Chocolate City

On p. 77 of We Gon’ Be Alright, Jeff Chang mentions Parliament’s Chocolate City, George Clinton’s ode to Washington DC, a city that was becoming increasing black, as opposed to the “vanilla suburbs” he mentions in the lyrics. Clinton was celebrating a city that he saw revitalized through the new shifting demographics. Rather than seeing “white flight” as something that hollowed out DC’s artistic life, he imagines it as a place where a new kind of art would flourish.

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“To each his reach
And if I don't cop, it ain't mine to have
But I'll be reachin' for ya
Cause I love ya, CC
Right on”