Chocolate City (song)
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| Single by Parliament from the album Chocolate City |
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| B-side | "Chocolate City (long version)" | |
| Released | May 1975 | |
| Format | Vinyl | |
| Genre | Funk/R&B | |
| Length | 5:37 (album version) | |
| Label | Casablanca 831 | |
| Writer(s) | George Clinton/Bootsy Collins/Bernie Worrell | |
| Producer | George Clinton | |
"Chocolate City" is a song by the funk band Parliament, the lead track of their 1975 album of the same name. It was also released as a two-part single, the first from the album.
The song's largely spoken vocals (delivered by George Clinton) express pride in "Chocolate Cities", that is, cities with a majority black population. The song also reflects on the solidarity of African-American society at the time. The singer playfully hypothesizes what it would be like if there was an African American in the White House, and assigns the following people to positions in government:
- Muhammad Ali - President of the United States
- Reverend Ike - Secretary of the Treasury
- Richard Pryor - Minister of Education (fictional)
- Stevie Wonder - Secretary of Fine Arts (fictional)
- Aretha Franklin - First Lady
Among the cities listed as "Chocolate" cities:
- Washington, D.C.
- Newark, New Jersey
- Gary, Indiana
- Los Angeles, California
- Atlanta, Georgia
- New York City, New York
The song closes with phrase "God bless Chocolate City, and its Vanilla suburbs."
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