Dili ka makapuyo sa balay, igsoon.
You will not be able to plug in, turn on and cop out.
You will not be able to lose yourself on skag and skip,
Skip out for beer during commercials,
Because the revolution will not be televised.
Ang rebolusyon dili ipasalida sa telebisyon.
Ang rebolusyon dili dad-on kanimo sa Xerox
Sa 4 nga mga bahin nga wala’y mga paghunong sa komersyo.
Ang rebolusyon dili magpakita kanimo mga litrato ni Nixon
naghuyop ug trumpeta ug nanguna sa pagsumbong ni John
Mitchell, General Abrams and Spiro Agnew to eat
hog maws confiscated from a Harlem sanctuary.
Ang rebolusyon dili ipasalida sa telebisyon.
The revolution will not be brought to you by the
Schaefer Award Theatre and will not star Natalie
Woods and Steve McQueen or Bullwinkle and Julia.
The revolution will not give your mouth sex appeal.
The revolution will not get rid of the nubs.
Ang rebolusyon dili maghimo kanimo nga lima ka libra
thinner, because the revolution will not be televised,
Igsoon.
There will be no pictures of you and Willie May
pushing that shopping cart down the block on the dead run,
or trying to slide that color television into a stolen
ambulance.
NBC will not be able predict the winner at 8:32
or report from 29 districts.
Ang rebolusyon dili ipasalida sa telebisyon.
Walay mga hulagway sa mga baboy nga namusil
brothers in the instant replay.
Walay mga hulagway sa mga baboy nga namusil
brothers in the instant replay.
There will be no pictures of Whitney Young being
run out of Harlem on a 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 nga iyang gitipigan
For just the proper occasion.
Green Acres, The Beverly Hillbillies, and Hooterville
Junction will no longer be so damned relevant, and
women will not care if Dick finally gets down with
Jane sa Search for Tomorrow tungod kay Black people
will be in the street looking for a brighter day.
Ang rebolusyon dili ipasalida sa telebisyon.
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, Englebert Humperdink, or the Rare Earth.
Ang rebolusyon dili ipasalida sa telebisyon.
Ang rebolusyon dili na mobalik pagkahuman sa usa ka mensahe
bbout a white tornado, white lightning, or white people.
You will not have to worry about a dove in your
bedroom, a tiger in your tank, or the giant in your toilet
panaksan.
The revolution will not go better with Coke.
The revolution will not fight the germs that may cause bad
ginhawa.
The revolution will put you in the driver’s seat.
The revolution will not be televised, will not be televised,
will not be televised, will not be televised.
The revolution will be no re-run brothers;
The revolution will be live.
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