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As they did with “Good Old Music” on their previous album, Funkadelic revamped one of their earlier songs here, “What You Been Growing”, by The Parliaments.
Frequently sampled (see “Rill Rill” by Sleigh Bells), and with its (proper) psychedelic-funk vibe—"Can You Get to That" is one of Funkadelic’s most notorious songs.
While it might sound like a ballad on money, even the ‘broke blues,’ with that twangy guitar in the background, the song itself seems more a gag on love: taking advantage of somebody to the fullest, the way you would a credit card, and being confronted on that issue. The soulful wails can either be a cry of glory for the end of a bad relationship or bouts of warning.
“Can you get to that?” can be a) a reprimand, possibly asking if they’d want the same done to them, or b) a straightforward question to others who have dealt with the problem—a hymn on the glorification of a sour relationship’s parting.
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