Jane's Addiction vocalist Perry Farrell gives Adam Reader some heartfelt insight into Jane’s Addiction's hard rock manifesto "Mountain Song", which was the second single from their revolutionary album Nothing's Shocking. Mountain song was first recorded in 1986 and appeared on the soundtrack to the film Dudes starring Jon Cryer. The version on Nothing's Shocking was re-recorded in 1988.
"'Mountain Song' was actually about... I hate to say it but... drugs. Climbing this mountain and getting as high as you can, and then coming down that mountain," reveals Farrell. "What it feels to descend from the mountain top... not easy at all. The ascension is tough but exhilarating. Getting down is... it's a real bummer. Drugs is not for everybody obviously. For me, I wanted to experience the heights, and the lows come along with it."
"There's a part - 'Cash in now honey, cash in Miss Smith.' Miss Smith is my Mother; our last name was Smith. Cashing in when she cashed in her life. So... she decided that, to her... at that time, she was desperate. Life wasn't worth it for her, that was her opinion. Some people think, never take your life, and some people find that their life isn't worth living. She was in love with my Dad, and my Dad was not faithful to her, and it broke her heart. She was very desperate and she did something that I know she regrets."
Yeah, mother fuckers
Pussy niggaz get the fuck out right now
Real niggaz put your fist in your mother fucking hand
Like this, it's going down
This is for my GD's and my C-R-I-P's
My vice lord's and B-L double O-D's
This is for my GD's and my C-R-I-P's
My vice lord's and B-L double O-D's
I got that one hitta quitta that one hitta quitta quitta
One hitta quitta that one hitta quitta
Nigga find out and get your fucking teeth knocked out
Find out and get your fucking teeth knocked out
I got that one hitta quitta that one hitta quitta quitta
One hitta quitta that one hitta quitta
Nigga find out and get your fucking teeth knocked out
Find out and get your fucking teeth knocked out
A nigga knocked out as soon as I stepped throught the door
I guess they thought we playing but I guess they didn't know
We started kicking ass drunk off ass kicking potion
'Cause this left mean death even in slow motion
I'm gone break a nigga jaw break the fucking law
Break him down raw break nigga all y'all
If a nigga violate you in the club
It ain't shit ot talk about clock his ass out
I never try to move fast I just stick to the script
If a nigga talking shit, hit that bitch in the lip
You got somthing to say about me
You niggas want to doubt me
You mad cause I get the cash then a nigga out
You won half of the bar nigga fuckin payment
Kinda hectec when I disrespected now a playa dead
But it's cool you got to realize somthing these niggas fake
It's kinda like everything I love another nigga hate
I got that one hitta quitta that one hitta quitta quitta
One hitta quitta that one hitta quitta
Nigga find out and get your fucking teeth knocked out
Find out and get your fucking teeth knocked out
I got that one hitta quitta that one hitta quitta quitta
One hitta quitta that one hitta quitta
Nigga find out and get your fucking teeth knocked out
Find out and get your fucking teeth knocked out
Fuck these bitches I'm bout to pull this glock on
Nigga come wrong he gon half to get popped on
Fool acting hard he been listning to da pac song
Don't let this rap music get your door knocked on
Maybe knocked in with some friends holding bright crome
Think we playing witcha boy nigga bring it on
Studio gangsta probly gonna hit you with the microphone
Coward ass bitch gon be sleeping with the lights on
I'm not a gangsta but this shit is for the Crips and the bloods
Gd's vice lords and white boys come claiming to be thugs
I got a one hitta quitta and ain't gon safety ain't on
On these boney knuckles and all
The things you'll soon be regreting
I have a closed captioned Marijuana treated brain
Meaning when you hit the ground
I'll spill it out across the screen
Round one and white ain't got no choice
To beat the compition
Let that mother fucker swing
And show that bitch what he been missing
I got that one hitta quitta that one hitta quitta quitta
One hitta quitta that one hitta quitta
Nigga find out and get your fucking teeth knocked out
Find out and get your fucking teeth knocked out
I got that one hitta quitta that one hitta quitta quitta
One hitta quitta that one hitta quitta
Nigga find out and get your fucking teeth knocked out
Find out and get your fucking teeth knocked out
I got a one hitta quitta for any nigga talking shit
You talk shit they find your body in the ditch
