This robotic voice, performed by Laurel Dann, presents the album as a “program” and serves as a guiding line, leading the listener throughout the length of it by appearing as the outro of many tracks, usually saying something socially aware. The music in the background is sampled from “Aquarius,” a 1969 song by jazz vibraphone legend Cal Tjader.

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