Red Hot Chili Peppers

Released: September 12, 1995

Songwriter: Dave Navarro Chad Smith Flea Anthony Kiedis

Producer: Rick Rubin

[Verse 1]
I am you are me
I am you are me
I am you are me
I am you are me

Good woman said you've got to believe
Submerge into the urge of we
Deliciously the mystery
The mystery

[Chorus]
One big mob (oh yeah, oh yeah)
One big mob (oh yeah, oh yeah)
Ek bara mala (oh yeah, oh yeah)
Ek bara mala (oh yeah, oh yeah)
One big mob is...

[Verse 2]
Ooze into into my noodle
East or west shepherd or poodle
Ladybug pine tree
To mingle with the bumblebee
A lover to the sun
And a brother to the cool breeze
One big mob is...

[Chorus]
One big mob (oh yeah, oh yeah)
One big mob (oh yeah, oh yeah)
Ek bara mala (oh yeah, oh yeah)
Ek bara mala (oh yeah, oh yeah)
One big mob is...

[Verse 3]
We live in the city
We live in the jungle
It's time to be drinking
A thimble humble
Everything you ever see
Is never more than you and me
Give it on in to the beauty of the mystery
One big mob is home

One big mob in one big home
A broken home
I'd like to share some air with you
Some air with you
A morning forest full of truths
The green is blue
The head that's getting pregnant lives
To give and give

What was I thinking in my head
The color red
Breaking hearts instead of bread
Something I said
Checkmated by frustration
Need to be cut loose
A different kind of being lost
A sullen cost

[Verse 1]
I am you are me
I am you are me
I am you are me
I am you are me

Good woman said you've got to believe
Submerge into the urge of we
Deliciously the mystery
The mystery
One big mob is...

[Chorus]
One big mob (oh yeah, oh yeah)
One big mob (oh yeah, oh yeah)
Ek bara mala (oh yeah, oh yeah)
Ek bara mala (oh yeah, oh yeah)
One big mob is...

[Verse 4]
Scrawled upon the wall
Of a bathroom stall
A stranger wrote a note
That spoke to all
One, two, buckle my shoe
Take care of me
'Cause I might be you
One big mob is...

[Outro]
Peek-a-boo street in Timbuktu
Do I need to repeat that a boy named Sue
Rocking to the beat of the kangaroo
Let me kiss your feet
And your forehead too
One big mob is...

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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