Lupe Fiasco - R.I.P. Gil Scott-Heron lyrics
[Lupe Fiasco - R.I.P. Gil Scott-Heron lyrics]
The Television Will Not Be Revolutionized
Idiot boxes of the world unite! To
Fight off the effects of intelligence
Replace smart quotes with fart jokes
Substitute sense with scenes from Martin
Let the baby’s bathe in that
Glow and learn all
Manner of things they don’t
Really need to know!
The Television Will Not Be Revolutionized!
Channel the content of some
Rambling nonsense deep
Into the annals of yo’ subconscious
Deprogram and depress chasing
Some televised success be them, that
They and those be everything but in control
The Television Will Not Be Revolutionized!
Small claims Court drama, teenage baby
Mamas, Osama watching Osama
Celebrity Endorsed indoor
Saunas, the perfectly cooked piraña and other
Cannonfodder for you to ponder
All at the speed of imitations of life while
The smoke of war gets inhaled thru the
Peace pipes
Be still my beating heart and scare my brain
From thinking thoughts as I sit
Intoxicated by the delights
Sarcasm and 3 strikes thrown by
My favorite pitcher in a
Sound surrounded, 3 dimensional, high
Death, full color mixture
Wholly unsocializing and
Completely uncensored
The Television Will Not Be Revolutionized!
By this one-eyed monster most of
The world was raised
And by this hero most of
The world was saved, and to this master
Most of the world is slaves, it
Factors your fears with actors
And cheers from a
Live studio audience pushing you to engage
In a heroic act of thoughtlessness for the
Grand prize of a little bread
Fleeting fame in the circus and
Every thought in yo head
The Television Will Not Be Revolutionized!
"Ain’t no changing me" said
My flat screen TV, no More
Che’s to the rescue, or Black
Panthers to correct you
Just coaxial cables and satellite signals
To connect you to a world that
Doesn’t really look like it does
On TV, where everything is much shorter
Fatter, uglier and in disorder
Where u have to do it now
Because there are no digital recorders
Where if the present gets boring
You can just fast forward
The Television Will Not Be Revolutionized!
So there will be no revolution
Or paradoxically ironic televised
Public execution of the entire worldwide
Televising institution, there won't even
Be a celebritized
Televised trial of old baby blue
Cuz you see my dear friends the
Television will not be revolutionized
But what about the revolution that
Should taking place inside…of you?
Idiot boxes of the world unite! To
Fight off the effects of intelligence
Replace smart quotes with fart jokes
Substitute sense with scenes from Martin
Let the baby’s bathe in that
Glow and learn all
Manner of things they don’t
Really need to know!
The Television Will Not Be Revolutionized!
Channel the content of some
Rambling nonsense deep
Into the annals of yo’ subconscious
Deprogram and depress chasing
Some televised success be them, that
They and those be everything but in control
The Television Will Not Be Revolutionized!
Small claims Court drama, teenage baby
Mamas, Osama watching Osama
Celebrity Endorsed indoor
Saunas, the perfectly cooked piraña and other
Cannonfodder for you to ponder
All at the speed of imitations of life while
The smoke of war gets inhaled thru the
Peace pipes
Be still my beating heart and scare my brain
From thinking thoughts as I sit
Intoxicated by the delights
Sarcasm and 3 strikes thrown by
My favorite pitcher in a
Sound surrounded, 3 dimensional, high
Death, full color mixture
Wholly unsocializing and
Completely uncensored
The Television Will Not Be Revolutionized!
By this one-eyed monster most of
The world was raised
And by this hero most of
The world was saved, and to this master
Most of the world is slaves, it
Factors your fears with actors
And cheers from a
Live studio audience pushing you to engage
In a heroic act of thoughtlessness for the
Grand prize of a little bread
Fleeting fame in the circus and
Every thought in yo head
The Television Will Not Be Revolutionized!
"Ain’t no changing me" said
My flat screen TV, no More
Che’s to the rescue, or Black
Panthers to correct you
Just coaxial cables and satellite signals
To connect you to a world that
Doesn’t really look like it does
On TV, where everything is much shorter
Fatter, uglier and in disorder
Where u have to do it now
Because there are no digital recorders
Where if the present gets boring
You can just fast forward
The Television Will Not Be Revolutionized!
So there will be no revolution
Or paradoxically ironic televised
Public execution of the entire worldwide
Televising institution, there won't even
Be a celebritized
Televised trial of old baby blue
Cuz you see my dear friends the
Television will not be revolutionized
But what about the revolution that
Should taking place inside…of you?
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