Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index You and Your Folks, Me and My Folks Title of song: "You And Your Folks, Me And My Folks" Artist: Funkadelic Title of album: Maggot Brain Year of first release: 1971 This is widely considered one of the best songs on the album. Songwriters: George Clinton, Judie Jones, Bernie Worrell Memorable Lyrics: "If you and your folks love me and my folks like/Me and my folks love you and your folks" "If you and your thing dig me and my thing/Like me and my thing dig you and your thing" "The rich got a big piece of this and that/The poor got a big piece of roaches and rats" Complete lyrics at the Motherpage Some claim that this song is, lyrically and musically, a sequel to "Hit It And Quit It" (the previous song on the same album). It is a very class-conscious song, with the singer pleading for unity among the poor because without doing so, equality could not be achieved. Personnel Lead Vocals: Bill Bass Nelson This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.