Roevolution Ted Roe (Ft. Gil Scott-Heron)

[Gil Scott Heron *Fades Out*]
We'd like to do a poem for you called:
"The Revolution Will Not Be Televised"
Primarily because it won't be...

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 skag
And skip out for beer during commercials
Because the revolution will not be televised
The revolution will not be televised
The revolution will not be brought to you by Xerox
In 4 parts without commercial interruptions
The revolution will not show you pictures of Nixon blowing a bugle
And leading a charge by John Mitchell
General Abrams & Mendel Rivers...
To eat hog maws confiscated from a Harlem sanctuary
The revolution will not be televised
The revolution will not be brought to you by the
Schaefer Award Theatre and will not star
Natalie Wood and Steve McQueen or Bullwinkle and Julia...

[Ted Roe]
Mama told me there'd be days like this
Now I'm broke and pissed off because it stays like this
While D-boys push packs to stack major chips
Makes me wanna get a sack, and break it down to bits
(Right?! Yeah!) but that I ain't what I do man
I'm the dumb nigga that chose to go to school, man
This shit is not College Hill material
Bought books and got milk in the fridge, but no cereal
Bitches cost a grip, I know an Alpha that'll swipe em
Couple bops that do it, and for payment I could pipe em
But I'm gripin. These Pigs is pushing chargers looking nice...
Devil's pies still in the streets, I'm droolin' for a slice
No loans, smooth cruise, 22's with the dice
Present into hindsight, looking at a new life (Right?!)
But I also know that as a man, some mud can turn to blood
When you want it off your hands
Woke up from my street dream, came up with a master plan
There's a cost to be the boss and step one is selling Grams...
Step one is selling Grams
There's a cost to be the boss, and step one is selling Grams