Ok, after reading Scar Tissue (Anthony Kiedis' autobiography) the lyrics become so clear and so perfect. This is a very emotional song with a lot of meaning if you know where to look.
"This is the place" refers to his Dad's house in California. "This is the place where all the junkies go" is talking about how all the junkies would go to his dad's house cause he was a really big drug dealer on sunset boulevard back in the day. It is about the place where he was exposed to all these new experiences - good and bad. He was introduced into the life of drugs, sex and music here. "I don't want to do it like my daddy did / I don't want to give it to my baby's kid" is talking about when his father gave him drugs. At age 12 his father gave him a joint and soon after introduced him to more serious stuff. Eventually (although by accident) he gets Heroin from his father. I believe it is talking more about just drugs here but actually about drug addiction - as this has been a large force in Anthony's life.
A perfect piece of DNA is most likely referring to a beautiful girl. And "This is the place where are the devils plead / there case from you to take what they need" is again referring to his Dad's drug dealing. "On the day my best friend died / I could not get my copper clean" is talking about the death of his best friend Hillel Slovak (who was the former RHCP guitarist). "I didn't stop using the rest of the night" (222, Kiedis). was Anthony describing the events after Hillel's death in Scar tissue.
I just want to make a special point in that "I don't want to give it to my baby's kid" is not about STI's but is about drugs/drug addiction. It isn't his "stepfather" that got him into drugs it was is biological father. Also it is about so much at once not just drugs, not just sex.
Ok, after reading Scar Tissue (Anthony Kiedis' autobiography) the lyrics become so clear and so perfect. This is a very emotional song with a lot of meaning if you know where to look.
"This is the place" refers to his Dad's house in California. "This is the place where all the junkies go" is talking about how all the junkies would go to his dad's house cause he was a really big drug dealer on sunset boulevard back in the day. It is about the place where he was exposed to all these new experiences - good and bad. He was introduced into the life of drugs, sex and music here. "I don't want to do it like my daddy did / I don't want to give it to my baby's kid" is talking about when his father gave him drugs. At age 12 his father gave him a joint and soon after introduced him to more serious stuff. Eventually (although by accident) he gets Heroin from his father. I believe it is talking more about just drugs here but actually about drug addiction - as this has been a large force in Anthony's life.
A perfect piece of DNA is most likely referring to a beautiful girl. And "This is the place where are the devils plead / there case from you to take what they need" is again referring to his Dad's drug dealing. "On the day my best friend died / I could not get my copper clean" is talking about the death of his best friend Hillel Slovak (who was the former RHCP guitarist). "I didn't stop using the rest of the night" (222, Kiedis). was Anthony describing the events after Hillel's death in Scar tissue.
I just want to make a special point in that "I don't want to give it to my baby's kid" is not about STI's but is about drugs/drug addiction. It isn't his "stepfather" that got him into drugs it was is biological father. Also it is about so much at once not just drugs, not just sex.