Genius Lyrics
|
|
Simon & Garfunkel – America
|
“America”, written by Paul Simon, is a song recorded by Simon & Garfunkel. It was included in their album Bookends, released on 3 April 1968, and is notable as one of the few rock
|
|
Yes – America
|
Let us be lovers, we'll marry our fortunes together / I've got some real estate in my bag / So we bought a pack of cigarettes and Mrs. Wagner's pies / And we walked off, walked off
|
|
Kanye West – Who Will Survive In America
|
The final song of My Beautiful Twisted Dark Fantasy, “Who Will Survive in America” is an abridged version of Gil Scott-Heron’s “Comment #1” that paints a bleak outlook for Kanye’s
|
|
Childish Gambino – This Is America
|
Dropping amid ongoing political and cultural tumult and turmoil, Childish Gambino’s “This is America” appears to be a commentary on black life in America and American culture as a
|
|
Toby Keith – Made in America
|
[Verse 1] / My old man's that old man, spent his life livin' off the land / Dirty hands and a clean soul / It breaks his heart seein' foreign cars filled with fuel that isn't ours
|
|
JAY-Z & Kanye West (Ft. Frank Ocean) – Made in America
|
Originally titled ‘Sweet Baby Jesus,’ here we have Kanye, Jay, and R&B crooner Frank Ocean collaborating on a number that sums up the superstars' feelings about black history
|
|
Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson – Winter in America
|
[Verse 1: Gil Scott-Heron] / From the Indians who welcomed the pilgrims / And to the buffalos who once ruled the plain / Like the vultures circling beneath the dark clouds
|
|
Redbox – For America
|
Deviate to contemplate / This audio visual opiate / One hundred years from now / Title fights and human rights / We're satellites - you're parasites / Hey yah ya! / Now I've got to
|
|
Logic (Ft. Big Lenbo, Black Thought, Chuck D & No I.D.) – America
|
“America” is Logic’s way of expressing his political thoughts. This is also the first time he has ever made a statement about politics in his music.
In an interview with Genius
|
|
Prince – Welcome 2 America
|
Prince’s “Welcome 2 America” was the first song released in advance of the album Welcome 2 America, an album originally intended to be released in 2011 but mysteriously shelved
|
|
Tom MacDonald & Adam Calhoun – Your America
|
[Verse 1: Tom MacDonald] / They're screaming that they hate America and we're the reason / If you don't feel safe then stop defunding the policemen / You‘re calling us extremists '
|
|
Eminem – White America
|
Eminem, a virtually unknown rapper, rocketed to fame with his debut album The Slim Shady LP. And while his talent cannot be denied, his success brought with it a vicious assault
|
|
Waylon Jennings – America
|
Some have said, down through history / If you last it's a mystery / But I guess they don't know, what they're talking about / From the mountains down to the sea / You've become
|
|
Weezer – Surf Wax America
|
This is the 6th song on the band’s eponymous debut album. It is a very loud and furious song describing a surfer, or in a more metaphorical sense, the protagonist being on top. It
|
|
Ozomatli – (Who Discovered) America?
|
[Intro] / (Ladies and Gentlemen) / Who discovered America / Who-who-who who discovered America / (Ladies and Gentlemen) / Who discovered America / Who-who who dis-dis-discovered
|
|
Meek Mill – Otherside Of America
|
“Otherside of America” reflects on the experiences regarding the continuous violence of law enforcement against African-Americans.
The song was released after the murder of George
|
|
Kansas – Song for America
|
This song was written about how beautiful America was before it was ruined by modern civilization.
|
|
The stage is set so you can stomp feet and clap your hands / In defiance of our overseer's aims / And the parasites tryin' to find a host to sink their fangs / Where the underhanded flourish and lotus eaters reign / The music's like coolant for the overheated brain
|
Music is Decas way of protesting these evils. The only way to overcome them is by lifting the veil of ignorance through truth, and Decas way of spreading truth as well as providing an escape for him and the people who listen to it is his music, which is usually enjoyed by outsiders.
