You will not be able to stay home, brother.
You will not be able to plug in, turn on and cop out
You will not be able to lose yourself on molly or
Skip out for beer during the commercials
Because the revolution will not be televised

The revolution will not be televised
The revolution will not be streaming on youtube
With ad-breaks featuring cleverly marketed cars you’ll never afford
The revolution will not show you pictures of Michelle Obama
Teaching kids about the merits of eating healthy,
While millions of Americans can barely afford
The dollar menu at McDonalds,
The revolution will not be televised

The revolution will not be brought to you by the
Sundance film festival and will not star Mathew McConaughey
And Jennifer Lawrence or Key and Peele
The revolution will not melt in your mouth or your hands
The revolution will not stop bullying
The revolution will not give you a thigh gap,
Because the revolution will not be televised, Brother

You will not be able to pick up the cause and
Drop it after a week;
You will not be able to fit it on a bumper sticker
and preach it to a flock of sheep
that still believes their candidate would stop by
and have a beer with them, given the chance.
CNN will not be able to predict the winner with
Redundant touch-screen tv’s and exit polls.
The revolution will not be televised

There will be no pictures of pigs shooting down
Brothers on the instant replay
There will be no pictures of pigs shooting down
Brothers on the instant replay
There will be no pictures of Miley Cyrus Twerking on award shows,
Or little girls imitating her while college liberals and self-proclaimed feminists
Defend them for their right to sexual expression
There will be no Fox News coverage of Tedd
Nugent strolling through DC in a Red, White, and Blue
jumpsuit carrying a noose that he had been saving
For just the right occasion

Teen Mom, Honey Boo Boo, and Chief Keef
will no longer be so damn relevant, and
Women will not care if Drake turns into a sensitive, light-skinned ogre
when moonlight touches him,
because everybody will be in the street
looking for a brighter day
The revolution will not be televised

The revolution will not be right back after a message
About having it your way, loving it, or saving money on your car insurance
You will have to think small, think big, and think different,
The revolution will not be gluten-free,
The revolution will not have low prices, always,
The revolution WILL move the human spirit.

The revolution will not be televised, will not be televised
Will not be televised, will not be televised
The revolution will have no re-run, brothers;
The revolution will be live