We know him as Sly Stone of Sly and The Family Stone.
"Thank you" is one of my all time favorite songs. I did not pay attention to the lyrics but the arrangement is superb.
"Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn't pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same, or one day we will spend our sunset years telling our children and our children's children what it was once like in the United States where men were free." - President Ronald Reagan