American Oxygen by Rihanna
"American Oxygen"
Breathe out, breathe in American oxygen Every breath I breathe Chasin' this American Dream We sweat for a nickel and a dime Turn it into an empire Breathe in, this feeling American, American oxygen American oxygen Breathe in, this feeling American, American oxygen Oh say can you see, this is the American Dream Young girl, hustlin' On the other side of the ocean You can be anything at all In America, America I say, can't see Just close your eyes and breathe Breathe out, breathe in American oxygen Every breath I breathe Chasin' this American Dream We sweat for a nickel and a dime Turn it into an empire Breathe in, this feeling American, American oxygen American oxygen Breathe in, this feeling American, American oxygen American oxygen Breathe in, this feeling American, American oxygen Oh say can you see, this is the American Dream Young boy, hustlin' Tryna get the wheels in motion But he can be anything at all In America, America I say, can't see Just close your eyes and breathe Breathe out, breathe in American oxygen Every breath I breathe Chasin' this American Dream We sweat for a nickel and a dime Turn it into an empire Breathe in, this feeling American, American oxygen This is the new America We are the new America [x4] Breathe out, breathe in American oxygen Every breath I breathe Chasin' this American Dream We sweat for a nickel and a dime Turn it into an empire Breathe in, this feeling American, American oxygen American oxygen Breathe in, this feeling American, American oxygen American oxygen Breathe in, this feeling American, American oxygen This is the new America We are the new America [x2] |
In "American Oxygen" by Rihanna it's talking about chasing the American dream and how in America you can do anything you want to do. She talks about how in America people start from the bottom and then work their way up. "We sweat for a nickel and a dime, turn it into an empire". Here it is saying that people start out by sweating for just nickels and dimes but then they work their way up and start a whole empire, and that's what the American dream is all about. A little farther down it talks about how a young girl and a young boy can be anything that they want in America. "Young girl, hustlin', on the other side of the ocean, you can be anything at all, in America". So it's saying how in other countries on the other side of the ocean young girls and boys can't be anything they want to be. Although here in America they can be anything at all.
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