A Tribute To Gil-Scott Heron:"The Revolution Will Not Be Televised"

The Revolution will not be televised..you will not be able to stay home brother...you will not be able to plug in,turn on,or cop out..you will not be able to lose yourself and skag..

and skip out for beer during commercials..because the revolution will not be televised..the revolution will not be televised..the revolution will not be televised...the revolution will not be brought to you by xerox..

In 4 parts without commercial interruptions...the revolution will not show you pictures of Nixon blowing a bugle and leading charge by John Mitchell,general Abrahms and Spiro T.Agnew to eat hogmaws confiscated from a Harlem sanctuary..

The Revolution will not be televised..the revolution will not be brought to you by The Schaefer Award Theatre and will not star Natalie Woods or Steve McQueen or Bullwinkle and Julia..the revolution will not give your mouth sex appeal...the revolution will not get rid of the nubs..the revolution will not make you look 5 pounds thinner...because the revolution will not be televised brother...

there will be no pictures of you and Willie Mays pushin that shopping cart down the block on a dead run..or trying to slide the color television into a stolen ambulance...NBC will not be able to predict the winner at 8:32 or report from 29 districts...the revolution will not be televised..there will be no pictures of pigs shooting down brothers in instant replay...there will be no pictures of Whitney Young being run out of Harlem ona rail 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 he had been saving for just the right occassion..

Green Acres,Beverly Hillbillies and Hooterville Junction will no longer be so damned relevant..and women will not care if Dick finally gets down with Jane on "Search For Tomorrow"..because black people will be in the streets looking for a brighter day..the revolution will not be televised..there will be no highlights on the eleven o'clock news and no pictures of hairy armed women liberationists and Jackie Onassis blowing her nose..the theme song will not be written by Jim Webb,Francis Scott Key,nor sung by Glen Campbell,Tom Jones,Johnny Cash,Engelbert Humperdink or Rare Earth..the revolution will not be televised...

The revolution will not be right back after these messages about a white tornado,white lightening or white people..you will not have to worry about a dove in your bedroom,the tigerin your tank or the giant in your toilet bowl..the revolution will not go better with coke..the revolution will not fight germs that may cause bad breath..the revolution will not be televised..the revolution will not be televised..the revolution will not be televised..when the revolution comes.

I Hope You Enjoyed My Creation of this classic and memorable piece that continues to go down in history as one of the most orchestrated pieces of spoken word.Peace&eternal Blessings!!