George Clinton Arrested on Drug Charge

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Funk music pioneer George Clinton was arrested and charged with drug po

ssession after allegedly telling an officer he had cocaine in his pocket.

Clinton, of Tallahassee, was arrested Saturday and bonded out of jail over the weekend, according to jail officials, who wouldn't release any other information. Clinton's lawyer, Shoshana Zisk of San Francisco, didn't immediately return a call seeking comment.

Clinton, 63, who headed the funk bands Parliament and Funkadelic — and the collaboration later known as P-Funk — in the 1970s and 1980s is considered a father of the genre. In 1983, Clinton's solo record "Atomic Dog," hit number one on the R&B charts.

Tallahassee Police said an officer noticed a man sitting by himself in the passenger seat of a car in a gas station parking lot about 2 a.m. Saturday and approached to talk to him.

When the officer got to the car, the man, later determined to be Clinton, tried to hide an item he was holding, dropping it between the seats, said Tallahassee Police spokesman Stewart Clendinen.

Clinton started to reach into his pocket and the officer asked him if he had anything in his pocket that might be dangerous, Clendinen said.

Clinton allegedly responded "I've got a little cocaine."

The item he is accused of dropping between the seats turned out be a crack pipe, police said.

Clinton was charged with one felony count of cocaine possession and a misdemeanor count of possession of the pipe, the Tallahassee Democrat first reported for Tuesday papers.

A call to George Clinton Enterprises for comment Monday went unanswered and Clinton's home number is unlisted.

"P.Funk (Wants To Get Funked Up)"
Good evening.
Do not attempt to adjust your radio, there is nothing wrong.
We have taken control as to bring you this special show.
We will return it to you as soon as you are grooving.

Welcome to station WEFUNK, better known as We-Funk,
Or deeper still, the Mothership Connection.
Home of the extraterrestrial brothers,
Dealers of funky music.
P.Funk, uncut funk, The Bomb.

Coming to you directly from the Mothership
Top of the Chocolate Milky Way, 500,000 kilowatts of P.Funk-power.
So kick back, dig, while we do it to you in your eardrums.
And me? I'm known as Lollipop Man, alias the Long-Haired Sucker.
My motto is:

Make my funk the P.Funk
I want my funk uncut (make mine the P)
Make my funk the P.Funk
I wants to get funked up. (wants to get funked up)
I want the bomb,
I want the P.Funk (yeah)
I want my funk uncut. (make mine the P)
Make my funk the P.Funk
I wants to get funked up.

WEFUNK, y'all.
Now this is what I want you all to do:
If you got faults, defects or shortcomings,
You know, like arthritis, rheumatism or migraines,
Whatever part of your body it is,
I want you to lay it on your radio, let the vibes flow through.
Funk not only moves, it can re-move, dig?
The desired effect is what you get
When you improve your Interplanetary Funksmanship.
Sir Lollipop Man! Chocolate coated, freaky and and habit forming.
Doin' it to you in 3-D,
So groovy that I dig me.
Once upon a time called Now!
Somebody say, "Is there funk after death?"
I say, "Is Seven Up?"
Yeah, P.Funk!

Make my funk the P.Funk (uncut funk!)
I want my funk uncut (P.Funk!)
Make my funk the P.Funk (uncut)
I wants to get funked up.
I want the bomb,
I want the P.Funk
I want my funk uncut. (make mine the P)
Make my funk the P.Funk
I wants to get funked up.

