The Uplift Mofo Party Plan
Red Hot Chili Peppers
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Fight Like a Brave
03 : 54
2
Funky Crime
03 : 01
3
Me and My Friends
03 : 09
4
Backwoods
03 : 08
5
Skinny Sweaty Man
01 : 17
6
Behind the Sun
04 : 42
7
Subterranean Homesick Blues
02 : 34
8
Special Secret Song Inside
03 : 16
9
No Chump Love Sucker
02 : 42
10
Walkin’ on Down the Road
03 : 49
11
Love Trilogy
02 : 41
12
Organic Anti‐Beat Box Band
04 : 01
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Track Lyrics
Fight Like a Brave Lyrics
[Intro]
Rrrah!
[Verse 1]
All you slingers and fiends hide behind your rocks
Oh, put down your guard, I'm not here to box
This is no showdown so throw down your guns
You see it doesn't matter where you come from
You could be from Park Ave or from a park bench
You could be a politician or a freaky princess
If you're lookin' for a fist and you're lookin' to unite
Put your knuckleheads together, make a fist and fight
Not to your death and not to your grave
I'm talkin' 'bout that freedom, fight like a brave
[Chorus]
Fight like a brave
Don't be a slave
No one can tell you
You've got to be afraid
[Verse 2]
If you're sick-a-sick 'n' tired of bein' sick and tired
If you're sick of all the bullshit and you're sick of all the lies
It's better late than never to set, ah, set it straight
You know the lie is dead so give yourself a break
Or get it through your head and get it off your chest
Or get it out your arm because it's time to start fresh
You wanna stop dying, the life you could be livin'
I'm here to tell a story but I'm also here to listen
No, I'm not your preacher and I'm not your physician
I'm just a-tryna reach you, I'm a rebel with a mission
[Chorus]
Fight like a brave
Don't be a slave
No one can tell you
You've got to be afraid
Fight like a brave
Don't be a slave
No one can tell you
You've got to be afraid
[Interlude]
I am here today to talk about the Uplift-Mofo-Party-Plan
A plan based on a band
A band based on a plan
There shall be no slaves in the land of lands
It's a Hollywood jam
[Guitar Solo]
[Verse 3]
You say you're runnin' and you're runnin' and you're runnin' afraid
You say you ran across the planet but you couldn't get away
The fire in your brain was driving you insane
You were lookin' for a day in a life that never came
So don't tell me that, I got to take a number
'Cause I've been to that doctor and believe me, that's a bummer
Here's a one of a kind convention of the minds
And don't forget to mention that it doesn't cost a dime
Come as you like and leave any time
And one more thing, you know, it doesn't have to rhyme
[Chorus]
Fight like a brave (Fight like a brave)
Don't be a slave (Another slave)
No one can tell you, you've got to be afraid
Fight like a brave (Fight like a brave)
Don't be a slave (Another slave)
No one can tell you, you've got to be afraid
Fight like a brave (Fight like a brave)
Don't be a slave (Another slave)
No one can tell you, you've got to be afraid
Fight like a brave (Fight like a brave)
Don't be a slave (Another slave)
No one can tell you, you've got to be afraid
Fight like a brave (Fight like a brave)
Don't be a slave (Another slave)
No one can tell you, you've got to be afraid
Funky Crime Lyrics
[Intro: Jack Irons with Hillel Slovak]
Do it
Yeah, sing it, Anthony!
[Refrain]
Why do you do what you do?
I do what I want to do
Who said you could do what you do?
I told you who told me to
I do what I want to do
I do what I want to do!
[Chorus]
A funky crime, funky crime!
Don't you know funk's colorblind?
Well, I've committed a funky crime!
Against a state of mind
[Interlude: Hillel Slovak]
Y'all Flea, tell me what's going wrong
Are you okay?
[Verse]
Hey you, Mister Interview
I don't have to answer you
This is what I grew into
Don't judge me and my soul stew
Funk is my attitude
Funk is my attitude
[Chorus]
Funky crime, funky crime!
Don't you know funk's colorblind?
Well, I've committed a funky crime!
Against a state of mind
[Interlude: Hillel Slovak]
We play funk, punk and rock
We’re truly the best
Group in Hollywood, baby
[Bridge]
Barriers of race
In the media take place
Tellin' you there is no room
For what you do, don't budge
There's no groove to your cold gloom
And who made you the judge?
