Michael Jackson's Down by Law

The production does a really great job of sort of rooting the music and sort of a narrative that's bigger than our generation. I think Michael opens up with this down by law because he's trying to set up this sort of epic tale of being black in Atlanta which at this point is sort of the red high center of black culture in America. So many just like life lessons and wisdom that he shares across the whole album like on the song something for junkies or when you see Menfall don't laugh learned.

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