SlimShady'sSpaceForce Posted July 4, 2020 Posted July 4, 2020 1 hour ago, Golden Goat said: The original wouldn't fly today. But swap out a few lyrics and it could be the perfect social distancing song! Too bad they'd have to change the band's name in 2020. thats IS the perfect song for 2020 1
ExiledInIllinois Posted July 4, 2020 Posted July 4, 2020 (edited) 1971: For the slam dunk... "Dah, dah, dah, dah Rockets, moon shotsSpend it on the have notsMoney, we make it'Fore we see it you take it Oh, make you wanna hollerThe way they do my lifeMake me wanna hollerThe way they do my life This ain't livin', this ain't livin'No, no baby, this ain't livin'No, no, noInflation no chance To increase financeBills pile up sky highSend that boy off to dieMake me wanna holler The way they do my lifeMake me wanna hollerThe way they do my life Dah, dah, dahDah, dah, dahHang ups, let downsBad breaks, set backs Natural fact isI can't pay my taxesOh, make me wanna hollerAnd throw up both my hands Yeah, it makes me wanna holler…" 50 ***** -ing years ago. 50! Still haven't learned. Edited July 4, 2020 by ExiledInIllinois
ExiledInIllinois Posted July 4, 2020 Posted July 4, 2020 2 hours ago, Nanker said: Great lyrics: "You will not be able to stay home, brotherYou will not be able to plug in, turn on and cop outYou will not be able to lose yourself on skagAnd skip out for beer during commercials, becauseThe revolution will not be televised The revolution will not be televisedThe revolution will not be brought to youBy Xerox in four parts without commercial interruptionsThe revolution will not show you pictures of Nixon blowing a bugleAnd leading a charge by John Mitchell, General Abrams, and Spiro AgnewTo eat hog maws confiscated from a Harlem sanctuaryThe revolution will not be televised The revolution will not be brought to you by the Schaefer Award TheatreAnd will not star Natalie Woods and Steve McQueen or Bullwinkle and JuliaThe revolution will not give your mouth sex appealThe revolution will not get rid of the nubsThe revolution will not make you look five pounds thinner, becauseThe revolution will not be televised, brother There will be no pictures of you and Willie MaePushing that shopping cart down the block on the dead runOr trying to slide that color TV into a stolen ambulanceNBC will not be able predict the winnerAt 8:32 on report from twenty-nine districtsThe revolution will not be televised There will be no pictures of pigs shooting down brothers on the instant replayThere will be no pictures of pigs shooting down brothers on the instant replayThere will be no pictures of Whitney YoungBeing run out of Harlem on a rail with a brand new processThere will be no slow motion or still lifes of Roy WilkinsStrolling through Watts in a red, black, and green liberation jumpsuitThat he has been saving for just the proper occasion "Green Acres", "Beverly Hillbillies", and "Hooterville Junction"Will no longer be so damn relevantAnd women will not care if Dick finally got down with JaneOn "Search for Tomorrow"Because black people will be in the street looking for a brighter dayThe revolution will not be televised There will be no highlights on the eleven o'clock newsAnd no pictures of hairy armed women liberationistsAnd Jackie Onassis blowing her noseThe theme song will not be written by Jim Webb or Francis Scott KeysNor sung by Glen Campbell, Tom Jones, Johnny CashEngelbert Humperdinck, or The Rare EarthThe revolution will not be televised The revolution will not be right backAfter a message about a white tornadoWhite lightning, or white peopleYou will not have to worry about a dove in your bedroomThe tiger in your tank, or the giant in your toilet bowlThe revolution will not go better with CokeThe revolution will not fight germs that may cause bad breathThe revolution will put you in the driver's seat The revolution will not be televisedWill not be televisedWill not be televisedWill not be televisedThe revolution will be no re-run, brothersThe revolution will be live"
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