Red Hot Chili Peppers

Released: May 5, 2006

Songwriter: Chad Smith Anthony Kiedis John Frusciante Flea

Producer: Rick Rubin

[Verse 1]
Some of us get a little and some a lot
We've got to make do with whatever we got
We get it hot, we cool it down and then we pass it around
You can dance for the sake of a golden day
Take a chance on getting rid of whatever's in your way
Next stop, big hop, it's turning night into day
Sometimes, when I'm lying there all alone
I think of every little nothing that we could own
To overthrow all of you who have overgrown

[Chorus]
All my friends like to spend days on end on the mend
I turn to you, I turn into and then I turn it again
Here we go, all we know, heavy load start to float
Without a doubt, we turn it out and then we turn it again

[Verse 2]
I've come to learn whatever time I can find to spend
Taking flight into whatever light we bend
Out on the street, I get a beat and then I turn it to ten
Lace boots and the ladies of Kazakhstan
Kick them high to the sky, all of this just because we can
I turn to Cuba, then Aruba, then the Dominican

[Chorus]
All my friends like to spend days on end on the mend
I turn to you, I turn into and then I turn it again
Here we go, all we know, heavy load start to float
Without a doubt, we turn it out and then we turn it again
(Two things I want to say now:
You make it all okay now
I need to know that you are there)

[Bridge]
We've got to move it if we want to do our best
We've got to shake it if we want to keep it fresh

[Verse 3]
I'm turning down all the heavy psychology
To cut a rug and I make no apology
I turn a cheek, I turn a key and then I turn it for free
We've got to move it just a little to hit the spot
A whirling dervish in a flurry, a fox to trot
Come clown around, a robot doing the astronaut

[Chorus]
All my friends like to spend days on end on the mend
I turn to you, I turn into and then I turn it again
Here we go, all we know, heavy load start to float
Without a doubt, we turn it out and then we turn it again
(Two things I want to say now:
You make it all okay now
I need to know that you are there)

[Guitar Solo Outro]

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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