there's something in the air
OOoo, there's something in the air
Oo h, we got to get it
We got to get it together
We got to get it, y'all
We got to get it together
Right now, right now,
right now, right now
Right now, right now, right now,
right now
Call out the instigators
There's something in the air
We got to get together
sooner or later
Don't you know the revolution
is here
And you know that it's right
And you know that it's right
Don't you know,
don't you know
Don't you know
And you know that it's right
Oo h, we got to get it, yeah
We got to get it together
Oh, we got to get it, y'all
We got to get it together
Right now, right now,
right now, right now
Right now, right now, right now,
right now
The revolution will not be televised, no
You will not be able to stay home, brothers
You will not be able to tune in
Turn on or cop out
Because the revolution
will not be televised
No
you will not be able to
Lose yourself on scag, nor
Skip out for beers during
the commercials
Because the revolution will
not be televised
The revolution will not star Natalie
Wood and Steve McQueen
The revolution ain't gonna star
Bullwinkle and Julia neither, no no
There will be no pictures of
The pigs shooting down
Brothers on the instant replay
Because the revolution will
not be televised
Mm mm mm mm there
will be no pictures of
Roy Wilkins strolling through Watts
In a red
Green and black liberation jump suit
That he'd been saving for
a proper occasion
And he won't be wearing
a process either
Because the revolution will not
be televised
There will be no pictures of
You and Willie Mae pushing
That shopping cart down the block,
no no
We will not be right back after
A message from a white tornado
Or white lightnin', y'all
Or white folks in your toilet bowl
And things will not go better with
Coke
Oh no!
Hooterville and Petticoat Junction will not
Be so goddamn relevant
And women will not care if Jane
Got screwed on "Search
for Tomorrow"
Because black folks will
be in the streets
Looking for a brighter day
The revolution will not give
Your mouth sex appeal
The revolution won't get rid of the nubs
The revolution won't make you
Five pounds thinner
Because the revolution will not be
televised
The revolution will not be televised
I said not be televised
It just won't be televised
The revolution will be no re- runs
Sisters and brothers
The revolution is gon' be live
Right now, right now, right now,
right now
Right now, right now, right now,
right now
We got to get it together
Right now, right now,
right now
Ooh, we've got to get it, y'all
We got to get it together
Oh, we got to get it, y'all
We got to get it together
Right now, right now,
right now, right now
Right now, right now,
right now, right now
Right this minute
Right now, right now,
right now, right now
Right now, right now, right now, right now
