With apologies to Gil Scott-Heron:
The Revolution Will Not Be Monetized
You will not be able to stay home, blogger.
You will not be able to plug in, log on and sign out.
You will not be able to lose yourself on facebook and tumblr,
Skip over Hulu commercials,
Because the revolution will not be monetized.
The revolution will not be monetized.
The revolution will not be brought to you by Geico
Online with limited commercial interruptions.
The revolution will not show you pictures of Obama
live tweeting and streaming on YouTube,
with Bill Gates and Zuckerberg sipping five hour energy
drink from a SXSWi sanctuary.
The revolution will not be monetized.
The revolution will not be brought to you by the
TED Conference and will not star Natalie Portman and Steve Wozniak or Colbert and Stewart.
The revolution will not give you six minute abs.
The revolution will not get rid of spam.
The revolution will not make you look five pounds thinner,
because the revolution will not be monetized, blogger.
There will be no pictures of you and Derek Jeter pushing that Living Social deal down the web on the dead run,
or trying to slide that LCD television into a stolen healthcare plan.
CNN will not be able to predict the winner at 8:32
or report from 29 tweets*.
The revolution will not be monetized.
There will be no pictures of pigs tazing down
people in the YouTube replay.
There will be no pictures of pigs tazing down
people in the YouTube replay.
There will be no pictures of Whitney Houston being
run out of LA on a rail in a tragic death.
There will be no slow motion or still life of Russ
Feingold strolling through Madison in a Red, White and
Blue liberation jumpsuit that he had been saving
For just the proper occasion.
The Voice, Real Housewives, and Glee
will no longer be so damned relevant, and
women will not care if Don finally gets down with
Jane on Mad Men because people
will be in the street looking for a brighter day.
The revolution will not be monetized.
There will be no highlights on Tumblr
news and no pictures of Occupy protesters
and Michelle Obama blowing her nose.
The theme song will not be written by Miley Cyrus,
Kayne West, nor sung by Alicia Keys, LMAFO,
Bruno Mars, Toby Keith, or Bon Iver.
The revolution will not be monetized.
The revolution will not be right back after a pop up ad
about a white list, white hardware, or white people.
You will not have to worry about Intel inside,
solutions for a small planet, or thinking different.
The revolution will not go better with Coke.
The revolution will not give you wings.
The revolution will not save you 15% on car insurance.
The revolution will not be monetized, will not be monetized,
will not be monetized, will not be monetized.
The revolution will be no podcasts blogger;
The revolution will be live.
