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The Revolution Will Not Be Televised

(Spacehey Repost, idk why it looks so ugly, dont really care)

This is a song I've been writing inspired by Gil Scott-Heron's 1971 famous track ''The Revolution Will Not Be Televised'' regarding the topic of social conscience towards media and the state. I've written some parts in english and italian. let me know what you think, i fear it might be blatant, it's not meant to be too erudite but i don't want it to sound too simple either.

ritornello means chorus, i made both an italian and english one that match the same rhyming scheme at the end of each verse, not too sure about the english one. it's quite incomplete for now but i wanted to share


the revolution will not be televised on fox news

the moment when people decide to no longer follow the rules

and let all the fools be fooled, but not themselves to be ruled

by a man locked in a room with the sole intention to be cruel


cause the statement that cash rules might be realistic

i won't stand for some sadistic pig's sick

plan for this world, for this earth that i'm sure'll

become the grave in which i twist and twirl


next to all the rest of you, cold and naked

locked in fetal position waiting to be taken

by the god that we all look up to that has shaken

the moral compass so far that now we're left to be forsaken


who to pray, who to plead, to who shall we ask forgiveness?

for something that we haven't done but to which we are all witnesses

i sit restless in my chair staring at the tv screen

desensitized to everything that i've already seen


this obscene scenery paints the picture of our today

there's only blood on the palette leaving a permanent stain

innocent souls sacrificed in the name of cash

be grateful for everyday cause it might be your be your last


villages rifled with rifles pointed at your head

survival is unlikely in the moments ahead

no amount of words can describe how a life can go by so fast

be grateful for everyday cause it might be your last


to unfathomable actions greed can compel

look in the eyes of the undead like dante in hell

never forget the lives of those who now have passed

be grateful for everyday cause it might be your last


six feet underground or sick meat on the ground

pay homage even to the grave with a name unfound

wichever beleif, sit in a mosque or attend sunday mass

be grateful for everyday cause it might be your last


ritornello:

the revolution will not be televised for what is evil

must be compromised by the united mind of the people,

we'll stand together forever so get out and put your hands up

clenched fist fighting for justice before this ends up

becoming human rights not being taken for granted,

granted, that's a reality in parts of the earth we stand in

so never forget that we're also the ones who get to draw

on this bloody canvas a better world before the last straw



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la rivoluzione non sarà trasmessa su canale 5

nel momento in cui legge e crimine non più si disntigue

nel momento in cui chi ci protegge inizia a delinquere

e ad un certo punto la gente inizia a reagire a fin di estinguere


la tua.. stirpe di bruti grotteschi in divise nere

sprangando tutti nei teschi con manganellate severe

al ragazzo, studente e civile (che) esercita diritto

di aprire bocca e cessare di stare zitto [per come è scritto]


la gente si fascia gli occhi con fasci sporchi di fasci e porci

a fin di non farci esporci dai portici ed eventualmente porci

dubbi, alcun interrogativo correlato

a ciò che sta accadendo davanti ai nostri occhi in questo stato


ma tu stringi il nastro del fascio e dormi

mica siamo ebrei in fila indiana andando verso i forni

dormi, procedi e fai il perfetto cittadino

che ogni secondo che passa al regime sei più vicino


ritornello:

dormi, [scotchati gli occhi con nastro adesivo]

dormi, (di aprire la finestra non ne hai motivo)

dormi, [lasciati andare che non fai differenza

nega il genocidio che permane sulla tua coscienza]

dormi, (farti domande non ti conviene)

dormi, [chi dubita si spara droga nelle vene]

dormi, (che la notte dura a tutt'orologio

e se non ti svegli più ti dò un premio e ti elogio)


.

la rivoluzione non sarà trasmessa su rete 4

nel momento in cui si sente solo una parte del fatto

solo una parte del discorso, in cui si è ricorso a violenza

sempre di più giustificata da false retoriche senza


fondamento, sento da fuori l'ovattato lamento

di bambini senzatetto sepolti sotto il cemento

nella loro tomba scavata da missili e razzi 

affondare nella terra e spontaneamente cremarsi


...


ciao

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