Songwriter: Anthony Kiedis

[Verse 1]
51-50 bulletproof glass
Take away vinny play
Attempted to the past
So you shed tears that felt
The eyes the blood and the hammerhead
Something you buy and just can’t penetrate
A loss of nature that do state
Rearrange the change and recreate
A wake up song come on and levitate

[Chorus]
Oh momma please don’t cry
I promise I won’t die
And if I stay too long
Well I will be forever in your favor
Forever always yours
Forever always

[Post-Chorus]
Momma please mommasan
Momma be mommasan momma say momma come momma said
It won't be long
Momma please mommasan
Momma be mommasan momma say momma come momma said
It won’t be long

[Instrumental break]

[Verse 2]
The letter’s come for me to be someone
Two persons on the days I’ll be the numb one
Passion flower family
Cause I’m the one, the one and only blood son
So hard to understand
I know you loved your one and only soulman
Do you believe in one steer-in
Well I’ll be there; just because I can

[Chorus]
Oh momma please don’t cry
I promise I won’t die
And if I stay too long
Well I will be forever in your favor
Forever always yours
Forever always

[Post-Chorus]
Momma please mommasan
Momma be mommasan momma say momma come momma said
It won't be long
Momma please mommasan
Momma be mommasan momma say momma come momma said
It won’t be long

Red Hot Chili Peppers

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.