The Revolution Will Not Be Televised (Accapella)
Soul Rebels
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You will not be able to stay home, brother
You will not be able to plug in, turn on, or drop out
You will not be able to lose yourself on skag
Or skip out for beer during commercials
Because the revolution will not be televised
The revolution will not be brought to you by Xerox
In four parts without commercial interruption
The revolution will not show you pictures of Nixon
Blowing a bugle and leading a charge by John Mitchell
General Abrams and Spiro Agnew eating hog maws
Compensated from a Harlem sanctuary
The revolution will not be televised
The revolution will not be brought to you
By the Shea for War Theater
And will not star Natalie Wood and Steve McQueen
Or Bullwinkle and Julia
The revolution will not give you a mild sex appeal
The revolution will not get rid of the nubs
The revolution will not make you look five pounds thinner
Because the revolution will not be televised, brother
There will be no pictures of pigs shooting down
Brothers in the instant replay
There will be no pictures of the young
Being run out of Harlem on a rail with a brand new process
There will be no slow motions or still life
Of Royal Wilkins strolling through Watts
In a red and black and green liberation jumpsuit
That he had been saving for just the right occasion
Green Acres, The Beverly Hillbillies, and Hooterville
Will no longer be so damn relevant
And the 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 Humperdinck, or Rare Earth
The revolution will not be right back
After a message about a white tornado
White light, and the white people
You will not have to worry about a germ on your bedroom
A tiger in your tank, or a giant in your toilet bowl
The revolution will not be televised
The revolution will not go better with Coke
The revolution will not fight the germs that cause bad breath
The revolution will put you in the driver's seat
The revolution will be no reruns, brother
The revolution will be live