This song became Funkadelic’s biggest hit and is today regarded as one of their signature songs.

This song takes many different existing songs, phrases, and ideas in American culture and gives it a slight Funkadelic tweak. Along with borrowing from legal and patriotic language, this song borrows lines from gospel music and spirituals, as well as more recent funk music. Funkadelic ties black music and culture to the core of America’s Constitution, as well as America’s constitution, ya dig?

The result is a new national anthem, one promoting social and racial progress. Funk music and dancing are more than simple self-expression, but are instead a “way out of our constrictions.” Alternatively, the “dancing” could be a metaphor for social activism and funk music a symbol of social justice.