Lionel Richie Remembers Writing ‘We Are The World’ With Michael Jackson And His Python

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Snakes don’t exactly help Lionel Richie’s songwriting process. On Wednesday, the legendary singer appeared on Global’s “The Drew Barrymore Show” and looked back on co-writing the classic charity single “We Are the World” with Michael Jackson.

RELATED: Lionel Richie, Katy Perry, Luke Bryan And More Sing ‘We Are The World’ On TV For The First Time In 35 Years “The obstacle of writing the song was not writing the song,” Richie recalled. “The obstacle of writing the song was the python he had, the albino python that he lost in the bedroom.

So we are writing the lyrics and I’m lying on the floor and I hear this little sound, ‘Arrr. Arrr.’ And I look over my shoulder and there is this albino python head looking at me.” He continued, “Drew, I was