Undercover Brother movie - The Revolution Will Not Be Televised lyrics

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Song by Gil Scott-Heron<br /><br>

You will not be able to stay home, brother.<br>

You will not be able to plug in, turn on and cop out.<br>

You will not be able to lose yourself on skag and skip,<br>

Skip out for beer during commercials,<br>

Because the revolution will not be televised.<br>

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The revolution will not be televised.<br>

The revolution will not be brought to you by Xerox<br>

In 4 parts without commercial interruptions.<br>

The revolution will not show you pictures of Nixon<br>

blowing a bugle and leading a charge by John<br>

Mitchell, General Abrams and Spiro Agnew to eat<br>

hog maws confiscated from a Harlem sanctuary.<br>

The revolution will not be televised.<br>

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The revolution will not be brought to you by the <br>

Schaefer Award Theatre and will not star Natalie<br>

Woods and Steve McQueen or Bullwinkle and Julia.<br>

The revolution will not give your mouth sex appeal.<br>

The revolution will not get rid of the nubs.<br>

The revolution will not make you look five pounds<br>

thinner, because the revolution will not be televised, Brother.<br>

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There will be no pictures of you and Willie May<br>

pushing that shopping cart down the block on the dead run,<br>

or trying to slide that color television into a stolen ambulance.<br>

NBC will not be able predict the winner at 8:32<br>

or report from 29 districts.<br>

The revolution will not be televised.<br>

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There will be no pictures of pigs shooting down<br>

brothers in the instant replay.<br>

There will be no pictures of pigs shooting down<br>

brothers in the instant replay.<br>

There will be no pictures of Whitney Young being<br>

run out of Harlem on a rail with a brand new process.<br>

There will be no slow motion or still life of Roy<br>

Wilkens strolling through Watts in a Red, Black and<br>

Green liberation jumpsuit that he had been saving<br>

For just the proper occasion.<br>

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Green Acres, The Beverly Hillbillies, and Hooterville<br>

Junction will no longer be so damned relevant, and<br>

women will not care if Dick finally gets down with<br>

Jane on Search for Tomorrow because Black people<br>

will be in the street looking for a brighter day.<br>

The revolution will not be televised.<br>

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There will be no highlights on the eleven o'clock<br>

news and no pictures of hairy armed women<br>

liberationists and Jackie Onassis blowing her nose.<br>

The theme song will not be written by Jim Webb,<br>

Francis Scott Key, nor sung by Glen Campbell, Tom<br>

Jones, Johnny Cash, Englebert Humperdink, or the Rare Earth.<br>

The revolution will not be televised.<br>

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The revolution will not be right back after a message<br>

bbout a white tornado, white lightning, or white people.<br>

You will not have to worry about a dove in your<br>

bedroom, a tiger in your tank, or the giant in your toilet bowl.<br>

The revolution will not go better with Coke.<br>

The revolution will not fight the germs that may cause bad breath.<br>

The revolution will put you in the driver's seat.<br>

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The revolution will not be televised, will not be televised,<br>

will not be televised, will not be televised.<br>

The revolution will be no re-run brothers;<br>

The revolution will be live.<br>

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