The Revolution Will Not Be Televised: Gil Scott Heron

NickyPsays...

He wasn't a rapper in the conventional sense, he was a poet who set his words to music. He would also sing, though not that well. In the late sixties and early seventies there was a lot going on, everything seemed uncertain to some people, After the drug fueled lve haze of 67.

rembarsays...

Definitely a classic:

"You will not be able to stay home, brother.
You will not be able to plug in, turn on and cop out.
You will not be able to lose yourself on skag and skip...

Because the revolution will not be televised...

The revolution will not give your mouth sex appeal...
There will be no pictures of you and Willie May
pushing that shopping cart down the block on the dead run,
or trying to slide that color television into a stolen ambulance.
NBC will not be able predict the winner at 8:32
or report from 29 districts...

There will be no pictures of pigs shooting down
brothers in the instant replay...with a brand new process.
There will be no slow motion or still life of Roy
Wilkens strolling through Watts in a Red, Black and
Green liberation jumpsuit that he had been saving
For just the proper occasion...

The revolution will not be right back after a message
About a white tornado, white lightning, or white people.
You will not have to worry about a dove in your
bedroom, a tiger in your tank, or the giant in your toilet bowl.
The revolution will not go better with Coke.
The revolutions will not fight the germs that may cause bad breath.
The revolution will put you in the driver's seat.


The revolution will not be televised, will not be televised,
will not be televised, will not be televised.
The revolution will be no re-run brothers;
The revolution will be live."

siftbotsays...

Tags for this video have been changed from 'revolution, proto rap, political' to 'revolution, not televised, proto, rap, gil scott heron' - edited by kronosposeidon

darkrowansays...

In light of all the recent protests, be it London or BART or elsewhere, I'd like to say this:
The revolution will not be televised... it will be tweeted, blogged, vlogged, liked, with a +1 cherry on top.

*promote

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