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 can make her left-right when she shake her ass cheeks (whoa)
Yeah, she's so nasty
Yeah, she's so nasty (oh)
Yeah, she's so nasty
Yeah, she's so nasty (oh)
Yeah, she's so nasty
Yeah, she's so nasty
Yeah, yeah
Yeah, Sasuke, Sasuke, Sasuke, Sasuke, Sasuke, Sasuke
This is not no Naruto, but I chop that like Sasuke
She keep tryna clean me up, but I just want that sloppy
Toppy, toppy, toppy (yeah), toppy
On the opps' block, I'm the main fuckin' topic (yeah)
Say you fucked my bitch, man, my latest is your top bitch (check it out, bro)
Thought it was a chopper, but it only was a Glock switch (bow)
Glock switch, Glock switch (brrt), Glock switch (brrt), Glock switch (brrt)
I just ran from 12 in Audi R8, this ain't stock shit
I got so much blue, my pocket GS9 (yeah), I'm on my hot shit (woo)
Cancel all my shows so I just started on some stock shit (money)
Watch this, watch this, watch this (watch), watch this (watch)
Baby, you ain't never drink no Wock', so you cannot diss (Wock')
I said I be in the trap, so I don't got to change my outfit (trappin')
Man, we off shit, do the hit, then go in the house, bitch (why?)
I can turn a thottie to a motherfuckin' house bitch (thottie)
Sike, nah, I'm just playin', I just want to get your mouth, bitch (I'm just playin')
Come on now, just tell me, girl, if you're in or out, bitch (I'm just sayin')
You know I don't give no fucks, cut her off 'cause her outfit (yeah, yeah)
I get my whip right out Chinatown (woo)
I pulled up baby, to chopstick (Chinatown)
You know I'm good anywhere that I go
Like I pulled up with a compass (I'm good, babe)
I should've never started sippin' on drank again (what?)
This shit got me nauseous (what?)
Poppin' a Perky I'm all in my mood
I'm fuckin' that bitch up like moshpits (yeah)
All blue money, blue money, Benjamin, more
Stackin' my pocket up, hundreds (stackin' up money)
Givenchy, Givenchy, Givenchy more
Gaultier on me, too baggy
Get the words out the way, I gotta go
Runnin' the game like a track meet (yeah, yeah, yeah)
Go 'head lil' nigga, just get all your dough
I gotta keep this shit classy (uh, classy)
I can make her left-right when she shake her ass cheeks (shake her ass)
Yeah, she's so nasty (yeah)
Yeah, she's so nasty (she's so nasty, yeah)
She's so nasty (she's so nasty, yeah)
She's so nasty (she's so nasty, yeah)
Yeah, she's so nasty (yeah)
She's so nasty (yeah)
You ain't like me (like)
Then don't jack me, yeah (then don't jack me)
Pull up, new coupe (pull up, new coupe)
Fuck a back seat (fuck the back seat)
I'm way in the front (the front, front)
You gon' pass me (in the back, me)
Man, these niggas fake (fake, these niggas fake)
Call them Jassie (call them Jassie)
I don't envy (envy)
I just get cheese (I just get cheese)
I don't envy (envy, yeah)
I just get cheese (I just get cheese, money)
Don't do thirties (no thirties)
At least fifties (don't do thirties, grrah)
I got big cheese (I got big cheese)
Yeah, frog-eye Bentley (frog-eye Bentley, brr)
Frog-eye Bentley (yeah)
Frog-eye Bentley (yeah)
Frog-eye Bentley (yeah)
Frog-eye Bentley (yeah)
Brandon finessed on the beat, but I just did a city (yeah)
I'm the only one in the army (only one, yeah)
I had to just get them niggas off me, yeah (get 'em off)
I ain't touch 'em, nigga, I used all feet (yeah)
She just wanna suck it 'til her nose bleed (suck it, suck it), yeah
She sat on my dick like she had no seat, yeah
She gon' suck it up like she got no teeth, yeah (uh)
I'ma fuck it all like she got no feet (fuck it all, fuck it all), yeah
Niggas hatin' but they know that I am OD, yeah
Laughin' at them 'cause I'm richer than your OG (G, woo), yeah
She gon' suck it all like she got no teeth (suck it all), yeah
She gon' suck it all like she got no teeth (yeah), yeah
She gon' suck it all like she got no teeth, yeah
She gon' suck it all like she got no teeth (beep, beep), yeah
She gon' suck it all like she got no teeth (beep, beep), yeah
She just wanna suck it 'til her nose bleed (beep), yeah
She gon' suck it all like she got no teeth, yeah
She just wanna suck it 'til her nose bleed (brrat), yeah
Yeah, Sasuke, Sasuke, Sasuke, Sasuke, Sasuke, Sasuke (whoa)
This is not no Naruto, but I chop that like Sasuke
Sasuke, Sasuke, Sasuke, Sasuke (let's go, yeah)
I can make her left-right when she shake her ass cheeks (shake her ass)
Yeah, she's so nasty (yeah)
Yeah, she's so nasty (she's so nasty, yeah)
She's so nasty (she's so nasty, yeah)
She's so nasty (she's so nasty, yeah)
Yeah, she's so nasty (yeah)
She's so nasty (yeah)
Yeah, she's so nasty
Yeah, she's so nasty (oh)
Yeah, she's so nasty
Yeah, she's so nasty (oh)
Yeah, she's so nasty
Yeah, she's so nasty
Yeah, yeah
Yeah, Sasuke, Sasuke, Sasuke, Sasuke, Sasuke, Sasuke
This is not no Naruto, but I chop that like Sasuke
She keep tryna clean me up, but I just want that sloppy
Toppy, toppy, toppy (yeah), toppy
On the opps' block, I'm the main fuckin' topic (yeah)
Say you fucked my bitch, man, my latest is your top bitch (check it out, bro)
Thought it was a chopper, but it only was a Glock switch (bow)
Glock switch, Glock switch (brrt), Glock switch (brrt), Glock switch (brrt)
I just ran from 12 in Audi R8, this ain't stock shit
I got so much blue, my pocket GS9 (yeah), I'm on my hot shit (woo)
Cancel all my shows so I just started on some stock shit (money)
Watch this, watch this, watch this (watch), watch this (watch)
Baby, you ain't never drink no Wock', so you cannot diss (Wock')
I said I be in the trap, so I don't got to change my outfit (trappin')
Man, we off shit, do the hit, then go in the house, bitch (why?)