Make my funk the P.Funk (make mine)
I want my funk uncut (the P)
Make my funk the P.Funk (hah!)
I wants to get funked up. (WEFUNK, y'all)
I want the bomb, (home of the bomb)
I want the P.Funk
I want my funk stepped on (Don't step on my funk)
Make my funk the P.Funk
Before I take it home

Yeah, I dig!
Let me put my sunglasses on.
That's the law around here, you got to wear your sunglasses.
So you can feel cool.
Gangster lean.
Y'all should dig my sun-rooftop.
Well, allright. Hey I was diggin' on y'alls funk for awhile.
Sounds like it got a three on it though, to me.
Then I was down south and I heard some funk with some main ingredients
Like Doobie Brothers, Blue Magic, David Bowie.
It was cool,
But can you imagine Doobiein' your funk? Ho!
WEFUNK, we funk.
Make my funk the P.Funk (ho!)
I want my funk uncut (oh, make mine)
Make my funk the P.Funk (yeah)
I wants to get funked up.
I want the bomb,
I want the P.Funk (P.Funk, y'all)
Don't want my funk stepped on
Make my funk the P.Funk
(Home of the extraterrestrial brothers)
Before I take it home.

Gettin' deep.
Once upon a time called Right Now
Ain't it funky now
Far 'round
Hey, doin' it to ya in the earhole

Make my funk the P.Funk
I want my funk uncut (make mine the P)
Make my funk the P.Funk
I wants to get funked up. (I want the bomb)
I want the bomb,
I want the P.Funk
Don't want my funk stepped on
Make my funk the P.Funk
Before I take it home
Yeah

We're not leavin' y'all, I want you all to stay tuned for Starchild
Make my funk the P.Funk
I want my funk uncut
Make my funk the P.Funk
I wants to get funked up.
I want the bomb,
I want the P.Funk
Don't want my funk stepped on (oh, make mine)
Make my funk the P.Funk (I wants to get funked up)
Before I take it home

Don't stop, get down
Talk!
Blow your horn
Peee-youuu!
Wants to get funked up
Well, allright!

Make my funk the P.Funk
I want my funk uncut
Make my funk the P.Funk
I wants to get funked up.
I want the bomb, (P.Funk)
I want the P.Funk
I want my funk uncut.
Make my funk the P.Funk
I wants to get funked up.

Make my funk the P.Funk
I want my funk uncut
Make my funk the P.Funk
I wants to get funked up.
I want the bomb,
I want the P.Funk
I want my funk uncut.
Make my funk the P.Funk
Before I take it home

Welcome to station WEFUNK, better known as We-Funk,
Or deeper still, the Mothership Connection.
Home of the extraterrestrial brothers,
Dealers of funky music.
P.Funk, uncut funk, The Bomb.

Lollipop Man here, alias the Long-Haired Sucker.
Chocolate coated, freaky and habit-forming
Coming to you in 3-D
So groovy that I dig me
Yeah!
Yeah! P.Funk!

Unfunky UFO
Written by: G Clinton, W Collins, G Shider
Performed by: Parliament
Originally appears on: Mothership Connection

You've got all that is really needed
To save a dying world
From its funklessness

Stupidly I bust smile
My composure was secure
A silly grin from ear to ear
A smile that's all right through

Oh, but then like a streak of lightning it came
Filling my brain with this pain
Without saying a word this voice I heard
"Give up the funk, you punk!"

Unfunky kind of UFO (from the sun)
Here from the sun (you've got the groove)
You've got the groove and we want some
We're unfunky and we're obsolete (and out of time)
And we're out of time
Gonna take your funk and make it mine

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, oh, oh

You could feel so much better
If you would show me how to funk like you do

You've got all that is really needed
To save a dying world
From its funklessness

Deep in pain I called the names
Of some funkified friends of mine
They were on the road
And gettin' it on
And groovin' all the time.

Oh, but like a streak of lightning it came
Filling my brain with pain
Without saying a word, this voice I heard
"Give up the funk, you punk!"

Unfunky kind of UFO (from the sun)
Here from the sun (you've got the groove)
You've got the groove and we've got some
We're unfunky and we're obsolete (and out of time)
And we're out of time
Gonna take your funk and make it mine

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, oh, oh (shiiine)

You could feel so much better
If you would show me how to funk like you do
(x4)

You've got all that is really needed
To save a dying world
From its funky self.

