The poem is notable for its extensive political and cultural references, many of which may be unknown today. The list below links to some of the references Scott-Heron makes.
* "Plug in, turn on, and cop out," a reference to Timothy Leary's pro-LSD phrase "Turn on, tune in, drop out."
* Skag, slang term for heroin
* Xerox, best-known manufacturer (at the time of the poem's writing) of photocopying machines. The name has also become a genericized trademark that colloquially means "to photocopy".
* Richard Nixon, 37th president of the United States
* John N. Mitchell, U.S. Attorney General under Nixon
* General Creighton Abrams, commander of military operations during the Vietnam War
* Spiro Agnew, 39th vice president of the United States under Nixon
* "Hog maws," sometimes misheard as "hog moss," soul food made from the lining of the stomach, or maw, of a pig
* Schaefer Award Theater, radio show by Dick Clark
* Natalie Wood, film actress (incorrectly referred to as "Natalie Woods")
* Steve McQueen, film actor
* Bullwinkle, cartoon character
* Julia, a TV half-hour sitcom series starring Diahann Carroll
* "Give your mouth sex appeal," from Ultra Brite toothpaste advertising
* "The revolution will not get rid of the nubs," the nubs being beard stubble, from a Schick razor advertisement of the period.
* Willie May, an Olympic medalist who competed mainly in the 110 meter hurdles.
* "NBC will not be able predict the winner at 8:32," a reference to television networks predicting the winner of presidential elections shortly after the polls close at 8:00.
* Instant replay, a sports television term
* Whitney Young, civil rights leader
* Roy Wilkins, executive director of the NAACP
* Watts, a neighborhood in Los Angeles, referring to the Watts Riots of 1965
* “Red, black, and green”, the colors of the Pan-African flag
* Green Acres, a U.S. television sitcom
* The Beverly Hillbillies, a U.S. television sitcom
* Hooterville “Junction” [sic], the fictional setting of Green Acres and Petticoat Junction
* Dick and Jane, white children, a brother and sister, featured in American basal readers
* "Search for Tomorrow," a popular a U.S. television soap opera
* “Eleven o’clock news”, a reference to a generic television news program
* “Women liberationists," a reference to the feminist movement, some of whom did not shave their armpits
* Jackie Onassis, seen during the period in television broadcasts covering Kennedy memorials
* Jim Webb, U.S. composer
* Francis Scott Key, author of the words to “The Star-Spangled Banner”
* Glen Campbell, U.S. pop music singer
* Tom Jones, Welsh pop music singer
* Johnny Cash, U.S. country music singer
* Engelbert Humperdinck, British pop music singer
* Rare Earth, all-white U.S. pop music band signed to Motown Records
* “White tornado”, advertising slogan for Ajax cleanser, “Ajax cleans like a white tornado”
* “White lightning”, a slang term for moonshine, the name of a 1950s country and western song by George Jones, and an American psychedelic rock band
* “Dove in your bedroom”, a television advertising image associated with Dove Anti-perspirant Deodorant Cream
* “Tiger in your tank”, an Esso advertising slogan created by Chicago copywriter Emery Smith[1]
* “Giant in your toilet bowl,” reference to the Liquid Plummer commercials saying that it cleared so well it was like "having a giant in your toilet bowl" (to work the plunger) with an animation of a large disembodied arm using a plunger on your toilet.
* “Go better with Coke”, a Coca-Cola advertising slogan, “Things go better with Coke”
* “Fight the germs that may cause bad breath”, from Listerine advertising
* “Put you in the driver’s seat” (advertising slogan from a car rental company, Hertz)
* Rerun
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