Ain't nothing going on but that triple six
And hypnotize fucking minds can you handle it
You in the club trying to show off in front of a bitch
I beat you down and throw the fuckin six
And go outside and get the extra clip
We make an example out of you nigga don't be next bitch
You get desert eagle beat til your cranium leak
Scarecrow the sandman Double are fucking sleep
When I pull this unit it's intinsive care unit
And I steal your blood type so they can't transfuse it
War war vet here to play hit the deck
Crunch also say if you want to disrespect
With a one hitta quitta and some shit to disfigure
In your hospital room to finish you off nigga
I got that one hitta quitta that one hitta quitta quitta
One hitta quitta that one hitta quitta
Nigga find out and get your fucking teeth knocked out
Find out and get your fucking teeth knocked out
I got that one hitta quitta that one hitta quitta quitta
One hitta quitta that one hitta quitta
Nigga find out and get your fucking teeth knocked out
Find out and get your fucking teeth knocked out
This is for my GD's and my C-R-I-P's
My vice lord's and B-L double O-D's
This is for my GD's and my C-R-I-P's
My vice lord's and B-L double O-D's
This is for my GD's and my C-R-I-P's
My vice lord's and B-L double O-D's
This is for my GD's and my C-R-I-P's
My vice lord's and B-L double O-D's
Pussy niggaz get the fuck out right now
Real niggaz put your fist in your mother fucking hand
Like this, it's going down
This is for my GD's and my C-R-I-P's
My vice lord's and B-L double O-D's
This is for my GD's and my C-R-I-P's
My vice lord's and B-L double O-D's
I got that one hitta quitta that one hitta quitta quitta
One hitta quitta that one hitta quitta
Nigga find out and get your fucking teeth knocked out
Find out and get your fucking teeth knocked out
I got that one hitta quitta that one hitta quitta quitta
One hitta quitta that one hitta quitta
Nigga find out and get your fucking teeth knocked out
Find out and get your fucking teeth knocked out
A nigga knocked out as soon as I stepped throught the door
I guess they thought we playing but I guess they didn't know
We started kicking ass drunk off ass kicking potion
'Cause this left mean death even in slow motion
I'm gone break a nigga jaw break the fucking law
Break him down raw break nigga all y'all
If a nigga violate you in the club
It ain't shit ot talk about clock his ass out
I never try to move fast I just stick to the script
If a nigga talking shit, hit that bitch in the lip
You got somthing to say about me
You niggas want to doubt me
You mad cause I get the cash then a nigga out
You won half of the bar nigga fuckin payment
Kinda hectec when I disrespected now a playa dead
But it's cool you got to realize somthing these niggas fake
It's kinda like everything I love another nigga hate
I got that one hitta quitta that one hitta quitta quitta
One hitta quitta that one hitta quitta
Nigga find out and get your fucking teeth knocked out
Find out and get your fucking teeth knocked out
I got that one hitta quitta that one hitta quitta quitta
One hitta quitta that one hitta quitta
Nigga find out and get your fucking teeth knocked out
Find out and get your fucking teeth knocked out
Fuck these bitches I'm bout to pull this glock on
Nigga come wrong he gon half to get popped on
Fool acting hard he been listning to da pac song
Don't let this rap music get your door knocked on
Maybe knocked in with some friends holding bright crome
Think we playing witcha boy nigga bring it on
Studio gangsta probly gonna hit you with the microphone
Coward ass bitch gon be sleeping with the lights on
I'm not a gangsta but this shit is for the Crips and the bloods
Gd's vice lords and white boys come claiming to be thugs
I got a one hitta quitta and ain't gon safety ain't on
On these boney knuckles and all
The things you'll soon be regreting
I have a closed captioned Marijuana treated brain
Meaning when you hit the ground
I'll spill it out across the screen
Round one and white ain't got no choice
To beat the compition
Let that mother fucker swing
And show that bitch what he been missing
I got that one hitta quitta that one hitta quitta quitta
One hitta quitta that one hitta quitta
Nigga find out and get your fucking teeth knocked out
Find out and get your fucking teeth knocked out
I got that one hitta quitta that one hitta quitta quitta
One hitta quitta that one hitta quitta
Nigga find out and get your fucking teeth knocked out
Find out and get your fucking teeth knocked out
I got a one hitta quitta for any nigga talking shit
You talk shit they find your body in the ditch
Ain't nothing going on but that triple six
