Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Title of song: If You Don't Like the Effects, Don't Produce the Cause Artist: Funkadelic Title of album: America Eats Its Young Year of first release: 1972 Songwriter(s): George Clinton, Garry Shider Memorable Lyrics: "You can make a change/If you accept the blame" "You say you don't like what your country's about (yeah)/Ain't you deep/In your semi-first class seat/You picket this and protest that/And eat yourself fat/Ain't you deep/In your semi-first class seat" Complete lyrics at the Motherpage This song has two interrelated themes. The beginning focuses on hypocrites who want to change reality without accepting the blame if anything goes wrong. This is extended in the latter part of the song to those who make half-hearted attempts at social change, and who protest the "big" problems but are not willing to make changes in their own lives to respect what they claim is right for all of society. Personnel: Vocals: Calvin Simon, George Clinton, Bernie Worrell, Garry Shider, Dr. Music (Diane Brooks, Steve Kennedy) Guitar: Garry Shider Bass: Prakash John Keyboards: Bernie Worrell Drums: Ty Lampkin David Van De Pitte - arranged steel and string guitar This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.