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Some claim that this song is, lyrically and musically, a sequel to “Hit It and Quit It”.

This is a very class-conscious song, with the singer, Billy “Bass” Nelson, pleading for unity among the poor because without doing so, equality could not be achieved.

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The first part of the hook is very similar to an old folk rhyme that was first published in Thomas W. Talley’s Negro Folk Rhymes (Wise or Otherwise), from 1922

If you an' yo' folks likes me an' my folks,
Lak me an' my folks likes you an' yo' folks;
You’s never seed folks since folks ‘as been folks,
Like you an’ yo' folks lak me an' my folks.

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Maggot Brain is the third studio album by the American Funk band Funkadelic, released in 1971 on Westbound Records. The album incorporates musical elements of Psychedelia, Rock, Gospel, and Soul music, with significant variation between each track.

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This masterpiece is seen as the greatest guitar solo ever by a Funk artist, placing on an average of the 34th place in “Top 100 guitar solos” lists, with taking the 60th spot on Rolling Stones‘ list, and the 1st spot in Father Nature Magazine’s list

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As the story goes, Leader of Funkadelic George Clinton told guitarist Eddie Hazel to imagine he was told his mother died and later on learned it was not true, this all under the influence of LSD, once Clinton realized how powerful the solo sounded he faded the bass played by Billy Bass Nelson and drums played by Tiki Fulwood out.
I think we can all agree that drugs aren’t that bad now.

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It’s a cliché that rap is for the coloured folks, because most rappers are black, and a lot of black people listen to rap, whether it is mainstream or underground. And don’t even get me started on the fact that almost every rap from the 90’s was about hoods or the ghetto.

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These two lines are frequently sampled throughout LaToya Jackson’s single “Sexbox”, from her album No Relations.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1tnCegsRxTQ

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A trombone solo by Fred Wesley follows after this line.
The “blow one time” part is meant to be seen as blowing/playing a trombone.

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Over a beat similar to Queen’s The Show Must Go On beat, from which the hook is also sampled here

A Jay-Z diss?

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