Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Title of song: Everybody Is Going To Make It This Time Artist: Funkadelic Title of album: America Eats Its Young Year of first release: 1972 The song was recorded in London, England in 1968, with the assistance of Ginger Baker (Cream), one of Clinton's favorite drummers. Songwriter(s): George Clinton, Bernie Worrell Memorable Lyrics: "Our country and our cities, they have been betrayed for money/Ooooh, and somehow, the people, they will make a change, yeah/There's not a doubt in my mind/If hunger and anger place the blame/There won't be a country left to change" "We got to see what we're doing in the name of comfort" Complete lyrics at the Motherpage This song proclaims that the human race (the titular "everybody") is capable of growing and reforming, but at the present, nobody is willing to learn from past mistakes, and has sacrificed wisdom for material comfort. Personnel: David Van De Pitte - arranged steel and string guitar This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.