Always room for funky tunes
And yes I funk it up, I funk it up, a-ha!
[Break]
Funky boy
Meets a funky girl
Make a funky baby
'Cause the funk is crazy
[Refrain]
Why do you do what you do?
I do what I want to do
Who said you could do what you do?
I told you who told me to
I do what I want to do
I do what I want to do!
[Chorus]
Funky crime, funky crime!
Don't you know funk's colorblind?
Well, I've committed a funky crime!
Against a state of mind
[Outro]
Funky crime
A Funky crime
A Funky, funky crime
The crime is funky
Me and My Friends Lyrics
[Chorus]
Me and my, me and my, me and my, me and my, me and my friends
Me and my, me and my, me and my, me and my, me and my friends
Me and my, me and my, me and my, me and my, me and my friends
Me and my, me and my, me and my, me and my, me and my friends
[Verse 1]
Like two sweet peas in an even sweeter pod
Well, that’s my friend and my friend’s name is Bob
Like the devil knows Hell, I know Bobby well
Well enough to tell you ‘bout his sixty-seven smells
Well enough to tell you he’s a hella swell-a fellow
Well enough to tell you that we know each other better than we know ourselves
Like freaks of a feather, we rock together
I know Bobby well, but I think he knows me better
[Chorus]
Me and my, me and my, me and my, me and my, me and my friends
Me and my, me and my, me and my, me and my, me and my friends
Me and my, me and my, me and my, me and my, me and my friends
Me and my, me and my, me and my, me and my, me and my friends
[Verse 2]
He’s as close to me as a friend can be
Well, I’ll be standin’ by my buddy, he’ll be standin’ by me
Just another half of the two-headed freak
But I need him like my heart needs to beat
At this point in this friendly verse
I’ve gotta sing a little something that I haven’t rehearsed
It’s about my man and his name is Hillel
For whom my love is soul-brother sacred
Take it Huckleberry, Slim Boy, take it
[Guitar Solo]
[Chorus]
Me and my, me and my, me and my, me and my, me and my friends
Me and my, me and my, me and my, me and my, me and my friends
[Instrumental Bridge]
[Verse 3]
Jacky’s eyes are closed but he’s right on course
Because he’s guided by the invisible force
He drives a kooky green Chrysler bad as anybody’s Porsche
He’s a working class drummer, he’s as strong as a horse
[Chorus]
Me and my, me and my, me and my, me and my, me and my friends
Me and my, me and my, me and my, me and my, me and my friends
Me and my, me and my, me and my, me and my, me and my friends
Me and my, me and my, me and my, me and my, me and my friends
Backwoods Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Oh, someone spilled blood many years ago, wow!
Someone spilled blood but do you know
That from the backwoods where the Chuck Berrys grow
Come your long tall daddies of rock and roll, oh no
[Chorus]
Take me to your backwoods now
Take me to your backwoods now
[Verse 2]
Spinning down from the clouds like a tornado
Spinnin’ out of control like a psychedelic soul
With a rhythm hitting harder than a-Larry Holmes
Come your long tall daddies of rock and roll, oh no
[Chorus]
Take me to your backwoods now
Take me to your backwoods now
[Instrumental Break]
[Chorus]
Wow!
Take me to your backwoods now
Take me to your backwoods now
Yeah!
[Guitar Solo]
[Bridge]
Well, Mr. Uplift Mofo, my man Bo Diddley
Hit sipping a bottle of nickel ripple, play the lickity split finger
Lickin’ licks for all you wicked city slick chicks
And all you nitty gritty hicks
He’ll make your nipples ripple
He'll make you wanna dip your dipple
He'll make you wanna soak your hickory stick
That’s right, because my man has a grip on it
And I do mean on it-a
Which brings to mind
A very sinister minister kind of guy
A man named Little Richard
Who was born to make them bitches stir
That’s right, he’ll make the sweet substance drip
From the middle of your hillbilly lips
And like the farmer milks his cow
The Howling Wolf will howl
And since times does allow
You all can take me to your backwoods now
Yo, Slim
[Chorus]
Take me to your backwoods now
Take me to your backwoods now
Take me to your backwoods now
Take me to your backwoods now, wow
[Outro]
Take me to your backwoods (backwoods, backwoods)
Skinny Sweaty Man Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Flashing lots of cash and spending lots-o-loot
He’s sitting at the bar – then he’s sitting at the booth
Across the dance floor he does scoot
He’s the skinny sweaty man in the green suit
[Verse 2]
The caboose that could he goes toot toot
Been known to gag and sometimes puke
A very good friend of Granny Goose
He’s the skinny sweaty man in the green suit
[Chorus]
Skinny sweaty man in the green suit (ow!)
