Living in America is a song recorded by James Brown in 1985. It was used as part of the September 2002 showtape.
Lyrics[]
Chuck E.: Get up, now!
Ha!
Knock this out!
Super highways, coast to coast
Easy to get anywhere
On the transcontinental overload
Just slide behind the wheel
How does it feel
All but Pasqually: When there's no destination
Chuck E.: That's too far
And somewhere on the way
You might find out who you are (HA!)
All: Living in America
Chuck E.: Eye to eye, station to station
All: Living in America (HUP!)
Chuck E.: Hand to hand, across the nation
All: Living in America (OW!!!)
Chuck E.: Got to have a celebration
Rock my soul (HEY! Hahahaha... oh, yeah! Huh!)
Smokestack, fatback
Many miles of railroad track
All night radio, keep on runnin'
Through your rock 'n' roll soul
All night diners (Whoa!) keep you awake
Hey, on black coffee and a hard roll (Yup! (giggles))
Helen and Jasper: You might have to walk the fine line
You might take the hard line
Chuck E.: But everybody's working overtime
All: Living in America (That's right!)
Chuck E.: Eye to eye, (Jasper: Hey!) station to station
All: Living in America (HUP!)
Chuck E.: Hand to hand, across the nation
All: Living in America (OW!!!)
Chuck E.: Got to have a celebration
All: I said now, I (I) live in America (Yeah, sing it with me! Come on!)
I (I) live in America (Heh! Wait a minute!)
Chuck E.: You may not be looking for the promised land
But you might find it anyway
Under one of those old familiar names
Like New Orleans (New Orleans)
Detroit City (Detroit City)
Dallas (Dallas)
Pittsburgh, P.A. (Pittsburgh, P.A.)
New York City (New York City)
Kansas City (Kansas City)
Atlanta (Atlanta)
Chicago and L.A
OWWWW!!!! (giggles)
All: Living in America
Chuck E.: Oh, yeah! Heh-heh-heh-hey!
All: Living in America (Yeah!)
Chuck E: I walk in and out now (C'mon!)
All: Living in America
Chuck E. Everybody, now! Sing it with me!
All: I (I) live in America
Chuck E.: State lines
Gonna make the prime that
All: I live in America (That's right!)
Chuck E.: Hey
I know what it means
All: Living in America (Chuck E. laughs)
Living in America
Chuck E.: I said now, eye to eye
Station to station
All: Living in America (OW!!!)
Chuck E.: So nice, with your bad self (HA!)
All: Living in America (OWWW!!!!!!)
Chuck E.: I feel good! (giggles)
