Red Hot Chili Peppers

Songwriter: Flea Anthony Kiedis

Producer: Rick Rubin

[Verse 1]
It's innovated by your tin blue eyes and
Get involved in a sea of fire
Then we'd spoken but I'm a sycophant
This anana roller te coat and I'm Krant

[Chorus 1]
You are my goldmine done dar a soulmine
Somebody satisfied her soul

[Verse 2]
Said a woman that i do know shouted out
"Remove it" and a ding dong ding
Got a skin beside her and I really don't fly thy
Shin division and a, poto

[Pre-Chorus 1]
Over the holy ghost
Sign of the fatty-rism
"Shit" gonna write it on the floor

[Chorus 2]
Sometimes they get laid all the time
You beside me
Sometimes as she falls to the floor
You beside me

[Verse 3]
It's innovated by the ding dong slider
Shit a woman and I really don't fry now
Chester ring down and a wind don't fly down
Pip-de-whip and then-a oh snap

[Pre-Chorus 2]
Open my goldmine and there for a soul inclined and
Said that out of sight is right beside

[Chorus 3]
Sometimes there's a reason to shine
You beside, oh
Sometimes there's a man on the pines
Tell me now

[Verse 4]
Ah-oh he said I'm-a right to goldmine
Let know that him the way I know
Lie like here through the night
Slide on in on a slide

[Chorus 4]
Sometimes there's no reason to turn
You decide, all alone
Sometimes there's no break turn
All alone
Sometimes there's a bed on the floor
Tell me lord, oh
Sometimes, I don't fall on a shard
You beside, they don't know-whoa-whoa

The Red Hot Chili Peppers are a rock band based in Los Angeles, CA that incorporates elements of rap, funk, punk, and rock into their work, mainly classified as an alternative rock band. They made it mainstream off the success of their 1991’s fifth studio album Blood Sugar Sex Magik, led by singles “Give it Away” and “Under the Bridge.” After losing guitarist John Frusciante and losing popularity following the release of the less successful One Hot Minute, the band reunited for 1999’s Californication. The title track and hit singles “Around the World,” “Scar Tissue” and “Otherside” propelled them back to the fame. After 2002’s solid release By the Way and 2006’s double-disc Stadium Arcadium, Frusciante once again left the band to further pursue his solo career. The band added Josh Klinghoffer to help fill his void, and released I’m With You in 2011.

In December 2019, the band announced via Instagram that Klinghoffer had left after 10 years, and Frusciante would be rejoining.

Their lyrical content was mostly centered around sex, drugs, and the Los Angeles lifestyle, and lead singer Anthony Kiedis mostly rapped them as he wasn’t confident as vocalist. Most members of the band also suffered from drug addiction, as Kiedis and Frusciante had to check themselves into rehab for heroin addiction at various points in their lives. But Californication marked a change in the band’s content matter and lifestyle. The band was sober for the most part, and the lyrics had shifted to songs about love and the pains of addiction, the title even criticized the city they loved so much. In addition, Kiedis had started to sing his lyrics much more often as he finally felt comfortable with his voice. That change has allowed the band to stick around for over 20 years despite multiple changes to their lineup and is part of why they remain relevant.

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