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."
I know I said Nas album done
We The Best music!
But we got one more to do first (straight up!)
DJ Khaled!
Hundred-fifty, stack it all in my Gucci Jacket
Fifty more in the Goyard
It's secured, it's secured
Yah, yah, yah, yah, yah, yah
It's secured, it's secured
Yah yah yah yah yah yah
It's secured, it's secured
Got the Mansion on the island
It's secured, it's secured
Got them bitches flying private
It's secured, it's secured
Foreign bitches and they wilding
It's secured, it's secured
Hundred million keep on piling
It's secured, it's secured
Yah, yah, yah, yah, yah, yah
It's secured, it's secured
Yah, yah, yah, yah, yah, yah
It's secured, it's secured
Yah, yah, yah, yah, yah, yah
It's secured, it's secured
Yah, yah, yah, yah, yah, yah
I'm principle driven, only real ones feel me
Most needed protection from the OG's to get bigger
No disrespect to them, but I never needed them older niggas
Or so we thought speedin' through life like
The speed of sound, what's your life like?
Momma stressin', seen the ratchets in the dresser
She not asking questions, seen the vests
Seen other kids in the caskets restin'
Life ill, 'cause most of my niggas in jail
For them it was hustle or death, I reshuffled my deck
I gave myself a good hand
Probably ran through a hundred million
Per decade, I'm not phased
And I could spot you a hundred million
Before you could ever spot grays
Chili Fritos in the helicopter
Money can't get that ghetto out'cha
Hundred-fifty, stack it all in my Gucci Jacket
Fifty more in the Goyard
It's secured, it's secured
Yah, yah, yah, yah, yah, yah
It's secured, it's secured
Yah yah yah yah yah yah
It's secured, it's secured
Got the Mansion on the island
It's secured, it's secured
Got them bitches flying private
It's secured, it's secured
Foreign bitches and they wilding
It's secured, it's secured
Hundred million keep on piling
It's secured, it's secured
Yah, yah, yah, yah, yah, yah
It's secured, it's secured
Yah, yah, yah, yah, yah, yah
It's secured, it's secured
Yah, yah, yah, yah, yah, yah
It's secured, it's secured
Yah, yah, yah, yah, yah, yah
Watch out for insecure niggas
They take your soul out your body
They not secure
I pray the Lord stop a opp before I go backwards
Resort to violent reactions, that's childish
My life's a dream to rappers
Afraid they moments have past 'em
It's all different hustle (straight up)
Niggas movin' bricks
Young niggas rappin', doin' shows, hittin' they licks
Everybody hold this money in thicks
Don't get robbed, boy, is you dumb?
All them swipers gettin' it how it come (Yep)
43, morally ambiguous, you serious?
Gettin' it, lyricist, idiots, you ain't nearin' this
Out of New York's biggest and richest
I'm the template, low-key the busiest
The game chose me, deal with it
So I'm the quiet type, Mr. One Mic
But silent listen, use the same letters to spell it right, so hear me
From Nasty, I'll match ya, here's another appetizer
Khaled, we did it again, let Travis take us higher
Hundred-fifty, stack it all in my Gucci Jacket
Fifty more in the Goyard
It's secured, it's secured
Yah, yah, yah, yah, yah, yah
It's secured, it's secured
Yah yah yah yah yah yah
It's secured, it's secured
Got the Mansion on the island
It's secured, it's secured
Got them bitches flying private
It's secured, it's secured
Foreign bitches and they wilding
It's secured, it's secured
Hundred million keep on piling
It's secured, it's secured
Yah, yah, yah, yah, yah, yah
It's secured, it's secured
Yah, yah, yah, yah, yah, yah
It's secured, it's secured
Yah, yah, yah, yah, yah, yah
It's secured, it's secured
Yah, yah, yah, yah, yah, yah
A hundred mil keep on pilling
It's Nasir and Travis
And Khaled (Khaled, Khaled, Khaled, Khaled, Khaled)
That's right
Khaled, Khaled
We The Best music!
But we got one more to do first (straight up!)
