The Revolution Will Not Be Televised-Gil Scott-Heron

[00:12.234] You will not be able to stay home, brother. [00:17.307] You will not be able to plug in, turn on and cop out. [00:21.526] You will not be able to lose yourself on skag and [00:23.915] Skip out for beer during commercials, [00:25.648] Because the revolution will not be televised. [00:30.854] The revolution will not be televised. [00:32.878] The revolution will not be brought to you by Xerox [00:35.351] In 4 parts without commercial interruptions. [00:37.694] The revolution will not show you pictures of Nixon [00:39.947] Blowing a bugle and leading a charge by John [00:42.189] Mitchell, General Abrams and Mendel Rivers to eat [00:45.228] Hog maws confiscated from a Harlem sanctuary. [00:47.885] The revolution will not be televised. [00:51.827] The revolution will not be brought to you by the [00:53.596] Schaefer Award Theatre and will not star Natalie [00:55.964] Woods and Steve McQueen or Bullwinkle and Julia. [01:02.501] The revolution will not give your mouth *** appeal. [01:04.824] The revolution will not get rid of the nubs. [01:07.192] The revolution will not make you look five pounds [01:09.398] Thinner, because the revolution will not be televised, Brother. [01:13.751] There will be no pictures of you and Willie Mays [01:15.592] Pushing that shopping cart down the block on the dead run, [01:17.909] Or trying to slide that color television into a stolen ambulance. [01:21.312] NBC will not be able predict the winner at 8:32 [01:24.395] On reports from 29 districts. [01:26.172] The revolution will not be televised. [01:30.470] There will be no pictures of pigs shooting down [01:32.120] Brothers in the instant replay. [01:33.658] There will be no pictures of pigs shooting down [01:35.615] Brothers in the instant replay. [01:36.756] There will be no pictures of Whitney Young being [01:38.460] Run out of Harlem on a rail with a brand new process. [01:41.392] There will be no slow motion or still life of Roy Wilkens [01:44.216] Strolling through Watts in a Red, Black and [01:46.429] Green liberation jumpsuit that he had been saving [01:48.752] For just the right occasion. [01:51.896] Green Acres, The Beverly Hillbillies, and Hooterville Junction [01:55.276] will no longer be so god damned relevant, and [01:57.503] Women will not care if **** finally screwed [01:59.541] Jane on Search for Tomorrow because Black people [02:01.633] Will be in the street looking for a brighter day. [02:03.801] The revolution will not be televised. [02:08.121] There will be no highlights on the eleven o'clock News [02:10.282] and no pictures of hairy armed women liberationists and Jackie Onassis blowing her nose. [02:15.820] The theme song will not be written by Jim Webb or [02:17.891] Francis Scott Key, nor sung by Glen Campbell, Tom [02:21.188] Jones, Johnny Cash or Englebert Humperdink. [02:24.268] The revolution will not be televised. [02:27.440] The revolution will not be right back [02:28.857] After a message about a white tornado, white lightning, or white people. [02:32.218] You will not have to worry about a dove in your [02:34.111] Bedroom, a tiger in your tank, or the giant in your toilet bowl. [02:37.509] The revolution will not go better with Coke. [02:39.627] The revolution will not fight the germs that may cause bad breath. [02:42.650] The revolution will put you in the driver's seat. [02:45.381] The revolution will not be televised, will not be televised, [02:48.589] Will not be televised, will not be televised. [02:50.942] The revolution will be no re-run brothers; [02:52.956] The revolution will be live.