If You Want Me to Stay (Sly and the Family Stone cover) Lyrics

Lyric discussion by Bldsgrsxmg 

Cover art for If You Want Me to Stay (Sly and the Family Stone cover) lyrics by Red Hot Chili Peppers

I think its about a guy leaving his number one girlfriend and going to see his other girl for a while til number one really gets the message that shes the one. Oh and sly and the family stone did this but the chili peppers always have a way of making a song their own.