Red Hot Chili Peppers

Released: August 30, 2011

Songwriter: Josh Klinghoffer Chad Smith Flea Anthony Kiedis

Producer: Rick Rubin

[Verse 1]
All my life I was
Swinging for the fence
I was looking for the triple
Never playing good defense
Gunnin' for the glitter
Every hot and heavy hitter
She was never really there
So I couldn't really get her

I said factually I, I'm just a piece of it
Factually I, the very least of it

[Verse 2]
Piece of work
I was really quite a jerk
Keeping score is such a bore,
A busy mind could go berserk
Oh, feast on this
I was fishing for a hook
So I took a little trip
And I opened up the book

[Pre-Chorus]
I said factually I, I'm just a piece of it
Factually I, the very least of it
Factually I, it's just a medicine
Make you wanna cry, why don't they let us in?

[Chorus]
Be my wife
I think you're right that we should mate
Tell your friends I've got a factory of faith
Late last night I had a dream that it was great
Tell your friends I've got a factory of faith
I've got a factory of

[Verse 3]
Crack your whip
She's confessing from the hip
She was good at getting there
But not as much for round-trip
Oh all this time
I was searching for a dream
I was slippin' in and out
Of every other sex machine

[Pre-Chorus]
I said factually I, I'm just a piece of it
Factually I, the very least of it
Factually I, it's just a medicine
Makes you wanna cry, why don't they let us in?

[Chorus]
Be my wife
I think you're right that we should mate
Tell your friends I've got a factory of faith
Late last night I had a dream that it was great
Tell your friends I've got a factory of faith
I've got a factory of

[Instrumental Break]

[Chorus]
Be my wife
I think you're right that we should mate
Tell your friends I've got a factory of faith
Late last night I had a dream that it was great
Tell your friends I've got a factory of faith
I've got a factory of

[Outro]
Faith
And love
Lo-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh

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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