Red Hot Chili Peppers

Released: April 1, 2022

Songwriter: Chad Smith Flea John Frusciante Anthony Kiedis

Producer: Rick Rubin

[Verse 1]
My name is Veronica
I come from the South Side of Chicago
Remember my raincoat
We love you the same way, and
My life is a rope swing
Always headin' back to from where I came
Got no need to blame you

[Chorus]
Danger, danger
Everyone goes for a ride
Danger, danger
Everyone loses their mind

[Verse 2]
My name is Nebraska
I live in a matchbox of Omaha
It's nothin' fantastic
We love you the same way, and
You call me Maria
My life on the north side of Miami
I might comе and see ya

[Chorus]
Danger, danger
Everyonе goes for a ride (Let's go for a ride now)
Danger, danger (Everyone)
Everyone loses their mind (Okay)

[Verse 3]
My name is "I love you"
I come from the same place as everyone
Just lucky to be here
We love you the same way, and
This heart is relentless
I love you the most when you're down and out
Please come to my senses
'Cause we all play the same game

[Chorus]
Danger, danger
Everyone goes for a ride (Here we go, my friends)
Danger (Everyone), danger (Everyone)
Everyone loses their mind

[Bridge]
Been a long time now
Been a long time now
Been a long time since I took you, my toll
Been a long time now
Been a long time now
Been a long time since I took you, my soul
I don't want it to be broken up
I don't want it to be without love

[Outro]
This is the end
My passionate friend
My passionate friend
I send my love from, now
This is the end
My passionate friend
My passionate friend
Ayy, yeah, yeah, yeah
(I don't want it to be broken up)
Been a long time now
Been a long time now
Been a long time since I took you, my soul
(I don't want it to be without love)
Been a long time now
Been a long time now
Been a long time now
Been a long time, yeah, yeah, yeah

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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