[Verse 3]
He’s half man and half cartoon
But a good buddy, don’t be confused
He’s full blooded looney tune
He’s the skinny sweaty man in the green suit
[Verse 4]
Face to face with the man in the moon
His family doctor is Doctor Seuss
If you catch him in your soup please don't shoot
He's the skinny sweaty man in the green suit
[Chorus]
Skinny sweaty man in the green suit
[Bridge]
He was new in town
A free wheelin’ clown
A very funny young duke hanging under the roof
Of a place in time, united sound
[Verse 5]
He’ll play a little guitar, sing a few blues
He’s the kind-a-guy that you can’t refuse
Despite the fact that he’s no brute
He’s the skinny sweaty man in the green suit
[Verse 6]
Strike the magic groove make him jerk and move
Like an eight legged freak in snake skin boots
Coming soon to a theatre near you
It’s the skinny sweaty man in the green suit
[Chorus]
Skinny sweaty man in the green suit, wow!
Behind the Sun Lyrics
[Verse 1]
One day while bathing in the sea
My talking dolphin spoke to me
He spoke to me in symphony
From freedom's peace beneath the sea
[Pre-Chorus 1]
He looked to me eyes full of love
Said, "Yes, we live behind the sun"
[Chorus 1]
Behind the sun
Behind the sun
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Behind the sun
[Chorus 2]
The sun goes up and the sun gets down
But like the heart of the sun, my heart continues to pound
[Chorus 1]
Behind the sun
[Verse 2]
Now while I shower in the rain
I watch my dolphin swim away
The one who listens to the surf
Can feel the pulse beat of the earth
[Pre-Chorus 2]
And like my dolphin swims so free
The sun does swim into the sea
[Chorus 1]
Behind the sun
Behind the sun
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Behind the sun (hahahaha)
Behind the sun
[Verse 3]
An island flying through the sky
One day your son might ask you why
And if your son should be a girl
She too might ask you of this world
[Pre-Chorus 3]
The sun shines sweet upon your beach
And yes my dolphin loves to teach
[Chorus 1]
Behind the sun
Behind the sun
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Behind the sun
[Chorus 2]
The sun goes up and the sun gets down
But like the heart of the sun, my heart continues to pound
[Chorus 1]
Behind the sun
[Outro]
Wow
Subterranean Homesick Blues Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Johnny's in the basement mixing up the medicine
I'm on the pavement thinking about the government
The man in the trench coat, badge out, laid off
Says he's got a bad cough, wants to get it paid off (pay him off)
[Verse 2]
God knows when but you're doing it again
You better duck down the alleyway looking for a new friend
The man in the coonskin cap by the big pen
Wants eleven dollar bills; you only got ten, so look out kid
[Chorus]
Look out, kid, because it's somethin' that you did, kid
Look out, kid, because they keep it all hid, look out
[Verse 3]
Maggie comes fleet foot, face full of black soot
Talking at the heat put plants in the bed but
The phone's tapped anyway, Maggie says that many say
They must bust in early May orders from the DA
This place called LA
[Verse 4]
Walk on your tip toes, don't try "no doz"
Better stay away from those that carry around a fire hose
Keep a clean nose, watch the plain clothes
'Cause you don't need a weather man to know which way the wind blows, look out kid
[Chorus]
Look out, kid, because it's somethin' that you did
Look out, kid, because they keep all hid, look out
[Bridge]
Looks to me like you did
