“The Revolution Will Not Be Televised” is a song with more pop-media references than can be mentioned here. Also, as noted later in the article, Gil Scott-Heron was more of a poet than he was a songwriter...
In “Home is Where the Hatred Is”, Gil Scott-Heron most notably takes on the role of a drug addict or “junkie”, as designated in the lyrics. From the onset, it is revealed that the...