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"The R&amp;amp;B poet&amp;apos;s socially aware signature song pitted the cultural awakening of the Civil Rights era against American consumerism. &amp;quot;The revolution will not make you look five pounds thinner,&amp;quot; Scott Heron rapped, laying groundwork for the hip-hop emcees who would, in the words of Chuck D, &amp;quot;do what we do and how we do&amp;quot; because of him. First released in 1970 as a spare spoken word piece, the late Scott Heron&amp;#x2019;s best-known song was reworked as a rhythmic jazz tune featuring musical partner Brian Jackson&amp;#x2019;s butterfly-like flute. The song was not overtly militant, Scott Heron sometimes argued: &amp;quot;My songs were always about the tone of voice rather than the words,&amp;quot; he once said."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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