Prime Time Live

Somebody
Is trying to capture
The revolution
In one hour segments
Divided into four parts
With anticipation pauses
For bathroom breaks
And snack replenishment
Unless you take the HBO upgrade
That will suck you in deeper
Like six feet under ground zero
Negative numbers multiplied by fractions
Like 3/5 of the population
Is considered less than human
By mankind
Kinda lika man
Got damnation?
Celebrate your doom on MTV
Exhale on Oxygen
Breed bitches on animal planet
Raise studs on DIY
Give your kids a family channel
For a Disney afternoon
Discover the world with
TLC and Travel
Channel with Wisdom
Speech is free
But PBS always wants money
You gotta pay
To voice your opinion
Educate your kids
And find out whatÕs
Really going on
The deaf and the blind
Are more aware
Than the American
Who only believes
With their eyes and ears
If the Bible was a tv show
Would anybody watch it
If the QuÕran was a sitcom
Would it make prime time
The average American
Is on camera
Over 20 times a day
ThereÕs a camera on every street corner
In London
And every Japanese teenager
Has a camera phone
You are not alone
The digital eyes are on
And the cyber optic lens
Is looking into your thoughts
Through your pupils
God is watching them
Watch you
Watch TV
Extreme on your screen
Never get off the couch
Except to buy or sell
Make or spend
If you need exercise
Join a gym
Or buy a machine
DonÕt walk, drive
Only walk for charity
Why talk to your friends
When you can watch the news
If you blink youÕll miss it
Sixty seconds a minute
What a difference a day makes
Jewish interpretation
Of Black entertainment
I canÕt claim it
But I canÕt deny it
We sell they buy it
Denied it, supplied it
Bought it back used
At a 200% mark up
Cause now itÕs vintage
Back to percentage
ItÕs a number game
But it donÕt add up
It divides and subtracts
We give more
To get less
Or do less and get more
Time is money
So why so I have
So much free time
When IÕm broke
ÔBought to choke
On my own misfortune
The P.J.s be putting cats to sleep
Like Rest In Peace
Stops the violence
Rappers put the ghetto on blast
So they can blow up
And leave the war zone
But they keep their tools handy
You canÕt feed the children
If we donÕt have any
Kids grow up fast
Or not at all
Stand Ôtil ya fall
Get up to throw down
Pass the ball
Give me the mic
Or sling rocks
ItÕs better than digging a ditch
Bodied if you snitch
Brain if you bitch
Beat if you pussy
Beat if you batty
Beat if you ballinÕ
Beat if you poor
Is it worth dieing for
DonÕt you want more
The revolution cannot be televised
Turn it off
Get up
Take a look around you
Is this where you want them to find you
Is this your fate
Have a little faith
You canÕt fly
If you donÕt try
Set yourself free
ItÕs prime time live

by Empress Nzingha

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