DJ Khaled!
Hundred-fifty, stack it all in my Gucci Jacket
Fifty more in the Goyard
It's secured, it's secured
Yah, yah, yah, yah, yah, yah
It's secured, it's secured
Yah yah yah yah yah yah
It's secured, it's secured
Got the Mansion on the island
It's secured, it's secured
Got them bitches flying private
It's secured, it's secured
Foreign bitches and they wilding
It's secured, it's secured
Hundred million keep on piling
It's secured, it's secured
Yah, yah, yah, yah, yah, yah
It's secured, it's secured
Yah, yah, yah, yah, yah, yah
It's secured, it's secured
Yah, yah, yah, yah, yah, yah
It's secured, it's secured
Yah, yah, yah, yah, yah, yah
I'm principle driven, only real ones feel me
Most needed protection from the OG's to get bigger
No disrespect to them, but I never needed them older niggas
Or so we thought speedin' through life like
The speed of sound, what's your life like?
Momma stressin', seen the ratchets in the dresser
She not asking questions, seen the vests
Seen other kids in the caskets restin'
Life ill, 'cause most of my niggas in jail
For them it was hustle or death, I reshuffled my deck
I gave myself a good hand
Probably ran through a hundred million
Per decade, I'm not phased
And I could spot you a hundred million
Before you could ever spot grays
Chili Fritos in the helicopter
Money can't get that ghetto out'cha
Hundred-fifty, stack it all in my Gucci Jacket
Fifty more in the Goyard
It's secured, it's secured
Yah, yah, yah, yah, yah, yah
It's secured, it's secured
Yah yah yah yah yah yah
It's secured, it's secured
Got the Mansion on the island
It's secured, it's secured
Got them bitches flying private
It's secured, it's secured
Foreign bitches and they wilding
It's secured, it's secured
Hundred million keep on piling
It's secured, it's secured
Yah, yah, yah, yah, yah, yah
It's secured, it's secured
Yah, yah, yah, yah, yah, yah
It's secured, it's secured
Yah, yah, yah, yah, yah, yah
It's secured, it's secured
Yah, yah, yah, yah, yah, yah
Watch out for insecure niggas
They take your soul out your body
They not secure
I pray the Lord stop a opp before I go backwards
Resort to violent reactions, that's childish
My life's a dream to rappers
Afraid they moments have past 'em
It's all different hustle (straight up)
Niggas movin' bricks
Young niggas rappin', doin' shows, hittin' they licks
Everybody hold this money in thicks
Don't get robbed, boy, is you dumb?
All them swipers gettin' it how it come (Yep)
43, morally ambiguous, you serious?
Gettin' it, lyricist, idiots, you ain't nearin' this
Out of New York's biggest and richest
I'm the template, low-key the busiest
The game chose me, deal with it
So I'm the quiet type, Mr. One Mic
But silent listen, use the same letters to spell it right, so hear me
From Nasty, I'll match ya, here's another appetizer
Khaled, we did it again, let Travis take us higher
Hundred-fifty, stack it all in my Gucci Jacket
Fifty more in the Goyard
It's secured, it's secured
Yah, yah, yah, yah, yah, yah
It's secured, it's secured
Yah yah yah yah yah yah
It's secured, it's secured
Got the Mansion on the island
It's secured, it's secured
Got them bitches flying private
It's secured, it's secured
Foreign bitches and they wilding
It's secured, it's secured
Hundred million keep on piling
It's secured, it's secured
Yah, yah, yah, yah, yah, yah
It's secured, it's secured
Yah, yah, yah, yah, yah, yah
It's secured, it's secured
Yah, yah, yah, yah, yah, yah
It's secured, it's secured
Yah, yah, yah, yah, yah, yah
A hundred mil keep on pilling
It's Nasir and Travis
And Khaled (Khaled, Khaled, Khaled, Khaled, Khaled)
That's right
Khaled, Khaled
Lyrics submitted by Mellow_Harsher
It's Secured Lyrics as written by Bradley Brown Bobby Dixon
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