yeah the big boss man he likes to crack that whip,
I ain't nothin' but a number on his timecard slip.
I give him 40 hours and a piece of my soul,
Puts me somewhere at the botttom of his totem pole —
In the preceding Toby Keith lyric, specifically about the experience of wage labor, the word "soul" signifies which of the following concepts:
a) The immortal portion of a human being
b) The seat of the emotions, feelings, or sentiments; the emotional part of man's nature
c) A sense of ethnic pride among Black people and especially African Americans, expressed in areas such as language, social customs, religion, and music
d) Surplus value
Followup question: to what extent might the answer all of the above serve as a provisional concatenation of the ideas present in the idea of soul music?
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