Let's Go All the Way
“Let’s Go All the Way” by Sly Fox is a fun, funky, danceable banger, but beneath the synth-pop sheen it carries surprisingly serious sociopolitical commentary. Listening to it now, in 2026, it feels even more relevant than it did in 1986, like a warning that never stopped being timely.
I don’t pretend that making a set of illustrations fixes what’s broken or magically changes the course of history, but art has always been one way people process fear, hope, grief, and resolve. This is my small offering toward that tradition: a reminder that doing “the little things” still matters, whether that’s showing up for others, giving what you can to people in need, or praying—not only for the people you love, but for the United States itself, in all its fracture and possibility, and for deep systemic change against racism, poverty, and the kinds of structures that keep wealthy, corrupt men in positions of power.
I don’t pretend that making a set of illustrations fixes what’s broken or magically changes the course of history, but art has always been one way people process fear, hope, grief, and resolve. This is my small offering toward that tradition: a reminder that doing “the little things” still matters, whether that’s showing up for others, giving what you can to people in need, or praying—not only for the people you love, but for the United States itself, in all its fracture and possibility, and for deep systemic change against racism, poverty, and the kinds of structures that keep wealthy, corrupt men in positions of power.
Sitting with the thinker
Trying to work it out
It's a traffic jam of the brain
Makes you wanna scream and shout
Presidential party
No one wants to dance
Looking for a new star
To put you in a trance
Let's go all the way
Let's go all the way
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Let's go all the way
Working in a factory
Eight days a week
Try to make dollar
Damn, what a beat
Cartoon capers
Happen in reality
Rich man, poor man
Living in fantasy
Let's go all the way
Let's go all the way
Oh, oh, oh, let's go all the way
Wow!
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Living in New York
Looks like an apple core (apple core)
Asphalt jungle
Got to be a man-of-war
California dreamers
Sinking in the sand (the sand, the sand, the sand)
The Hollywood squares are
Living in Disneyland
(Wee, ha!)
Let's go all the way
(Let's go all the way)
Let's go all the way
(Let's go all the way)
Aah-aah-aah
Let's go all the way
Let's go all the way
Let's go all the way
We need heaven on Earth today
Aah-aah-aah
We can make a better way
Let's go all the way
Go all the way
Let's go all the way
Yeah
Na, na, na-na-na
Na, na-na-na-na-na-na
Na, na, na-na-na, yeah
Na, na, na-na-na
Na, na-na-na-na-na-na
Na, na, na-na-na, yeah
-Sly Fox
Trying to work it out
It's a traffic jam of the brain
Makes you wanna scream and shout
Presidential party
No one wants to dance
Looking for a new star
To put you in a trance
Let's go all the way
Let's go all the way
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Let's go all the way
Working in a factory
Eight days a week
Try to make dollar
Damn, what a beat
Cartoon capers
Happen in reality
Rich man, poor man
Living in fantasy
Let's go all the way
Let's go all the way
Oh, oh, oh, let's go all the way
Wow!
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Living in New York
Looks like an apple core (apple core)
Asphalt jungle
Got to be a man-of-war
California dreamers
Sinking in the sand (the sand, the sand, the sand)
The Hollywood squares are
Living in Disneyland
(Wee, ha!)
Let's go all the way
(Let's go all the way)
Let's go all the way
(Let's go all the way)
Aah-aah-aah
Let's go all the way
Let's go all the way
Let's go all the way
We need heaven on Earth today
Aah-aah-aah
We can make a better way
Let's go all the way
Go all the way
Let's go all the way
Yeah
Na, na, na-na-na
Na, na-na-na-na-na-na
Na, na, na-na-na, yeah
Na, na, na-na-na
Na, na-na-na-na-na-na
Na, na, na-na-na, yeah
-Sly Fox
