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."
All the hoes jockin, beat steady knockin'
Middle of the stage got the whole club rockin'
Nigga you can hate but ya bitch steady watchin'
Bet she can do it on the dick she poppin'
We bottle poppin, you cock blockin'
Told ya girl you rap but your CD floppin'
Say you gettin money man we ain't seen nothin'
Ya girl is persistent, she ain't stoppin'
Man she say she want a (Hood nigga)
I keep the purp by the pound
The trap stay bunkin', y'all know we run the town (Hood nigga)
And I keep a bad bitch around
Thick bitch, long hair, yellow, white, red, brown (Hood nigga)
And my Chevy's sit on 24's
Flats look like flapjakes, pancakes, you ain't know (Hood nigga)
I'mma play the game how it go
They can take me out the hood
But I'mma keep it hood folk (Hood nigga)
And I dont need a scale for the work
I can eyeball purp, I am not you jerk
Hatin' on me will make your situation worse
You dont wanna take a ride in that long black hearse
All eyes on me, shawty I'm a bomb first
I'm the truth and they say the truth hurts
Hustle mean hard work, hard work
If you scared go to church
Man this rap shit is easy, every beat I get I murk
'Cause I'm a (Hood nigga)
I keep the purp by the pound
The trap stay bunkin', y'all know we run the town (Hood nigga)
And I keep a bad bitch around
Thick bitch, long hair, yellow, white, red, brown (Hood nigga)
And my Chevy's sit on 24's
Flats look like flapjakes, pancakes, you ain't know (Hood nigga)
I'mma play the game how it go
They can take me out the hood
But I'mma keep it hood folk (Hood nigga)
Get like you, naw, get like me
Evisu we don't rock white tees
Classic capris, but knicks on the feet
I count with Bathing Apes, 10 pair every week
Ménage à three, your girl suck me to sleep
Z-O-E climax to the peak
I see you, naw you see me
You'll see ICU fuckin' with me
'Cause I'm a (Hood nigga)
I keep the purp by the pound
The trap stay bunkin', y'all know we run the town (Hood nigga)
And I keep a bad bitch around
Thick bitch, long hair, yellow, white, red, brown (Hood nigga)
And my Chevy's sit on 24's
Flats look like flapjakes, pancakes, you ain't know (Hood nigga)
I'mma play the game how it go
They can take me out the hood
But I'mma keep it hood folk (Hood nigga)
Watchin' out for goldiggers like Kanye
But I will pay Beyonce
Or Ashanti
Make Kieshia Cole say she should've cheated if she eva come my way
Get some head from Fantasia on the highway
Trickin' off Magic City every Monday
It ain't trickin' if you got it dats what I say (You say?)
I say and what I say goes
'Cause I'm a (Hood nigga)
I keep the purp by the pound
The trap stay bunkin', y'all know we run the town (Hood nigga)
And I keep a bad bitch around
Thick bitch, long hair, yellow, white, red, brown (Hood nigga)
And my Chevy's sit on 24's
Flats look like flapjakes, pancakes, you ain't know (Hood nigga)
I'mma play the game how it go
They can take me out the hood
But I'mma keep it hood folk (Hood nigga)
All the hoes jockin', beat steady knockin'
Middle of the stage got the whole club rockin'
Nigga you can hate but ya bitch steady watchin'
Bet she can't do it on a dick, she poppin'
Middle of the stage got the whole club rockin'
Nigga you can hate but ya bitch steady watchin'
Bet she can do it on the dick she poppin'
We bottle poppin, you cock blockin'
Told ya girl you rap but your CD floppin'
Say you gettin money man we ain't seen nothin'
Ya girl is persistent, she ain't stoppin'
Man she say she want a (Hood nigga)
I keep the purp by the pound
The trap stay bunkin', y'all know we run the town (Hood nigga)
And I keep a bad bitch around
Thick bitch, long hair, yellow, white, red, brown (Hood nigga)
And my Chevy's sit on 24's
Flats look like flapjakes, pancakes, you ain't know (Hood nigga)
I'mma play the game how it go
They can take me out the hood
But I'mma keep it hood folk (Hood nigga)
And I dont need a scale for the work
I can eyeball purp, I am not you jerk
Hatin' on me will make your situation worse
You dont wanna take a ride in that long black hearse
All eyes on me, shawty I'm a bomb first
I'm the truth and they say the truth hurts
Hustle mean hard work, hard work
If you scared go to church
Man this rap shit is easy, every beat I get I murk
'Cause I'm a (Hood nigga)
I keep the purp by the pound
The trap stay bunkin', y'all know we run the town (Hood nigga)
And I keep a bad bitch around
Thick bitch, long hair, yellow, white, red, brown (Hood nigga)
And my Chevy's sit on 24's
Flats look like flapjakes, pancakes, you ain't know (Hood nigga)
I'mma play the game how it go
They can take me out the hood
But I'mma keep it hood folk (Hood nigga)
Get like you, naw, get like me
Evisu we don't rock white tees
Classic capris, but knicks on the feet
I count with Bathing Apes, 10 pair every week
Ménage à three, your girl suck me to sleep
Z-O-E climax to the peak
I see you, naw you see me
You'll see ICU fuckin' with me
'Cause I'm a (Hood nigga)
I keep the purp by the pound
The trap stay bunkin', y'all know we run the town (Hood nigga)
And I keep a bad bitch around
Thick bitch, long hair, yellow, white, red, brown (Hood nigga)
And my Chevy's sit on 24's
Flats look like flapjakes, pancakes, you ain't know (Hood nigga)
I'mma play the game how it go
They can take me out the hood
But I'mma keep it hood folk (Hood nigga)
Watchin' out for goldiggers like Kanye
But I will pay Beyonce
Or Ashanti
Make Kieshia Cole say she should've cheated if she eva come my way
Get some head from Fantasia on the highway
Trickin' off Magic City every Monday
It ain't trickin' if you got it dats what I say (You say?)
I say and what I say goes
'Cause I'm a (Hood nigga)
I keep the purp by the pound
The trap stay bunkin', y'all know we run the town (Hood nigga)
And I keep a bad bitch around
Thick bitch, long hair, yellow, white, red, brown (Hood nigga)
And my Chevy's sit on 24's
Flats look like flapjakes, pancakes, you ain't know (Hood nigga)
I'mma play the game how it go
They can take me out the hood
But I'mma keep it hood folk (Hood nigga)
All the hoes jockin', beat steady knockin'
Middle of the stage got the whole club rockin'
Nigga you can hate but ya bitch steady watchin'
Bet she can't do it on a dick, she poppin'
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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,
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all the hoes jock jockin beat staedy knockin
nigga you can hate, but you hoe steady watchin