And as always,
the revolution will not be televised.
Rest in peace my man Gil Scott Heron.
Rest in peace Mike Brown.
Rest in peace Trayvon.
Rest in peace Oscar Grant.
Rest in peace Vincent Chin.
The revolution will not be televised.
You will not be able to stay home, brother.
You will not be able to plug in,
log on, and zone out.
You will not be able to lose your
self on Molly E. crank oxy
or skip out for hard lemonade
during commercials
because the revolution
will not be televised.
The revolution will not be
televised.
The revolution will not be brought to you
by Guthrie Ranker
in a four -hour infomercial
without any additional
interruptions.
The revolution will not show
you pictures of George W. Bush
in a flight suit leading Dinner Grace
while throwing up in the Japanese
prime minister's lap.
The revolution will not be televised.
The revolution
The will play out in the theater of life,
but will not star Jessica Simpson,
Tom Cruise,
Arnold Schwarzenegger,
or Buzz Lightyear.
The revolution will not
magically align your teeth.
The revolution will not get
rid of the shapes.
The revolution will not give you abs of steel,
because the revolution will
not be televised, sis.
There will be no images of you
in such and such an M,
pushing a Walgreens shopping
cart down the block,
or trying to slide that big screen
into the back of a stolen Buick.
Fox News will not be able to announce
the winner of an election
before all the votes are tabulated
or report premature results
from uncounted areas.
The revolution will not be televised.
There will be no pictures
of police shooting
22 -year -olds in the back on a train
station platform on instant replay.
There will be no pictures of
police pepper spraying
22 -year -olds
in peaceful protest on instant replay.
There will be no pictures of
Whitney Houston
doing anything other than
accepting awards
for her accomplishments.
You will not be able to buy
souvenirs
or mementos
like giant foam hands
throwing up a peace sign that say,
Go Revolution!
The revolution will not be televised.
There will be no rerun,
brothers and sisters.
The revolution will be live.