A little to much hitting kid
You should've took it to the bridge
Before you started to skid, look out, kid
The good god willing, we'll bebop to Bob Dylan
Chillin' 'em, thrillin' 'em, and red hot killin' 'em
[Interlude]
Killin' 'em
Said killin' 'em
C'mon, c'mon
[Verse 5]
Get sick, get well, hand around a ink well
Ring a bell, hard to tell if anything is gonna sell
Try hard, get barred, get back, write braille
Get jailed, jump bail, join the army if you fail
[Verse 6]
But users, cheaters, and the six time losers
Hang around the theaters
Girl by the whirlpool looking for a new fool
Don't follow leaders, watch the parking meters, look out kid
[Chorus]
Look out, kid, because it's somethin' that you did, kid
Look out, kid, because they keep all hid
Look out, kid, because it's somethin' that you did, kid
Look out, kid, because they keep all hid, look out
Special Secret Song Inside Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Well, my landlady, she lives
Three houses away
And she claims that she can hear my baby screaming to me
"Fuck me Anthony, well Anthony"
[Chorus]
I want to party on your pussy, baby
I want to party on, party on your pussy
I want to party on your pussy, baby
I want to party on your pussy, yeah, yeah, yeah
[Verse 2]
Struck by lust in a telephone booth
Busted by a cop, he said "That's uncouth"
He said that she can hear my baby screaming to me
"Fuck me Anthony, well Anthony"
[Chorus]
I want to party on your pussy, baby
Well I want to party on, party on your pussy
I want to party on your pussy, baby
I want to party on your pussy, yeah, yeah, yeah
[Break]
I want to party on your pussy, baby
I want to party on your pussy
I want to party on your pussy, baby
I want to party on your pussy
[Bridge]
I want to party on your pussy, baby
Well I want to party on your pussy
I want to party on your pussy, baby, I want to party on your pussy
I want to party all over your pussy, I want to party on your pussy
[Interlude]
Let me shine your diamond
The girl got a scratch
Slap that cat
Have mercy
[Chorus]
I want to party on your pussy, baby
I want to party on, party on your pussy
I want to party on your pussy, baby
I want to party on your pussy, yeah, yeah, yeah
No Chump Love Sucker Lyrics
[Verse 1]
She's a witch, a brat, a bonafide bore
What's more, she snores, and that is a fact
Cow eyes lie, yes it's time to resist
How did I ever get into this?
How could I ever have kissed that bitch?
So what if she has got big tits?
[Chorus]
She's the kinda girl who changes her mind really quick
She's the kinda girl who won't just let things sit
[Verse 2]
She came like a cat like a cat to catnip
She came in my lap with her womanly hips
When I first met her I came unglued
When I played the part of the blue-blooded fool
I'm through with your sewage, I'm through with your trash
I always knew that I'd get the last laugh
[Chorus]
She's the kinda girl who changes her mind really quick
She's the kinda girl who won't just let things sit
[Verse 3]
Like two trains on one track are bound for a crash
Two red white and blues we were destined to clash
I can't fix the future, I can't change the past
Like flyby night news we were not meant to last
I'm through with your bluefish, I'm through with your gash
I'm through being screwed with by you and your wack attack
[Bridge]
Jump back for chump love, you won't be back for cover
But no no no no, I'm no chump love sucker
No chump love sucker, no chump love sucker
No chump love sucker, no chump love sucker
No chump love sucker!