Out of nowhere but they were, nearly took me by surprise
They crept upon me early this morning
Right before my eyes
And they were saying
"Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah"
Sweet old music

Unfunky kind of UFO (from the sun)
Here from the sun (you've got the groove)
You've got the groove and we've got some (oooh-ooh-ooh!)
We're unfunky and we're obsolete (and out of time)
And we're out of time
Gonna take your funk and make it mine

Unfunky kind of UFO (from the sun)
Here from the sun (you've got the groove)
You've got the groove and we've got some (unfunky and obsolete)
We're unfunky and we're obsolete (and out of time)
And we're out of time
Gonna take your funk and make it mine

You've got all that is really needed
To save a dying world
From its funky self.

You could feel so much better
If you would show me how to funk like you do
(x2)

Let Me Be
Written by: G Clinton, V Lewis
Performed by: Parliament
Originally appears on: Chocolate City

Mmm, hmm, mmm hmm hmm
Let me be, mmm, hmm
Let me be
Let me have my privacy
Let me be, mmm hmm
Hush, don't speak
Now, silently
I don't want to hear your voice
I don't want to see your face
I don't want to have no choice
In my mind, I want no haze
In a chair
In a chair
In a chair by the window
Let the sky be my sky
Let the moon be my halo
Let me love you upon a canopy
Let me love you upon a flower
Let me love you upon a canopy
Let me love you by the hour

Let me be, ooh-hoo-hoo
Let me be
Let me have my privacy
Let me be, hoo-hoo-hoo-hooo
Hush, don't speak
Now silently
I don't want to hear your voice
I don't want to see your face
I don't want to have no choice
In my mind, we want no haze

In a chair
Looorrrrd, in a chair
In a chair by the window
Let the sky be my sky
Let the moon be my halo
Let me love you upon a canopy
Let me love you on a flower
Let me love you upon a canopy
Let me love you by the hour

Let me be
Said I do not care
Where I am
Please don't let the people find me
I don't want to be there
All I need, all I need, all I neeeed
Is some air, yeah
Oh, yeah, hey, hoo, yeah, ohh, ohh
Zip-dip-dee-dib-a-dooo
Yeah, ohh, yeahh
Let me let
Oh, yeahhh, oh! yeah!!
Hey, see me by that ol'Dirty funky window, no
Watching on people peepin' on me, lord
Got to get away
Said I've got to get some place
Where I can be free right now
I got to be free
Ohh

I Bet You
Written by: G Clinton, P Lindsey, S Barnes
Performed by: Funkadelic
Originally appears on: Funkadelic

Wooo!
Come on, huh!
Woo-ooh!
Ice cubes on a red hot stove will melt, and I bet ya
A drowning man's very first words is help, I bet you
If you bet on a horse and the horse don't win, you lose and I betcha
If you try to sit on air, you're gonna fall, and I betcha

If you want a winning hand
If you want a perfect man
Betcha never lose my love
You will win, I betcha
Betcha never lose my love
You will win, I betcha

Take a car without fuel, ain't gonna move, and I betcha
A carpenter can't build his house without his tools, I bet you
If the shoes are too small they hurt your feet, and I betcha
You can't know what's going on if you're asleep, I bet ya

If you want a winning hand
If you want a perfect man
Ha!
Betcha never lose my love
You will win, I betcha
Oh yeah!
Betcha never lose my love
You got to win, I betcha

Ohh, wowowowowowowowowow
Ah yeah!
OH get down! Uhh!
Come on, come on!
I betcha
You ain't gonna lose
You won't lose
Oh, yeah!

Bet you never lose my love
Bet you never lose my love
Bet you never lose my love, I'm a winner
Bet you never lose my love, come on
Bet you never lose my love, stuck by you
Bet you never lose my love, you can't lose
Bet you never lose my love, you stuck by me
Bet you never lose my love, bet on me
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