Red Hot Chili Peppers

Released: June 8, 1999

Songwriter: Chad Smith Anthony Kiedis John Frusciante Flea

Producer: Rick Rubin

[Intro]
(Get on top)
(Get on top)
Hit me (Get on top), come get me
I bite but (Get on top) she bit me

[Verse 1]
Go-rilla, cunt-illa
Sammy D and Salmonella
Come with me ’cause I’m an ass killer
You’re ill but I’m iller
I’ma linger on your block and
Give the finger to a cop and
Pick a lock before I knock and
Set you up to get on top

[Chorus]
(Get on top) Complications of a mastermind
(Get on top) Last temptation of my kind
(Get on top) Extra planetary sign when do we align
(Get on top) All in time, right on

[Interlude]
Get up (Get on top), come sit up
I light but (Get on top) she lit up

[Verse 2]
Grass hopper, show stopper
The life of a wife swapper (Get on top)
Come with me ’cause I’m a big bopper
You do but I wopper (Get on top)
Exterminate my cause
You want to draw some straws
Be the one to see my flaws
Make me bleed with painted claws

[Chorus]
(Get on top) Complications of a mastermind
(Get on top) Last temptation of my kind
(Get on top) Extra planetary sign when do we align
(Get on top) All in time, right on

[Guitar Solo]

[Interlude]
(Get on top)
(Get on top)
Hit me (Get on top), come get me
I bite but (Get on top) she bit me

[Verse 3]
Speed baller, Rhodes Scholar
Bottom bitch and a bottom dollar
Come with me ’cause I’m a free faller
You hoot but I holler
I’ma linger on your block and
Give the finger to a cop and
Pick a lock before I knock on
Set you up to get on top

[Outro]
Get on top
Get on top
Get on top
Get on top

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.

more tracks from the album

Californication

From the albums

Californication (1999)
Californication (Deluxe Version) (1999)

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Californication