[Verse 5]
I thought that your love was a matter of fact
But I lost my pride when I realized that
The smack in my bag and my baseball bat
Was all you were after, you dirty rat
A bitch and a brat and a living disaster
She thought she was fast, boys, but I was faster
[Outro]
No chump love sucker, no chump love sucker
No chump love sucker, no chump love sucker
No chump love sucker, no chump love sucker
No chump love sucker, no chump love sucker
Walkin’ on Down the Road Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Well, I'm walkin' on down the road
But it can't be heaven 'cause the streets aren't gold
And everybody knows what Bobby D was told
I'm walkin' on down the road
[Verse 2]
Crooning a tune straight out of the womb
'Cause trust is a must to be a true blue dude
That's a matter of fact, don't be confused
Everybody knows true friends are few
[Chorus]
Everybody come and everybody sing, sing my song
Everybody knows and everybody thinks that I've done wrong
Everybody come and everybody sing, sing my song
[Verse 1]
Well, I'm walkin' on down the road
But it can't be heaven 'cause the streets aren't gold
And everybody knows what Bobby D was told
I'm walkin' on down the road
[Verse 3]
Like a mama bear hugs her baby bear cubs
A dude, he can't lose when he lives on love
Like the bark on a tree, like the skin on my knee
I'm standing by my blood
[Chorus]
Everybody come and everybody sing, sing my song
Everybody knows and everybody thinks that I've done wrong
Everybody come and everybody sing, sing my song
[Instrumental Break]
[Chorus]
Everybody come and everybody sing, sing my song
Everybody knows and everybody thinks that I've done wrong
Everybody come and everybody sing, sing my song
[Outro]
Well, I'm walkin' on down the road
But it can't be heaven 'cause the streets aren't gold
And everybody knows what Bobby D was told
I'm walkin' on down the road
I'm walkin' on down the road
I'm walkin' on down the road
Love Trilogy Lyrics
[Verse 1]
My love comes, and when it does
It's a crazy kind of
Selective affection
My love flows like a wise guy's tie
In the zaniest of directions
My love protection, my love erection
You better get some of my infection
My love can be a-bigger than
The Hoover Dam
My love can hide behind
A grain of sand
My love for life is fuelled by
The love for my band
I love his mother and
The silly mixed-up man
Some people think he's bad
They say he doesn't laugh
And ask my dad
[Verse 2]
My love is death to apartheid rule
My love is deepest depth, the ocean blues
My love is the Zulu groove
My love is coop-a-loop move, my love is lightning's blues
My love is the pussy juice, my love can't be refused
My love is gettin' skin on my flute
My love, my love
[Verse 3]
My love began from love
My love for an unknown grubby bum
My love for the baby suckin' on his thumb
My love for the best set of buns
My love for the feel of the drums
My love for a bunch of knuckleheads
My love for the sweet smell of bread
My love for the legs that I spread
My love for the fat natty dread
My love, my love
[Outro]
My love is my toes in the sand
My love is my dick in my hand
My love is my dope in the van
My love is my dick in your pants
Yeah!
Oh oh oh oh ohhhhhh
Organic Anti‐Beat Box Band Lyrics
[Intro]
Yeah!
Can you dig it, can you dig it?
[Verse 1]
Welcome friends to my thoughts of when
The fax city 4 were four young men
Time has come, now we jam
With the uplift mofo party plan
We're the organic anti-beat box band
[Verse 2]
One comes from the holy land
Another was born an Australian
Me I'm from Michigan
But Hollywood is the land of lands
It's a Hollywood jam
[Chorus 1]
We represent the Hollywood kids
Hollywood is where we live
We represent the Hollywood jam
Organic anti-beat box band
[Verse 3]
Life is grand in the land of lands
The mind does boggle, the mind expands
The Anarchy Four have manned their craft
Get on your knees and shake your ass
To the jam, that is (that's right)
[Verse 4]
We don't ask we demand
That you and your clan
Listen now to this jam
To the power of the drummer 'cause the drummer is bad
It's a Hollywood jam
Let's rock!
[Chorus 1]
We represent the Hollywood kids
Hollywood is where we live
We represent the Hollywood jam
Organic anti-beat box band
(It's a jam)
[Verse 5]
There's a party in my town at twelve o'clock
There's a party that's rocking down to the rock
I've got nothing against hip hop
But there's a party in my town and no beat box
Jam, that is
[Verse 6]
The party's got girls the girls got hot
The party's got boys and the boys got socks
Something popped, the doors unlocked
The house got up ran around the block
Sit down house, take off your blouse
[Chorus 2]
We represent the Hollywood kids
Hollywood is where we live
Very good friend of the lollipop kids
Over the rainbow with the wiz
We represent the Hollywood jam
Organic anti-beat box band
[Outro]
We're the organic anti-beat box band
You just might slam dance that is
We're the organic anti-beat box band
You just might slam dance that is
We're the organic anti-beat box band
You just might slam dance that is
We're the organic anti-beat box band
You just might slam dance that is
We're the organic anti-beat box band
You just might slam dance that is
We're the organic anti-beat box band
You just might slam dance that is
We're the organic anti-beat box band
You just might slam dance that is
We're the organic anti-beat box band
You just might slam dance that is
We're the organic anti-beat box band
You just might slam dance that is
It's a Hollywood jam
(Encore!)