I then found the real one............Wicked!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Classic! Great track & video..

I wish history didn't keep repeating itself...

Shit, now I gotta go put on the Creator Has a Master Plan-

Why to people want to rap about politics.. rapping is bad enough.

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.

Of course the revolution will not be televised, it will be streamed live over the internet.

*promote this classic, SiftBot! How can this get only 10 votes? Sifters, you should be thoroughly ashamed of yourself (especially you Farhad!)

Re-promoting this video to the front page as a VideoSift Classic. Originally published on Monday 9th October 2006 (promotion called by gold star member BenJee)

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."

...heeeey, how'd this get imn the q?? Siftbot slack on my space, no do job...

Nice! Thanks nickyp.

just about to post this ..then i found out the revolution has been sifted.

TUUUUUNE

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Awarding kronosposeidon with one Power Point for fixing this video's dead embed code.

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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

Promoting this video back to the front page; last published Wednesday, November 29th, 2006 5:51pm PST - promote requested by darkrowan.

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