Red Hot Chili Peppers

Songwriter: Dave Navarro Chad Smith Flea Anthony Kiedis

Producer: Rick Rubin

[Verse 1]
Inspiration
Messed me up
Makes me cry
Come and see me please
Dragonfly, so I don't die
Inner circle, break my heart so I can stop

[Chorus]
All I need is for bone and for free
All I need, all I need
I don't need it
Don't need it
I don't need it

[Verse 2]
Locomotives
Shoot me up
Shoot me down
Devastation boy
Deal me out
Steal my joy
Good for nothing
That's the one, my mother's song

[Chorus]
All I need is for bone and for free
All I need, all I need
I don't need it
Don't need it
'Neath the salt and the sea
Like for fun, yeah for free

[Verse 3]
Dogs are laughing
Laughing now that I know how
Human human form
I'm so warm inside this stone

[Chorus]
All I need is for bone and for free
All I need, all I need
All I need is for bone and for free
All I need, all I need
I don't need it
Don't need it
I don't need it

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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