Red Hot Chili Peppers

Released: May 5, 2006

Songwriter: Chad Smith John Frusciante Flea Anthony Kiedis

Producer: Rick Rubin

[Intro]
Oh yeah, yeah
Wow, wow, wow, wow, yeah

[Verse 1]
Arthur J. did indicate it:
The boulevard would never be
So full of love and life again, (Yeah)
(Aw, say goodbye to your boots, man)
Hot as Hades, early eighties
Sing another song and make me feel like I'm in love again, (Yeah)
(You gotta lose to win)

[Chorus]
Oh yeah
Oh
Please don't strip my mind
Leave something behind
Please don't strip my mind

Oh, hey yeah, oh
Wow, wow, wow, wow, wow yeah

[Verse 2]
All in favor, sign a waiver
Bloody Carolina won't you
Take another look inside? (Yeah)
(Aw, it will make you cry)
Operator, co-creator
Come on radiator won't you blow another top and sing? (Yeah)
(Ah, you only get what you dream)

[Chorus]
Oh yeah
Oh
Please don't strip my mind
Leave something behind
Please don't strip my mind

[Guitar Solo]

[Verse 3]
El Dorado won the lotto
All that cash and not a clue
But now you know what I've been through
(Hey)

[Outro]
Oh yeah
Oh
Please don't strip my mind
Leave something behind
Please don't strip my mind
Leave something behind

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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