Well, for me the meduim has been the message... The lyrics change but what remains is the strong influence of Afican rhythums... I didn't say African American but African...

Historically these rhythums were brought to this country and took up a life of their own in a different land with a different language but underneath it all, it is still the sounds of Africa... They found their way into the repetitious farm work of the early slaves and continued into the Jim Crow days and into the Civil Rights movement... And beyond...

If onw goes to any antiwar demonstration of any size these days, the hard African rhythum is there front and center with kids pounding African drums and chanting... The chants are converstations... They have two parts... The first is the question and the second is the answer... But underneath the words is the infectious rhythum of Africa... It almost doesn't matter what the words are... The rhythum in itself is revoultionary...

Like I said, the medium is the message...

Jus' my thoughts...

Bobert