George Clinton

Released: October 10, 1995

Songwriter: John Lennon

[Verse 1]
We're playing those mind games together
Pushing the barrier, planting seed
Playing those mind guerilla
Chanting the mantra, "peace on Earth"
We all be playing those mind games forever
Some kind of Druid dude, lifting the veil
Doing the mind guerilla
Some call it magic, the search for the grail

[Chorus 1]
Love is the answer
And you know that, for sure
Love is the flower
You gotta let it, gotta let it grow

[Verse 2]
So keep on playing those mind games together
Faith in the future, out of the now
You just can't beat on those mind guerillas
Absolute elsewhere, in the stones of your mind
Yeah, we're playing those mind games forever
Projecting our images in space and in time

[Chorus 2]
Yes is the answer
And you know that, for sure
Yes is surrender
You got to let it, you got to let it go

[Bridge]
We all be playing those mind games forever
Projecting our images in space and in time
You just can't beat on those mind guerillas
Absolute elsewhere, in the stones of your mind

[Outro]
Love is the answer
Love is surrender
Love is the answer
Love is surrender
Love is the answer
Love is surrender

Perhaps no artist has developed the funk genre as much as George Clinton, the leader of influential bands such as Parliament and Funkadelic, as well as the mastermind behind enduring songs like “Flash Light” and “One Nation Under a Groove.”

Born George Edward Clinton on July 22, 1941, in Kannapolis, North Carolina, Clinton first formed the doo-wop group The Parliaments in 1955, and eventually scored a minor hit with the 1967 single, “I Wanna (Testify).” However, by the 1970s, the group had formed into a collective that found success under the names of Parliament and Funkadelic.

Clinton’s earliest albums for the collective included Funkadelic’s eponymous debut and Free Your Mind… and Your Ass Will Follow, as well as Parliament’s Osmium. However, it was Maggot Brain that first established the collective as a force to be reckoned with, made evident through Clinton’s trippy musical vision.

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