Balance (song)

Artist: Funkadelic

Title of album: America Eats Its Young

Year of first release: 1972

This is widely considered one of the better songs off an otherwise weak album.

Songwriters: George Clinton, Bernie Worrell

Memorable Lyrics:

• "Balance is my thing/The sun don't/Snow, wind and rain/Most times"
• "Hey, mother/Sometimes I'm up, sometimes I'm HIGH/Sometimes I am really down"

Complete lyrics at the Motherpage (http://www.duke.edu/~tmc/motherpage/lyrics_funkadelic/lyr-ameats#lyr-s-balance)

The lyrics to this song are inscrutable. The singer addresses it to "mother" (Mother Nature?) and repeatedly refers to maintaining "balance" while his mind is "conflicting" and he seems very uncertain what to do in multiple situations, each described in a line or two.

Personnel:

• Lead Vocals: Bootsy Collins