Living In America Lyrics

[Chorus]
Living in America
Eddie Murphy, eat your heart out
(Hit it, Ray)

Living in America
Hit me, I said now, eye to eye
Station to station
Living in America
So nice, with your bare self
Living in America

[Outro]
Whoa!
I feel good!

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About

Genius Annotation

“Living in America” was a 1985 hit single for the godfather of soul, James Brown. The song, which topped the Billboard Dance Charts, was featured on the soundtrack of the movie Rocky IV and helped Brown boost his career through the 1980s. It was such a big hit that Weird Al Yankovic parodied it the following year as the single “Living With A Hernia.”

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