Red Hot Chili Peppers

Released: May 5, 2006

Songwriter: Chad Smith Anthony Kiedis John Frusciante Flea

Producer: Rick Rubin

[Verse 1]
All aboard... stitch in time
Get yours... got mine
In a minute... I'll be there
Sit tight... get square
You can do it at the hippodrome
Slide back... trombone
Anybody got a TV at home
That's right... unknown

[Chorus 1]
When I pick up on that smell
Pick it up and run like hell
Little woman save me some
Better get up on your run

[Chorus 2]
So much more than
Charlie's wakin' me
To my core and
Charlie's shakin' me
Tell my story
And Charlie's makin' me
And Charlie's makin' me smile
Oh, Oh, now
(tic tic tic tic tic tic)
(one one one more)
(wait wait wait wait wait one more)

[Verse 2]
Everybody... do the twist
Get the the message... on Flea's fists
Move around like a scientist
Lay down... get kissed
Big picture and it never lies
Big daddy... will advice
EverReady... in disguise
Sunset... sunrise

[Chorus 1]
When I pick up on that smell
Pick it up and run like hell
Little woman save me some
Better get up on your run

[Chorus 2]
So much more than
Charlie's wakin' me
To my core and
Charlie's shakin' me
Tell my story
And Charlie's makin' me
And Charlie's makin' me smile
Oh, Oh, now

[Chorus 3]
My heart... Your skin
This love... I'm in
We don't arrive without a surprise
You're right... I'm wrong
Be free... Be wrong
Intimate sight has come into light

[Chorus 1]
When I pick up on that smell
Pick it up and run like hell
Little woman save me some
Better get up on your run

[Bridge]
All I ever wanted to
Was pick it up and run with you
Slip it into a summer spell
Double up and run like hell

[Chorus 2]
So much more than
Charlie's wakin' me
To my core and
Charlie's shakin' me
Tell my story
And Charlie's makin' me
And Charlie's makin' me smile
Oh, Oh, now

[Chorus 3]
My heart... Your skin
This love... I'm in
We don't arrive without a surprise
You're right... I'm wrong
Be free... Be long
Intimate sight has come into light
My heart... Your skin
This love... I'm in
We don't arrive without a surprise
You're right... I'm wrong
Be free... Be wrong
Intimate sight has come into light

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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