Something in the Air / The Revolution Will Not Be Televised - LaBelle

OOoo, there’s something in the air

OOoo, there’s something in the air

Ooh, 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

Ooh, 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