Prince and the Revolution
Prince and the Revolution
Prince and the Revolution
Prince and the Revolution
Prince and the Revolution
Prince and the Revolution
Prince and the Revolution
Prince and the Revolution
Prince and the Revolution
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 common themes in his lyrics.
[Intro]
Yeah
Peace!
[Verse 1]
Aristocrats on a mountain climb
Making money, losing time
Communism is just a word
But if the government turn over
It'll be the only word that's heard
[Chorus]
America, America
God shed His grace on thee
America, America
Keep the children free
[Verse 2]
Little sister making minimum wage
Living in a one room jungle-monkey cage
Can't get over, she's almost dead
She may not be in the black
But she happy she ain't in the red
[Chorus]
America, America
God shed His grace on thee
America, America
Keep the children free
[Post-Chorus]
Freedom
Love
Joy
Peace
[Verse 3]
Jimmy Nothing never went to school
They made him pledge allegiance
He said it wasn't cool
Nothing made Jimmy proud
Now, Jimmy lives on a mushroom cloud
[Chorus]
America, America
God shed His grace on thee
America, America
Keep the children free
America, America
God shed His grace on thee
America, America
Keep the children free
[Post-Chorus]
Freedom
Love
Joy
Peace
[Outro]
Boom
Boom
Boom
Boom
The bomb go
Boom
Boom
Boom
Boom
The bomb go boom
Teacher, why won't Jimmy pledge allegiance?
America was written by Prince and the Revolution.
America was produced by Prince.
Prince and the Revolution released America on Wed Oct 02 1985.
“America” peaked at number 46 on the US Billboard Hot 100.