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The Revolution Televised 2005
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Legacy Leonard acclaimed spoken word artist, poet, and singer that combines poetry for social change and conscious elevation with song and rhythms.
In 1995, at the age of 15, Legacy Leonard made her debut as a spoken word artist at the Detroit Institute of Arts. She blends a variety of socially conscious, revolutionary, and thought provoking poetry with song and soul, painting the pictures of the world and society as seen through her eyes. Her passion for the art is surpassed only by her passion for change and revolution. She is an Urban Griot that believes the Power belongs to the People. Enter the mind and heart of Legacy through the art of her compelling and controversial spoken word...
Song Info
Genre
Hip-Hop • Spoken Word
Charts
Peak #9,633
Peak in subgenre #175
Author
Legacy Leonard
Rights
2005
Uploaded
March 12, 2005
Track Files
MP3
MP3 4.2 MB • 128 kbps • 4:35
Story behind the song
This song was written after the inspiration of Poet Gill Scott Heron's "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised"
Lyrics
The Revolution Televised 2005 (A conversation w/Gill Scott Heron) Yo Gill, some of these older cats seem to want to discredit and discourage me Saying it’s already been done, and you biting a classic, Legacy But to the critics and haters I say: This be the year 2005 And this is the truth of the revolution Now, Gill, you said the revolution will not be televised But, man, this thang done broke prime time worldwide Malcolm hit the nail on the head when he said The chickens have come home to roost Now AmeriKKKa is all afraid and ready to engage in a coup They need to go back to them roots Re-evaluate this whole situation Realize this shit all began with their deviation From the paths of righteousness 400 yearz of blood crying out from the Earth Can no longer be repressed Now God is stepping into address these injustices Cause justice is infinite And baby, it’s Judgement Day Instead of gearing up for acts of retaliation You need to be somewhere facin’ the East And prostratin and prayin for peace AmeriKKKA wipe the bloodlust from your mouth AmeriKKKA wipe the greed from your eyes Recognize that the revolution has been officially televised II Though the AmeriKKKAn revolution has been televised This Real World revolution will go unrealized Absorbed by the glassy cornea of eyes Recorded for all posterity While mothers reject birth control for hysterectomy Instead of natural reproduction We choose to alter genetic construction Play God without discussion The game be roulette—Russian Because these are the days of our lives No longer husbands and wives But babies daddies and babies mommas Providing us with real life dramas The revolution will not be televised But is now a reel of pre-recorded Discorded Media lies One million American will not witness our cries As we take to the streets in an up rise The Amerikkkan flag will be gone up in smoke Police officers choked On the same end of the night stick Covered with Louisa’s blood and shit Forty-one shots will not be heard across the nation On your local radio or news station Cause the revolution will not be televised Will not be televised But now a plot has devised To keep your minds in a vise A continuous audio, visual assault on the senses Degradation and violence relentless The revolution will not be covered by Channel 4 or 7 Yet the WB will play re-runs of 7th Heaven As our youth struggle through a life of hell Bonz will be writing war correspondence from a jail cell Incarcerated for rebelling against the overrated theme Of the fallacious American Dream The FCC will monitor the airwaves of BET After slaughtering Tavis Smiley While from majestic mountaintops Jessica Care Moore shouts The words that won’t fit her mouth And the words of Reg E. Gaines ricocheting from plains Will pound in our brains Every time we buy out Sell out To fashion icons Nike and Tommy Hilfiger Making sweaty bucks off showcase niggas II Yet the AmeriKKKan revolution has been televised But the Real World revolution goes unrecognized A governmental, press, and media conspiracy With high officials and news personalities sworn to secrecy There will be a COINTELPRO operation A massive infiltration Into our minds and spirits Photocopies of studied Tupac lyrics As they eavesdrop in chat rooms on Black Planet and Essence Imposter poses at open mic sessions Listening to these words Spoke, spoken In my broken dialect But still yet able to reflect The depth of my intellect As I intercept The 1,000 lies told to keep us in our place With tears streaming down my face For the folks who have lost their Black soul I issue poetical decrees to make you whole Destroying the matrix design That keeps my people confined In this deceitful dichotomy Infusing minds with truth and clarity Defying defamations of what was said we would never be Revealing the brighter future you thought you would never see My brothers and sist
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