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    • Source: Chocolate City (song)

      • "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.


      Background


      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 were an African American in the White House, and assigns the following people to positions in government:

      Muhammad Ali - President of the United States
      James Brown - Vice President of the United States
      Reverend Ike - Secretary of the Treasury
      Richard Pryor - Minister of Education (fictional - the United States Department of Education was not created until 1979, and was headed by a Secretary)
      Stevie Wonder - Secretary of Fine Arts (fictional; the closest existing agency is the National Endowment for the Arts)
      Aretha Franklin - First Lady
      Clinton's lyrics referred to Chocolate City as "my piece of the rock", as opposed to the "40 acres and a mule" that slaves were promised after the Civil War. The song closes with phrase "Just got New York, I'm told."


      "Chocolate" cities in the song


      Washington, D.C. - Clinton says that the real chocolate city is the capital
      Newark, New Jersey
      Gary, Indiana
      Los Angeles, California
      Atlanta, Georgia
      New York, New York


      Chart performance




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