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."
Til my dragon baby stop whining
I see my influence still
Til my dragon baby stop whining
I see my influence still
Til my dragon baby stop whining
I see my influence still
Til my dragon baby stop whining
I see my influence still shining
Hit you with my ultraviolence
Skin cancer causing laser beam flow then causing riot
Oh shit! I'm gon' give you
More and more (haha) flows that's gon' help you
See who got the real raw, you can watch me wreck (huh)
For the entire nine seasons
Cold-blooded flow that got you motherfuckers freezing
You (you) must (must) find (find) your style
Identify with your own profile!
Niggas don't understand what we be talking about
Designed especially for biters who try to figure it out!
Huh, who! Ice Capades all over beats son
While I smoke your Phillies all the way down to the last one
Yo watch me skyrocket
Prop me for my flow then get your hand out my pocket
As the world keeps on turning
Killing microphones as the nigga most determined
Keeping biters fiending like this was they last serving
Stay away from fake motherfucks like Mark Fuhrman
Got your whole entire "Little House on the Prarie" burning
Stick me for my rhyme like you stuck me for my Sherlings
Yo, you must be out your fucking mind
The only thing you really need to do is chill and watch the sun shine
Til my dragon baby stop whining
I see my influence still shining
Hey, get with this here roll call
Keep my peoples moving like a U-Haul
Then I'm gonna hit you, wit that
Shit that's sure to make your dome crack
Watch me knock you down
You'll be surprised how quick the fucking word will get around
A biter came up missing and the bitch was never found, yo
I come with shit, so sure, to hit
Hit you til your motherfucking dome split
Counterfeit niggas need to sit back up off of it
And if you don't listen you deserve whatever you get
Just a moment, let me take a breather
Got you niggas sweating coal, like you caught the fever
Just to know my every move you fuck a freak psychic reader
For those who bite my flows I got to always pack my heater
Yo, I was the one that (haha) made a nigga cough (huh)
Soft (hoo!) Wait quick to turn a nigga off
Yo, I'm quick to break a niggas spine
And any effort made by those who try to take mine
Til my dragon baby stop whining
I see my influence still shining
Til my dragon baby stop whining
I see my influence still
Til my dragon baby stop whining
I see my influence still
Til my dragon baby stop whining
I see my influence still shining
I see my influence still
Til my dragon baby stop whining
I see my influence still
Til my dragon baby stop whining
I see my influence still
Til my dragon baby stop whining
I see my influence still shining
Hit you with my ultraviolence
Skin cancer causing laser beam flow then causing riot
Oh shit! I'm gon' give you
More and more (haha) flows that's gon' help you
See who got the real raw, you can watch me wreck (huh)
For the entire nine seasons
Cold-blooded flow that got you motherfuckers freezing
You (you) must (must) find (find) your style
Identify with your own profile!
Niggas don't understand what we be talking about
Designed especially for biters who try to figure it out!
Huh, who! Ice Capades all over beats son
While I smoke your Phillies all the way down to the last one
Yo watch me skyrocket
Prop me for my flow then get your hand out my pocket
As the world keeps on turning
Killing microphones as the nigga most determined
Keeping biters fiending like this was they last serving
Stay away from fake motherfucks like Mark Fuhrman
Got your whole entire "Little House on the Prarie" burning
Stick me for my rhyme like you stuck me for my Sherlings
Yo, you must be out your fucking mind
The only thing you really need to do is chill and watch the sun shine
Til my dragon baby stop whining
I see my influence still shining
Hey, get with this here roll call
Keep my peoples moving like a U-Haul
Then I'm gonna hit you, wit that
Shit that's sure to make your dome crack
Watch me knock you down
You'll be surprised how quick the fucking word will get around
A biter came up missing and the bitch was never found, yo
I come with shit, so sure, to hit
Hit you til your motherfucking dome split
Counterfeit niggas need to sit back up off of it
And if you don't listen you deserve whatever you get
Just a moment, let me take a breather
Got you niggas sweating coal, like you caught the fever
Just to know my every move you fuck a freak psychic reader
For those who bite my flows I got to always pack my heater
Yo, I was the one that (haha) made a nigga cough (huh)
Soft (hoo!) Wait quick to turn a nigga off
Yo, I'm quick to break a niggas spine
And any effort made by those who try to take mine
Til my dragon baby stop whining
I see my influence still shining
Til my dragon baby stop whining
I see my influence still
Til my dragon baby stop whining
I see my influence still
Til my dragon baby stop whining
I see my influence still shining
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Still Shining Lyrics as written by James Yancy Busta Rhymes
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