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 better light that shit up
Y'all ready for this muthafuckas?
You better light that shit up
HED pe muthafuckas
You better light that shit up
And we still dont give a fuck, muthafuckas
Light that shit up
Baby let me take you to a higher ground
Suburban noize records, 2008 baby
Baby let me take you to a higher ground
Kottonmouth Kings, you dont wanna fuck with us
We'll fuck you up
Illuminati rap
Yo i dip, trip, and flip through the matrix
I'm so high, so punk rock, I know you hate this
Renegade nigga, dont make me break this
Turntable over your face, ha!
I'm wide awake, these pussies cant manipulate
This renegade, no I wont obey this throne
You a devil and you gots to go
Baby let me take you to a, muthafucka
Lets take a trip, a trip we about to take you to a place
Without police, in the sun, a holiday
Where I fuck ya on the beach, while the Bob Marley plays
Smokin california kush, all the muthafuckin day
Haha, okay, it's the american way, and i'm american made
So I fight the revolution, I fight until my dying day
Jonny Richter
What up
Now let me tell you about my higher ground situation
It's like im on a paid vacation, getting paid for blazing
Nobody believe, like cattle i'm grazing
On thick steaks and big tits, it's amazing
Its outstanding, who woulda thought that
I go from summer sex, to getting on HED's tracks
Rapping rock, spitting and kicking
Finger licking i'm good, like kentucky fried chicken
Mashed potatoes and gravy, it's crazy
Food for the soul is what suburban noize be making
Yeah we keeping it real, and keeping it funky
You know we got the dope for all the hip hop junkies
So come on come on to the higher ground
We're the born for some pins, and we passing around
Everyday for the girls, and we got what you need
KMK and HED pe, DJ drop that beat
Hey Kids! Lets start a revolution!
Revolution, lets start a riot
Revolution, lets change the world
TAKE ME UP TO A HIGHER GROUND
A HIGHER GROUND
A HIGHER GROUND
TAKE ME UP TO A HIGHER GROUND
A HIGHER GROUND
A HIGHER GROUND
TAKE ME UP
TO A HIGHER GROUND
TAKE ME UP
TOA HIGHER GROUND
TAKE ME UP TO A HIGHER GROUND
TAKE ME UP TO A HIGHER GROUND
TAKE ME TAKE ME!!!!
Fuck yeah!
You better light that shit up
HED pe and the Kottonmouth kings muthafucka
Dont fuck with us
Baby let me take you to a higher ground
Dont fuck with us
Daddy X, you ready for this?
You ready? Lets do this
So let me twist this spliff for the underground
We know we flipping (wigs/waves) with these sick rip hop sounds
Joints keep lighting, freedom fighting until we die
You can sleepwalk through your life, or you can open your eyes
Daddy X, back up in your area
Pushing buttons, causing mass hysteria
Subnoize all up in your face
Just a little taste of some rip hop mayhem
Across the nation, the revolutions big
Got the FBI all over our dicks
From these underground tactics, we doing backflips
Ripping all the pits, when the rip hop shit hits
Hey Kids! Lets start a revolution!
Revolution, lets start a riot
Revolution, lets change the world
TAKE ME UP TO A HIGHER GROUND
A HIGHER GROUND
A HIGHER GROUND
TAKE ME UP TO A HIGHER GROUND
A HIGHER GROUND
A HIGHER GROUND
TAKE ME UP
TO A HIGHER GROUND
TAKE ME UP
TOA HIGHER GROUND
TAKE ME UP TO A HIGHER GROUND
TAKE ME UP TO A HIGHER GROUND
TAKE ME TAKE ME!!!!
REVOLUTION
REVOLUTION
REVOLUTION
REVOLUTION
Y'all ready for this muthafuckas?
You better light that shit up
HED pe muthafuckas
You better light that shit up
And we still dont give a fuck, muthafuckas
Light that shit up
Baby let me take you to a higher ground
Suburban noize records, 2008 baby
Baby let me take you to a higher ground
Kottonmouth Kings, you dont wanna fuck with us
We'll fuck you up
Illuminati rap
Yo i dip, trip, and flip through the matrix
I'm so high, so punk rock, I know you hate this
Renegade nigga, dont make me break this
Turntable over your face, ha!
I'm wide awake, these pussies cant manipulate
This renegade, no I wont obey this throne
You a devil and you gots to go
Baby let me take you to a, muthafucka
Lets take a trip, a trip we about to take you to a place
Without police, in the sun, a holiday
Where I fuck ya on the beach, while the Bob Marley plays
Smokin california kush, all the muthafuckin day
Haha, okay, it's the american way, and i'm american made
So I fight the revolution, I fight until my dying day
Jonny Richter
What up
Now let me tell you about my higher ground situation
It's like im on a paid vacation, getting paid for blazing
Nobody believe, like cattle i'm grazing
On thick steaks and big tits, it's amazing
Its outstanding, who woulda thought that
I go from summer sex, to getting on HED's tracks
Rapping rock, spitting and kicking
Finger licking i'm good, like kentucky fried chicken
Mashed potatoes and gravy, it's crazy
Food for the soul is what suburban noize be making
Yeah we keeping it real, and keeping it funky
You know we got the dope for all the hip hop junkies
So come on come on to the higher ground
We're the born for some pins, and we passing around
Everyday for the girls, and we got what you need
KMK and HED pe, DJ drop that beat
Hey Kids! Lets start a revolution!
Revolution, lets start a riot
Revolution, lets change the world
TAKE ME UP TO A HIGHER GROUND
A HIGHER GROUND
A HIGHER GROUND
TAKE ME UP TO A HIGHER GROUND
A HIGHER GROUND
A HIGHER GROUND
TAKE ME UP
TO A HIGHER GROUND
TAKE ME UP
TOA HIGHER GROUND
TAKE ME UP TO A HIGHER GROUND
TAKE ME UP TO A HIGHER GROUND
TAKE ME TAKE ME!!!!
Fuck yeah!
You better light that shit up
HED pe and the Kottonmouth kings muthafucka
Dont fuck with us
Baby let me take you to a higher ground
Dont fuck with us
Daddy X, you ready for this?
You ready? Lets do this
So let me twist this spliff for the underground
We know we flipping (wigs/waves) with these sick rip hop sounds
Joints keep lighting, freedom fighting until we die
You can sleepwalk through your life, or you can open your eyes
Daddy X, back up in your area
Pushing buttons, causing mass hysteria
Subnoize all up in your face
Just a little taste of some rip hop mayhem
Across the nation, the revolutions big
Got the FBI all over our dicks
From these underground tactics, we doing backflips
Ripping all the pits, when the rip hop shit hits
Hey Kids! Lets start a revolution!
Revolution, lets start a riot
Revolution, lets change the world
TAKE ME UP TO A HIGHER GROUND
A HIGHER GROUND
A HIGHER GROUND
TAKE ME UP TO A HIGHER GROUND
A HIGHER GROUND
A HIGHER GROUND
TAKE ME UP
TO A HIGHER GROUND
TAKE ME UP
TOA HIGHER GROUND
TAKE ME UP TO A HIGHER GROUND
TAKE ME UP TO A HIGHER GROUND
TAKE ME TAKE ME!!!!
REVOLUTION
REVOLUTION
REVOLUTION
REVOLUTION
Lyrics submitted by Mellow_Harsher
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