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."
You ain't never seen how a pimp be rolling so deep
Fly women and fancy things
Fly bitches and pinky rings
You ain't never seen how a pimp be rolling so clean
Fly women and fancy things
Fly bitches and pinky rings
You ain't never seen a pimp that's rolling this clean
Oh yeah
You ain't never met a nigga like Pimp C ho
Before you come into my room take off your shit at the door
If you come into my hotel then you game to fuck
And if you fuckin' with a pimp then you game to suck
And if your bitch get mad when you play this talk
Put her ass out on the highway make that bitch walk
I ain't make this shit, this shit old
You gotta stop treatin' these bitches like ladies and these ladies like hoes
Standing on the front row, man it's how it trip
She done opened up her legs and let me stroke her pussy lips
Later on tonight, I'mma get behind
I hope this bitch don't act like Pimp C payin' for no vagina
You ain't never seen how a pimp be rolling so clean
Fly women and fancy things
Fly bitches and pinky rings
You ain't never seen a pimp thats rolling this clean
Oh yeah
Well you can catch me shopping
Checkin' out the hoes bopping
Choppin' up, game, to keep 'em lap hoppin'
Poppin' to the Carrington, show stopping
Proppin' up a wheel and maybe ass droppin'
Breakin' haters off can't be mistaken for fakin'
Fools are the ones left shakin', flakin'
Marijuana deals with Jamaicans
Bakin' up the powder to a fat cake an'
Mashin' from the scene almost crashin', flashin'
Cop lights keep a player dashin'
Cash-in, on the crack course, paper stashin'
With a passion for high-priced fashion
My danky clothes and my eighty-fo's clanky
God thank ye, motherfuckers actin' cranky
Stanky, attitudes be janky
I think he, gon' hafta feel the sting from the rang on my panky
You ain't never seen how a pimp be rolling so deep
Fly women and fancy things
Fly bitches and pinky rings
You ain't never seen how a pimp be rolling so clean
Fly women and fancy things
Fly bitches and pinky rings
You ain't never seen a pimp that's rolling this clean
Oh yeah
Think I ain't heavy strokin', you must be jokin'
Toking, on some shit I don't even be smokin'
That coke and marijuana got your ass loc'n
Pokin', leaving motherfuckers 'til they woke in
I'm still crunk at five in the morning
While your ass yawning, I'm going 'til the crack of dawn and
Laughin' at your pawnin' possessions
Yes its big world wide testing
Showing off my diamond investments
A bitch, ain't shit to a pimp
A twenty ounce steak and some fried side of shrimp
A 600 S, now the 6 drop
Everything I ride original no kits on them chops
18 inch Lorenzos, Yokohama tires
When I ride by all them bitches get they pussy all on fire
Bitches say I highside, hoe it ain't no thang
Y'all just blinded by the diamonds the Pimp, the pinky rang
You ain't never seen how a pimp be rolling so deep
Fly women and fancy things
Fly bitches and pinky rings
You ain't never seen how a pimp be rolling so clean
Fly women and fancy things
Fly bitches and pinky rings
You ain't never seen a pimp that's rolling this clean
Oh yeah
You ain't never seen how a pimp be rolling so deep
Fly women and fancy things
Fly bitches and pinky rings
You ain't never seen how a pimp be rolling so clean
Fly women and fancy things
Fly bitches and pinky rings
You ain't never seen a pimp that's rolling this clean
Oh yeah
Fly women and fancy things
Fly bitches and pinky rings
You ain't never seen how a pimp be rolling so clean
Fly women and fancy things
Fly bitches and pinky rings
You ain't never seen a pimp that's rolling this clean
Oh yeah
You ain't never met a nigga like Pimp C ho
Before you come into my room take off your shit at the door
If you come into my hotel then you game to fuck
And if you fuckin' with a pimp then you game to suck
And if your bitch get mad when you play this talk
Put her ass out on the highway make that bitch walk
I ain't make this shit, this shit old
You gotta stop treatin' these bitches like ladies and these ladies like hoes
Standing on the front row, man it's how it trip
She done opened up her legs and let me stroke her pussy lips
Later on tonight, I'mma get behind
I hope this bitch don't act like Pimp C payin' for no vagina
You ain't never seen how a pimp be rolling so clean
Fly women and fancy things
Fly bitches and pinky rings
You ain't never seen a pimp thats rolling this clean
Oh yeah
Well you can catch me shopping
Checkin' out the hoes bopping
Choppin' up, game, to keep 'em lap hoppin'
Poppin' to the Carrington, show stopping
Proppin' up a wheel and maybe ass droppin'
Breakin' haters off can't be mistaken for fakin'
Fools are the ones left shakin', flakin'
Marijuana deals with Jamaicans
Bakin' up the powder to a fat cake an'
Mashin' from the scene almost crashin', flashin'
Cop lights keep a player dashin'
Cash-in, on the crack course, paper stashin'
With a passion for high-priced fashion
My danky clothes and my eighty-fo's clanky
God thank ye, motherfuckers actin' cranky
Stanky, attitudes be janky
I think he, gon' hafta feel the sting from the rang on my panky
You ain't never seen how a pimp be rolling so deep
Fly women and fancy things
Fly bitches and pinky rings
You ain't never seen how a pimp be rolling so clean
Fly women and fancy things
Fly bitches and pinky rings
You ain't never seen a pimp that's rolling this clean
Oh yeah
Think I ain't heavy strokin', you must be jokin'
Toking, on some shit I don't even be smokin'
That coke and marijuana got your ass loc'n
Pokin', leaving motherfuckers 'til they woke in
I'm still crunk at five in the morning
While your ass yawning, I'm going 'til the crack of dawn and
Laughin' at your pawnin' possessions
Yes its big world wide testing
Showing off my diamond investments
A bitch, ain't shit to a pimp
A twenty ounce steak and some fried side of shrimp
A 600 S, now the 6 drop
Everything I ride original no kits on them chops
18 inch Lorenzos, Yokohama tires
When I ride by all them bitches get they pussy all on fire
Bitches say I highside, hoe it ain't no thang
Y'all just blinded by the diamonds the Pimp, the pinky rang
You ain't never seen how a pimp be rolling so deep
Fly women and fancy things
Fly bitches and pinky rings
You ain't never seen how a pimp be rolling so clean
Fly women and fancy things
Fly bitches and pinky rings
You ain't never seen a pimp that's rolling this clean
Oh yeah
You ain't never seen how a pimp be rolling so deep
Fly women and fancy things
Fly bitches and pinky rings
You ain't never seen how a pimp be rolling so clean
Fly women and fancy things
Fly bitches and pinky rings
You ain't never seen a pimp that's rolling this clean
Oh yeah
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