I can turn a thottie to a motherfuckin' house bitch (thottie)
Sike, nah, I'm just playin', I just want to get your mouth, bitch (I'm just playin')
Come on now, just tell me, girl, if you're in or out, bitch (I'm just sayin')
You know I don't give no fucks, cut her off 'cause her outfit (yeah, yeah)
I get my whip right out Chinatown (woo)
I pulled up baby, to chopstick (Chinatown)
You know I'm good anywhere that I go
Like I pulled up with a compass (I'm good, babe)
I should've never started sippin' on drank again (what?)
This shit got me nauseous (what?)
Poppin' a Perky I'm all in my mood
I'm fuckin' that bitch up like moshpits (yeah)
All blue money, blue money, Benjamin, more
Stackin' my pocket up, hundreds (stackin' up money)
Givenchy, Givenchy, Givenchy more
Gaultier on me, too baggy
Get the words out the way, I gotta go
Runnin' the game like a track meet (yeah, yeah, yeah)
Go 'head lil' nigga, just get all your dough
I gotta keep this shit classy (uh, classy)
I can make her left-right when she shake her ass cheeks (shake her ass)
Yeah, she's so nasty (yeah)
Yeah, she's so nasty (she's so nasty, yeah)
She's so nasty (she's so nasty, yeah)
She's so nasty (she's so nasty, yeah)
Yeah, she's so nasty (yeah)
She's so nasty (yeah)
You ain't like me (like)
Then don't jack me, yeah (then don't jack me)
Pull up, new coupe (pull up, new coupe)
Fuck a back seat (fuck the back seat)
I'm way in the front (the front, front)
You gon' pass me (in the back, me)
Man, these niggas fake (fake, these niggas fake)
Call them Jassie (call them Jassie)
I don't envy (envy)
I just get cheese (I just get cheese)
I don't envy (envy, yeah)
I just get cheese (I just get cheese, money)
Don't do thirties (no thirties)
At least fifties (don't do thirties, grrah)
I got big cheese (I got big cheese)
Yeah, frog-eye Bentley (frog-eye Bentley, brr)
Frog-eye Bentley (yeah)
Frog-eye Bentley (yeah)
Frog-eye Bentley (yeah)
Frog-eye Bentley (yeah)
Brandon finessed on the beat, but I just did a city (yeah)
I'm the only one in the army (only one, yeah)
I had to just get them niggas off me, yeah (get 'em off)
I ain't touch 'em, nigga, I used all feet (yeah)
She just wanna suck it 'til her nose bleed (suck it, suck it), yeah
She sat on my dick like she had no seat, yeah
She gon' suck it up like she got no teeth, yeah (uh)
I'ma fuck it all like she got no feet (fuck it all, fuck it all), yeah
Niggas hatin' but they know that I am OD, yeah
Laughin' at them 'cause I'm richer than your OG (G, woo), yeah
She gon' suck it all like she got no teeth (suck it all), yeah
She gon' suck it all like she got no teeth (yeah), yeah
She gon' suck it all like she got no teeth, yeah
She gon' suck it all like she got no teeth (beep, beep), yeah
She gon' suck it all like she got no teeth (beep, beep), yeah
She just wanna suck it 'til her nose bleed (beep), yeah
She gon' suck it all like she got no teeth, yeah
She just wanna suck it 'til her nose bleed (brrat), yeah
Yeah, Sasuke, Sasuke, Sasuke, Sasuke, Sasuke, Sasuke (whoa)
This is not no Naruto, but I chop that like Sasuke
Sasuke, Sasuke, Sasuke, Sasuke (let's go, yeah)
I can make her left-right when she shake her ass cheeks (shake her ass)
Yeah, she's so nasty (yeah)
Yeah, she's so nasty (she's so nasty, yeah)
She's so nasty (she's so nasty, yeah)
She's so nasty (she's so nasty, yeah)
Yeah, she's so nasty (yeah)
She's so nasty (yeah)
Lyrics submitted by Mellow_Harsher
Sasuke Lyrics as written by Tobias Dekker Symere Woods
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