Living in America - 제임스 브라운(James Brown)

 

James Brown

 

 

제임스 브라운(James Brown)는  1928년 테네시주에서 태어나 조지아 오거스타에서 성장해 주옥같은 명곡과 쇼맨쉽으로 반세기 동안 소울, 펑크, 리듬앤 블루스분야에서는 독보적인 대부라고 불리며 50년대 리듬 앤 블루스 스타로 60년대와 70년대를 풍미한 미국 흑인 음악계의 위대한 가수 중 한 사람으로 20세기 소울의 대부(The Godfather Of Soul)'라 불리며 20세기 미국 흑인음악에 가장 큰 영향력을 행사한 인물로 평가받는 그는 미국 최고의 엔터테이너 군림하며 '쇼 비즈니스계에서 가장 바쁜 사나이(The Hardest Working Man In Show Business)’라는 또다른 닉네임으로 그의 파워풀한 목소리와 열정적인 매너는 특히 라이브 무대에서 극대의 위력을 발휘하곤 했다. 

 

 

 

Living in America

 

 

 

Yeah, uh! Get up, now! Ow! Knock out this!
Super highways, coast to coast,
easy to get anywhere
On the transcontinental overload,
just slide behind the wheel
How does it feel

When there's no destination - that's too far
And somewhere on the way,
you might find out who you are

Living in America - eye to eye, station to station
Living in America - hand to hand, across the nation
Living in America - got to have a celebration

Rock my soul

Smokestack, fatback,
many miles of railroad track
All night radio, keep on runnin'
through your rock 'n' roll soul
All night diners keep you awake,
hey, on black coffee and a hard roll

You might have to walk the fine line,
you might take the hard line
But everybody's working overtime

Living in America - eye to eye, station to station
Living in America - hand to hand, across the nation
Living in America - got to have a celebration

I live in America, help me out,
but I live in America,
wait a minute

You might 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)
Pittsburg P.A. (Pittsburg P.A.),
New York City (New York City)
Kansas City (Kansas City),
Atlanta (Atlanta), Chicago and L.A.

Living in America - hit me
Living in America - yeah,
I walk in and out
Living in America

I live in America - state lines,
gonna make the prime, that
I live in America - hey,
I know what it means, I

Living in America - Eddie Murphy, eat your heart out
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 - I feel good!