From Clutch Magazine Online:
Considered by many to be the godfather of hip-hop, Gil Scott-Heron was indeed a visionary. Since his passing last Friday in New York City, fans and fellow musicians from all genres have poured out their hearts to say thank you to the revolutionary who paved the way for many of today's biggest artists.
Today, fellow Chicago native Lupe Fiasco posted a piece on his blog dedicated to Scott-Heron, whom the MC referred to as a "guiding light of a human being." The poem plays off Heron's infamous spoken-word piece "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised." Riffing of the 1970's classic Lupe pays homage to a great while reminding us of the present.
The Television Will Not Be Revolutionized.
Idiot boxes of the world unite! To fight off the effects of intelligence, replace smart quotes with fart jokes, substitute sense with scenes from "Martin," let the baby's bathe in that glow and learn all manner of things they don't really need to know!
The Television Will Not Be Revolutionized!
Channel the content of some rambling nonsense deep into the annals of yo' subconscious, deprogram and depress chasing some televised success, be them, that, they and those be everything but in control,
The Television Will Not Be Revolutionized!
Small claims Court drama, teenage baby mamas, Osama watching Osama, Celebrity Endorsed indoor saunas, the perfectly cooked piraña and other cannonfodder for you to ponder, all at the speed of imitations of life while the smoke of war gets inhaled thru the peace pipes, be still my beating heart and scare my brain from thinking thoughts as i sit intoxicated by the delights, sarcasm and 3 strikes thrown by my favorite pitcher in a sound surrounded, 3 dimensional, high death, full color mixture, wholly unsocializing and completely uncensored,
The Television Will Not Be Revolutionized!
By this one-eyed monster most of the world was raised, and by this hero most of the world was saved, and to this master most of the world is slaves, it factors your fears with actors and cheers from a live studio audience pushing you to engage in a heroic act of thoughtlessness for the grand prize of a little bread, fleeting fame in the circus and every thought in yo head,
The Television Will Not Be Revolutionized!
Read the rest of Lupe's tribute at Clutch Magazine Online.