|
|
Imagine Dragons – America
|
“America” is the final track for Imagine Dragons' 2011 EP, It’s Time. Like most tracks from the EP, “America” found itself a home as one of the bonus tracks for several versions of
|
|
Lecrae – Still In America
|
[Intro] / Ladies and gentlemen, from the flight deck, this is your captain / We're experiencing some very rough air right now / I need everyone to please remain calm and take their
|
|
Living Colour – Which Way to America?
|
[Verse 1] / I look at the TV / Your America's doing well / I look out the window / My America's catching hell / [Chorus] / I just wanna know, which way do I go / To get to your
|
|
Glee Cast – America
|
“America” from West Side Story is featured in The First Time, the fifth episode of Season Three. It is sung by Mike (Harry Shum Jr., Puck (Mark Salling), Rory (Damian McGinty
|
|
Laibach – America
|
Americas melody is loosely based on The Star-Spangled Banner, the national anthem of the United States of America.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ETrr-XHBjE&feature=youtu.be&t=
|
|
James Brown – Living In America
|
“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
|
|
Alice Cooper – Lost in America
|
I can't get a girl cuz I ain't got a car / I can't get a car cuz I ain't got a job / I can't get a job cuz I ain't got a car / So I'm looking for a girl with a job and a car / Don'
|
|
Billie Joe Armstrong – Kids in America
|
[Verse 1] / Lookin' out a dirty old window / Down below, the cars in the city go rushing by / I sit here alone and I wonder why / Friday night, and everyone's movin' / I can feel
|
|
Kevin Abstract – Miserable America
|
“Miserable America” is about the anxieties and difficulties of being a queer person of color in US.
The song originally premiered on The Shane Show on Dash Radio/Golf Media.
|
|
KBC Band – America
|
[Intro] / Sing a song of America / Once she was a young girl with her heart on fire / Born in the dust of the magic of history / It all goes on yeah the dream goes on / [Verse 1
|
|
Lana Del Rey – Looking For America
|
“Looking for America” is a song Lana wrote on August 5th, 2019 regarding the mass shootings throughout the US, once she got back to L.A. The message of the song relies upon Lana
|
|
Prince and the Revolution – America
|
On “America,” the final single from his sixth studio album Around The World In A Day, Prince critiques mid-1980s United States and worries about a nuclear war, which were always
|
|
Charlie Daniels – In America
|
[Verse 1] / Well the eagle's been flying slow / And the flag's been flying low / And a lot of people saying that America's fixing to fall / Well speaking just for me / And some
|
|
MARINA – New America
|
“New America” is about the social problems in the United States, including racial injustice.
In an interview with Vogue, MARINA said that she started writing “New America” the day
|
|
Brooks & Dunn – Only In America
|
“Only in America” was released in June 2001 as the second single from Brooks and Dunn’s album Steers & Stripes.
Kix Brooks co-wrote the song with Don Cook and Ronnie Rogers; it
|
|
Motionless in White (Ft. Michael Vampire) – America
|
A-M-E-R-I-C-A is the third track on the album Infamous, as well as being the third single that was released from the album.
The deluxe edition of Infamous features a Celldweller
|
|
Spinal Tap – America
|
The fifth song on This Is Spinal Tap and the first of two not prominently featured in the movie (three if you include the Christmas song from the 2000 release). Unlike most of
|
|
Jon Bellion – Morning in America
|
“Morning in America” tells the story of how people have problems of their own that they think are, or would prefer to be, kept “under wraps,” but everyone is aware of the issues
|
|
Deuce – America
|
“America” is one of Deuce’s more rock/metal influenced songs. Revolving around the political and militant parties of America. Deuce even questions if said parties are the reason
|
|
Desaparecidos – Mall of America
|
[Verse 1] / They say it's murder on your folk career / To make a rock record with the Disappeared / We'll let the police helicopters / Pull stereos out of the lake / There's not an
|
|
Sufjan Stevens – America
|
“America” is the last track and first single from Sufjan Steven’s eighth studio album, The Ascension. The track and album were announced on June 30th, with the digital edition of
|