When most black groups (including Parliament/ Funkadelic) were still sporting suits
each word and chord tuned and focused for maximum impact
in the tradition of all those greats who steal from the Americana ethos and make careers out of doing so
and appeared at the Vans Warped Tour and Afropunk Festival along the way
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