And hypnotize fucking minds can you handle it
You in the club trying to show off in front of a bitch
I beat you down and throw the fuckin six
And go outside and get the extra clip
We make an example out of you nigga don't be next bitch
You get desert eagle beat til your cranium leak
Scarecrow the sandman Double are fucking sleep
When I pull this unit it's intinsive care unit
And I steal your blood type so they can't transfuse it
War war vet here to play hit the deck
Crunch also say if you want to disrespect
With a one hitta quitta and some shit to disfigure
In your hospital room to finish you off nigga
I got that one hitta quitta that one hitta quitta quitta
One hitta quitta that one hitta quitta
Nigga find out and get your fucking teeth knocked out
Find out and get your fucking teeth knocked out
I got that one hitta quitta that one hitta quitta quitta
One hitta quitta that one hitta quitta
Nigga find out and get your fucking teeth knocked out
Find out and get your fucking teeth knocked out
This is for my GD's and my C-R-I-P's
My vice lord's and B-L double O-D's
This is for my GD's and my C-R-I-P's
My vice lord's and B-L double O-D's
This is for my GD's and my C-R-I-P's
My vice lord's and B-L double O-D's
This is for my GD's and my C-R-I-P's
My vice lord's and B-L double O-D's
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This song was originally written by a guy called Peter Gutteridge. He was one of the founders of the "Dunedin Sound" a musical scene in the south of New Zealand in the early 80s. From there it was covered by "The Clean" one of the early bands of that scene (he had originally been a member of in it's early days, writing a couple of their best early songs). The Dunedin sound, and the Clean became popular on american college radio in the mid to late 80s. I guess Yo La Tengo heard that version.
Great version of a great song,
Punchline
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Page
Ed Sheeran
Ed Sheeran
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Plastic Bag
Ed Sheeran
Ed Sheeran
“Plastic Bag” is a song about searching for an escape from personal problems and hoping to find it in the lively atmosphere of a Saturday night party. Ed Sheeran tells the story of his friend and the myriad of troubles he is going through. Unable to find any solutions, this friend seeks a last resort in a party and the vanity that comes with it.
“I overthink and have trouble sleepin’ / All purpose gone and don’t have a reason / And there’s no doctor to stop this bleedin’ / So I left home and jumped in the deep end,” Ed Sheeran sings in verse one. He continues by adding that this person is feeling the weight of having disappointed his father and doesn’t have any friends to rely on in this difficult moment. In the second verse, Ed sings about the role of grief in his friend’s plight and his dwindling faith in prayer. “Saturday night is givin’ me a reason to rely on the strobe lights / The lifeline of a promise in a shot glass, and I’ll take that / If you’re givin’ out love from a plastic bag,” Ed sings on the chorus, as his friend turns to new vices in hopes of feeling better.
"Half of it doesn't even rhyme"......so you're saying rap NEEDS to rhyme? You are an idiot, plain and simple.
I got a one hitta quitta and it goes she aint a bettin on On these boney knuckles and all The things youll soon be regreting
Are the correct lyrics for lil wyte
it all sounded right to me, if anyone knows the right words for infamous, let me know
sweet ass song to start out there new album with, choices 2 soundtrack, the movie is done filming, they just waitin to put it out
sounds like:
You get DESERT EAGLE beat Until you your cranium leak Scarecrow the SAND Man Double ...????
fuck if i know after that but LORD INFAMOUS IS THE SHIIIIIT
3-6 rules
sounds like:
You get DESERT EAGLE beat Until you your cranium leak Scarecrow the SAND Man Double ...????
fuck if i know after that but LORD INFAMOUS IS THE SHIIIIIT
3-6 rules
"He be listenin to them Poxon" should be.... "He been listenin to them Pac songs"
"Can I have a lick?" should be... "Can ya handle it?"
"We make a zappa out ya niggas" should be.. "We make example out ya niggas"
[Lord Infamous] You get Dessert Eagle beat. Till ya cranium leak. Scarecrow, the Sandman. Double ??? When i pull this unit. Intensive care unit. And i steal ya blood type. So they cant transfuse it. World War Vet, hear the BLAY. Hit the deck. Keyser Soze. Usual suspect. With a one hitta quitta. And some shit to disfigure. In your hospital room. To finish you off nigga.
ahh i like they lil wyte part
scarecrows part......itz the shit!!!