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Literally so in the case of opener \u003ci\u003eAmerykahn Promise\u003c\/i\u003e, spun by Badu straight over an obscure seventies funk track by Roy Ayers's protégés Ramp. \u003ci\u003eThe Healer\u003c\/i\u003e is effectively a tribute to the power of hip hop to ground otherwise lost lives, while the deeply felt \u003ci\u003eTelephone \u003c\/i\u003ecommemorates her friend, the late producer J Dilla (and was in fact written the day after his funeral). \u003ci\u003eThe Healer\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThat Hump\u003c\/i\u003e deal with the damage caused by drug dependency and \u003ci\u003eSoldier\u003c\/i\u003e is a hard-hitting analysis of the state of Black America. None of which would count for much if the music didn't connect. 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