In Shinehead's "Jamaican In New York", there is a part where they say: I'm an Alien, I'm a legal Alien, I'm a Jamaican In New York, I thought they said I'm a Jamaican Emu Y'all
A childhood belief about misheard lyrics

others believed things like this
- Oh oh, I'm an alien, I'm a little alien...
Legal maybe?— Marina - I thought the ball-headed person in the Bic logo was an alien and communicated using alien-like noises.Anon
- When I was young I thought that York Peppermint Patties were illegal drugs.— Shirley B.
- I used to think that New York was pronounced "Yew Nork"Anon
- That there was an underground tunnel linking New York to San Francisco.— Christophe Chang
- I used to believe that the "real" Santa Claus was at Macy's in New York City. All the rest were fakes. — Marcia