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."
Dear Akon... forgive me for what I'm about to say...
Dear Barry Wize I know you told me not to worry about it man but I can't let it ride...
Dear God... let's make it happen
(ha ha ha) ha ha I'm tryin to be you niggas...
Ha yeah you niggas
Watch me do me, watch me do me, watch me do me, watch me do me hey! (nappy boy)
Nappy boy
Dj khaled!
Aye yo Pain
I want you to go in
Hey yo Khaled let's go man (we the best) hey hey hey (listen)
I got up out da streets so I ain't gotta steal
But listen to the radio it's obvious I still kill
But ya'll was in the game
Way before me
So why you wanna do some shit I did in '03
I'm layin low key (yeah)
For a long time
But don't act like you know me
This is the wrong time
So grab ya microphone
Set yo auto tune
And I'm a bust a verse on yo ass like I outta do
I ain't no gangsta dude
Ain't got a poppin banga
But you know I'm powerful when I'm pissin off the gospel singas
I'm tryin to feed my kids
Y'all niggas can die slowly
Cause to me it sound like a bunch of karaoke
Aye yo fuck the imposta
Fuck these karaoke niggas man
T-Pain they wanna live your life man
These some bitch ass niggas man
It's the dj khaled
Nappy boy
I'm goin in
I'm goin in
Aye yo T-pain
I know you khaled I know you right now
But uh let me get em' again
Aye aye uh
Listen it ain't all bad
Some of it please me
But the only niggas that cool is Kanye and Lil Weezy
I'm a hit maker
Not a comedian
So why da fuck were these niggas laughin at me when I seen they ass
This shit would never work
A one hit wonder bitch
But all that shit that you doing now make me wonder this
Now why it's cool for you
But it's not for me
And why he ain't hop on my song and make it hot for me
But you don't give a fuck
You just a swagger jacker
Now I'm a certifed lamborghinist and cadillacer
'Cause I'm tryna feed my kids
Y'all niggas could die slowly
Cause just to me
It sound like a bunch of karaoke
Y'all singin da same ol song
Y'all some karaoke niggas
Karaoke fuck niggas
This is nappy boy
This is dj khaled
We global with this hood shit
This what we do
Why you wanna live our life
You wanna live our lifestyles
Aye yo t-pain
Waddup Khaled (Get Them)
Let me get a moment of silence
For the late great Roger Troutman
Ya'll niggas ain't holding it down
So we had to put me at ya
Bitch I'm Teddy Pain
The son of Teddy Riley
The father of the game
You bustin niggas wildin
How many niggas really wanna test
Pain nigga riggen gotta be da best
Only muthafuckas tryna do what I did stealin food from an infant sty from a kid
24 years
24 cars
Bitch we da best we done been with most stars
Everytime you pussy muthafuckas try to stop me
It's plenty more hits
Plenty more bars
Yeeeeahh dats not cool baby (baby)
So dats not haappenning (ning)
Ya'll keep on stealing from me (from me)
Let me try this rapping thang (thang)
I know you know I hear ya (hear ya)
And it ain't embarrassing (sing)
Set the game on fire (fine)
Teddy got some meeeeaaaannn
Pussy niggas step up if you really got good game
I got a lot of niggas sayin about da nigga
But it's really not good things
Dat ain't no disrespect man ya'll keep doin ya shit
But my daughter told me to tell you to get off her daddy's dick
Aye yo Pain man I'm a call these niggas out
I'm a pull them skirts man
They fucked
Aye look
Let me get them
Fuck it
It's da DJ Khaled?
Big dog pit bull jamma scordian
A.k.a we da best
A.k.a shit on niggas dot com
A.k.a nappy boy bitch
We global
We global
Dear Barry Wize I know you told me not to worry about it man but I can't let it ride...
Dear God... let's make it happen
(ha ha ha) ha ha I'm tryin to be you niggas...
Ha yeah you niggas
Watch me do me, watch me do me, watch me do me, watch me do me hey! (nappy boy)
Nappy boy
Dj khaled!
Aye yo Pain
I want you to go in
Hey yo Khaled let's go man (we the best) hey hey hey (listen)
I got up out da streets so I ain't gotta steal
But listen to the radio it's obvious I still kill
But ya'll was in the game
Way before me
So why you wanna do some shit I did in '03
I'm layin low key (yeah)
For a long time
But don't act like you know me
This is the wrong time
So grab ya microphone
Set yo auto tune
And I'm a bust a verse on yo ass like I outta do
I ain't no gangsta dude
Ain't got a poppin banga
But you know I'm powerful when I'm pissin off the gospel singas
I'm tryin to feed my kids
Y'all niggas can die slowly
Cause to me it sound like a bunch of karaoke
Aye yo fuck the imposta
Fuck these karaoke niggas man
T-Pain they wanna live your life man
These some bitch ass niggas man
It's the dj khaled
Nappy boy
I'm goin in
I'm goin in
Aye yo T-pain
I know you khaled I know you right now
But uh let me get em' again
Aye aye uh
Listen it ain't all bad
Some of it please me
But the only niggas that cool is Kanye and Lil Weezy
I'm a hit maker
Not a comedian
So why da fuck were these niggas laughin at me when I seen they ass
This shit would never work
A one hit wonder bitch
But all that shit that you doing now make me wonder this
Now why it's cool for you
But it's not for me
And why he ain't hop on my song and make it hot for me
But you don't give a fuck
You just a swagger jacker
Now I'm a certifed lamborghinist and cadillacer
'Cause I'm tryna feed my kids
Y'all niggas could die slowly
Cause just to me
It sound like a bunch of karaoke
Y'all singin da same ol song
Y'all some karaoke niggas
Karaoke fuck niggas
This is nappy boy
This is dj khaled
We global with this hood shit
This what we do
Why you wanna live our life
You wanna live our lifestyles
Aye yo t-pain
Waddup Khaled (Get Them)
Let me get a moment of silence
For the late great Roger Troutman
Ya'll niggas ain't holding it down
So we had to put me at ya
Bitch I'm Teddy Pain
The son of Teddy Riley
The father of the game
You bustin niggas wildin
How many niggas really wanna test
Pain nigga riggen gotta be da best
Only muthafuckas tryna do what I did stealin food from an infant sty from a kid
24 years
24 cars
Bitch we da best we done been with most stars
Everytime you pussy muthafuckas try to stop me
It's plenty more hits
Plenty more bars
Yeeeeahh dats not cool baby (baby)
So dats not haappenning (ning)
Ya'll keep on stealing from me (from me)
Let me try this rapping thang (thang)
I know you know I hear ya (hear ya)
And it ain't embarrassing (sing)
Set the game on fire (fine)
Teddy got some meeeeaaaannn
Pussy niggas step up if you really got good game
I got a lot of niggas sayin about da nigga
But it's really not good things
Dat ain't no disrespect man ya'll keep doin ya shit
But my daughter told me to tell you to get off her daddy's dick
Aye yo Pain man I'm a call these niggas out
I'm a pull them skirts man
They fucked
Aye look
Let me get them
Fuck it
It's da DJ Khaled?
Big dog pit bull jamma scordian
A.k.a we da best
A.k.a shit on niggas dot com
A.k.a nappy boy bitch
We global
We global
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Great version of a great song,
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Plastic Bag
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oh yeah, this song is about all of the other rappers using the auto-tune effect on their songs after T-pain... basically he's saying that he's mad because they copied his style, even though he stole it from Cher