Actor/Comedian Eddie Murphy has released a new reggae single, entitled "Oh Jah Jah," speaking on the current socio-political events plaguing the country.

Most will not know Murphy for his musical talent, but the actor had a smash hit with legendary artist Rick James in 1985 titled "Party All The Time." He was never active in the music scene after that single's release.

"When I'm not acting and being funny, in my private time in my personal time I do music more than anything. I'm always in the studio," Murphy states.

Partly due to recent events, the actor finally felt it time to release his new single.

"I was watching CNN about two or three months ago and all this craziness was going on with the terrorism and chopping off people's heads and then St. Louis, Ferguson. A bunch of police brutality going on (at the) same time and I had that progression, but I didn't have any lyrics, but I had that groove," Murphy says. "I'd been playing that progression for about a month and then I was watching the news and it all came together one day."

In an interview with Associated Press, the comedian was asked why he waited so long to release his music.

"I wasn't waiting. I was just recording stuff. I stopped putting stuff out in the 80s because, I don't know how old you are, but back in the 80s, it was like a bunch of actors putting albums out. Everybody was singing and it always looked weird, like an actor singing this weird song, like, 'What the hell is this?' And I was like 'I don't want to be a part of that.'... I just said, 'Ok I'm not going to put these records out because I don't want people to think I'm trying to be an actor trying to be a pop star.' So I just kept writing my stuff and doing my stuff privately because I had no pressure and no expectations."