is the longstanding, intense college football rivalry between the University of Georgia Bulldogs and the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets.
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B.
The Cultivation of Hatred
The Cultivation of Hatred is a historical study by Peter Gay that examines the roots and expressions of aggression and hostility in bourgeois society during the 19th century.
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C.
Love in the Days of Rage
Love in the Days of Rage is a short novel by Lawrence Ferlinghetti that intertwines a passionate love affair with the political upheaval of the May 1968 Paris student and worker uprisings.
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D.
A House Is Not a Home
"A House Is Not a Home" is a classic soul ballad written by Burt Bacharach and Hal David, most famously performed by Luther Vandross.
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E.
The Motherfucker with the Hat
The Motherfucker with the Hat is a dark comedy stage play by Stephen Adly Guirgis that explores addiction, love, and loyalty among working-class New Yorkers through sharp, profane dialogue.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
single
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song ⓘ song cover ⓘ |
| addressesIssue |
despair
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heroin addiction ⓘ self-destruction ⓘ struggle for recovery ⓘ |
| artist | Gil Scott-Heron ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
conscious soul
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political soul ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| describedAs |
socially conscious
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stark ⓘ unflinchingly honest ⓘ |
| genre |
jazz-funk
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soul ⓘ spoken word ⓘ |
| hasInfluenced | later socially conscious hip hop ⓘ |
| hasInstrumentation |
bass
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drums ⓘ piano ⓘ saxophone ⓘ strings ⓘ |
| hasNarrativePerspective | first person ⓘ |
| hasNotableCoverVersion | Home Is Where the Hatred Is (Esther Phillips version) ⓘ |
| hasNotableLyric |
Home Is Where the Hatred Is
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
"Home is where the hatred is"
"You keep saying, kick it, quit it, God, but did you ever try to turn your sick soul inside out?" ⓘ |
| includedInAlbum | Pieces of a Man ⓘ |
| length | approximately 3 minutes 20 seconds ⓘ |
| lyricTheme |
drug addiction
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inner turmoil ⓘ poverty ⓘ social commentary ⓘ urban life ⓘ |
| movement | Black Arts Movement ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOf |
Gil Scott-Heron
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surface form:
Gil Scott-Heron discography
|
| performer |
Esther Phillips
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Gil Scott-Heron ⓘ |
| producer | Bob Thiele ⓘ |
| recordedBy |
Gil Scott-Heron
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surface form:
Gil Scott-Heron and Brian Jackson
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| recordLabel | Flying Dutchman Records ⓘ |
| releaseYear |
1971
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1972 ⓘ |
| subjectOf | critical analysis of addiction in popular music ⓘ |
| tempo | slow-to-mid tempo ⓘ |
| vocalStyle | spoken word and sung vocals ⓘ |
| writer | Gil Scott-Heron ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Home Is Where the Hatred Is Description of subject: "Home Is Where the Hatred Is" is a stark, socially conscious soul song written and performed by Gil Scott-Heron that confronts addiction, poverty, and inner turmoil with unflinching honesty.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Home Is Where the Hatred Is
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hasNotableLyric
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Home Is Where the Hatred Is
self-linksurface differs
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this entity surface form:
"Home is where the hatred is"