@tostadosunidos, I always viewed those lyrics as The Chamber Brothers (siblings, not bruthas ;-) perhaps-cynical attempt to cash in on the counter-culture consumers, who making artists and entertainers rich. In an interview, Bill Graham said if your main concern is your wardrobe (as he claimed was the TCB's), you don't have much to offer. I didn't dislike them live, but didn't love them either.
Cost me only three bucks to see them! Same price for Cream, Hendrix, and everybody else who played The Fillmore. Plus, free dope; joints were constantly being passed down each row of kids sitting on the floor. At Dead shows, there was a barrel of apples at the door, each injected with LSD.