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:
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 songedit
Washington, D.C. - Clinton says that the real chocolate city is the capital
chocolate, city, song, this, article, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, chocolate, city, song, news, newspapers, book. This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Chocolate City song news newspapers books scholar JSTOR July 2021 Learn how and when to remove this template message 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 Chocolate City Single by Parliamentfrom the album Chocolate CityB side Chocolate City long version ReleasedMay 1975GenreFunk R amp BLength3 08LabelCasablanca 831Songwriter s George Clinton Bootsy Collins Bernie WorrellProducer s George Clinton Contents 1 Background 2 Chocolate cities in the song 3 Chart performance 4 ReferencesBackground editThe 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 LadyClinton 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 editWashington 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 YorkChart performance editChart 1975 PeakpositionU S Billboard Hot 100 1 94U S Billboard Hot Soul Singles 2 24References edit Whitburn Joel 2013 Joel Whitburn s Top Pop Singles 14th Edition 1955 2012 Record Research p 644 Whitburn Joel 2004 Top R amp B Hip Hop Singles 1942 2004 Record Research p 450 nbsp This 1970s single related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp This 1970s R amp B soul music song related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Chocolate City song amp oldid 1071272469, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
