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1	* {{Anvilicious}}: Most of her political songs are this to some degree, but special mention must be made of the following:
2	** "Hilter's Brothers". If your song title breaks GodwinsLaw, it's already pretty Anvilicious. However, Cole doesn't stop there, following it up by graphically describing a UsefulNotes/KuKluxKlan cross burning, a racially motivated gang rape, and the [[ChainedToARailway particularly gruesome]] lynching of a Hispanic man. The bridge of the song is UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler giving a speech.
3	** "Be Somebody" starts with the line "I want to be somebody / I want to make a difference" and manages to invoke gang violence, UsefulNotes/MalcolmX, and police brutality before it gets done.
4	** This was largely the reason why her album ''Amen'' bombed. See TheyChangedItNowItSucks.
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6	** The full-length version of "I Don't Want to Wait", especially the verse that was cut from the radio version.
7	** "Tiger", especially those wails Cole does at the climax.
8	* GeniusBonus:
9	** One needs to have a least a passing familiarity with New Left thought and identity politics to get a few of the references in Cole's first album.
10	** And don't even try to offer an interpretation of "Nietzsche's Eyes" if you're not familiar with the titular figure's work.
11	** Subverted by "Chiaroscuro". Cole apparently felt the word was so obscure that the liner notes include a definition separate from the song lyrics.
12	* LesYay: "Carmen".
13	* NightmareFuel: The unexpected backmasking at the end of "Tiger",[[note]]It's just the first few lines of the song played backwards.[[/note]] to say nothing of Paula's [[CarefulWithThatAxe wailing at its climax]].
14	* SignatureSong: "I Don't Want to Wait", thanks to ''Series/DawsonsCreek''. She even re-recorded the theme just so it could be used as the show's theme again for streaming releases.
15	* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: On ''Amen'', Cole learned the hard way that R&B and white bourgeoisie liberalism just don't mix that well.

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