"Slippin' into Darkness" is a song written and performed in 1971 by War.
[3] A live version of the song was featured as the B-side to their 1974 single "Ballero".
This song is an unusual blues form with the first lines being repeated in an African and Latin rhythm.
The song is from the perspective of someone whose friend's life was taken away, who withdraws from reality, having to pay the consequences.
[7] The song ranked #23 on Billboard magazine's Top 100 singles of 1972.