Red Hot Chili Peppers

Released: August 30, 2011

Songwriter: Flea Josh Klinghoffer Chad Smith Anthony Kiedis

Producer: Rick Rubin

[Verse 1]
Lucy Rebar
She's a friend of mine
Later she'll go
Back and redefine the line
It's getting longer all the time
Oh yeah

[Verse 2]
Drinking sunshine
She likes the taste of it
She had a goldmine
But then she wasted it away
You should have seen her yesterday
Oh yeah

[Pre-Chorus]
Sinned along the way
Nothing stops the ache

[Chorus 1]
Sugar daddy
Loves her madly
Cosma Sheiva
Got off, made you a believer
I don't need to
Tender, why do I believe you?
Annie wants a baby now
Annie wants a baby any way she can

[Verse 3]
Missing pieces
She's got a lot of them
Time decreases
I wish I thought of them before
Before it's time to close the store
Oh yeah

[Verse 4]
Distillation
A lonely sycophant
Some liberation
The only seed we ever plant
I want to help you but I can't
No, no

[Pre-Chorus]
Sinned along the way
Nothing stops the ache

[Chorus 2]
Sugar daddy
Loves her madly
Love her, leave her
Got off, made you a believer
Neon soldier
Left her now you've gotten older
Annie wants a baby now
Annie wants a baby any way she can

[Outro]
It's getting longer all the time
It's time to re-design the sign
Oh yeah
Sinned along the way

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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