Televised

All for money, all for power, all for purpose
Final hour, what’s the outcome?
Brother Malcolm, I thank God but I’ve lost my-
Lost my patience, I can’t take it, why so flagrant?
Box with Satan, lead us not into temptation
Prayers up to the most high
Do you want a revolution? Do you want a revolution?
Do you want a revolution? Do you wanna…
Wait to live your life, let me know (ayy, won’t you let me know)
Ain’t no telling where you’re going (ooh, boy you never know)
My uncle died, back against the ropes (ayy, back up on the ropes)
My daddy left the crib back in '94 (ooh, back in '94)
Momma pulled me to the side «Boy, you know there’s hope» (ayy, boy,
you know there’s hope)
Break the cycle, baby, let your wings grow (ooh,)
Don’t wanna end up 40 on the corner store (ayy, to the corner store)
Lotto tickets, politicking, selling dope (ooh)
Wonder where we all are going…
All for money, all for power, all for purpose
Final hour, what’s the outcome?
Brother Malcolm, I thank God but I’ve lost my-
Lost my patience, I can’t take it, why so flagrant?
Box with Satan, lead us not into temptation
Prayers up to the most high
Do you want a revolution? Do you want a revolution?
Do you want a revolution? Do you want a…
And I wonder where a black man lies in the world
Judging 'by the timing the climate
disregarded through malice
Screaming silence for a seat upon the table overlooking all the valence
Maybe I was thinking black diamonds and pearls
Back to the originator, kings, queens generated
Continental ring well demonstrated
Penetrated never be disintegrated
Brought us to a land where freedom would ring
Maybe on the other side, all I ear is bullets singing lullabies
Tissue for my niggas who won’t come alive
Sick of all my mother’s cries
Promises of morning never would bring but-
But I don’t need no .48
Just find me in a kingdom full of love, separated from the ignorant of us
Tell me who are we to trust when there’s government officials overseeing our
demise
Trigger happy police give a fuck if we oblige
I don’t know the number, tell me just how many died
Over miscommunication of our color, I’m alive
Scared of walking alone and see a Donald sticker
With a stick yelling «Nigga, I’m a fucker around and catch a homicide»
Systematically improving other side of genocide
Murder, murder, murder
How will we survive?
Do you want a revolution? Do you want a revolution?
Do you want a revolution? Do you want a…
You will not be able to stay at home brother
You will not be able to plug in, turn on and cop out
You will not be able to lose your cellphone
Scared you skip out for beer during commercials
Because the revolution will not be televised
Because the revolution
Will not be televised
The revolution won’t be televised
The revolution won’t be televised
The revolution won’t be
The revolution won’t be televised
The revolution won’t be televised
The revolution won’t be
The revolution won’t be televised
The revolution won’t be televised
The revolution won’t be
The revolution won’t be televised
The revolution won’t be televised
The revo-
Now tell me why they hate my skin, momma (woo)
They wanna kill us 'till we end, momma (woo)
You need change fuck a friend, momma (woo)
I just don’t know where to begin, momma
Or maybe I do and I’m still on my own
Ways of my destruction
Lately I battle inner corruption
I like my yak with 21 savage and pockets of cabbage, no interruptions,
some pussy and peace of mind can rewind me back to assumptions
Shit, I ain’t here to talk about Trump
Redundancy cumbers me, rather humbling the
Hearts of those who worry on the future
Hope these minutes of music provide some comfort for you to
Use beyond what was given
I’m a black man in a white world
White-lashed 'til we bite back
Then it’s Jim Crow when the hype swirls
But the call might come along on my way home but I’m scared straight
Shit switch in a heartbeat
How much will it cost me to be civilized while I’m criminalized?
Ironic when it’s minimal times
Racism individualized
Luminize in these critical times
Because the revolution will not be televised
The revolution won’t be televised
The revolution won’t be televised
The revolution won’t be
The revolution won’t be televised
The revolution won’t be televised
The revolution won’t be
The revolution won’t be televised
The revolution won’t be televised
The revolution won’t be
The revolution won’t be televised
The revolution won’t be televised, the revolution won’t be televised,
the revolution won’t
The revolution won’t be televised, the revolution won’t be televised,
the revolution won’t
The revolution won’t be televised, the revolution won’t be…