You and Your Folks, Me and My Folks

Artist: Funkadelic

Title of album: Maggot Brain

Year of first release: 1971

This is widely considered one of the best songs on the album.

Songwriters: George Clinton, Judie Jones[?], Bernie Worrell

Memorable Lyrics:

• "If you and your folks love me and my folks like/Me and my folks love you and your folks"
• "If you and your thing dig me and my thing/Like me and my thing dig you and your thing"
• "The rich got a big piece of this and that/The poor got a big piece of roaches and rats"

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

Some claim that this song is, lyrically and musically, a sequel to "Hit It And Quit It" (the previous song on the same album). It is a very class-conscious song, with the singer pleading for unity among the poor because without doing so, equality could not be achieved.

Personnel

• Lead Vocals: Bill Bass Nelson[?]