Red Hot Chili Peppers
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Red Hot Chili Peppers
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Red Hot Chili Peppers
Red Hot Chili Peppers
“If You Have to Ask” is a song by the Red Hot Chili Peppers from their 1991 studio album Blood Sugar Sex Magik. It was released as the album’s fifth and final single in 1993.
A music video was made, but merely consists of live footage of the band from their 1992/1993 Blood Sugar Sex Magik tour tour...
[Verse 1]
A wanna be gangster thinkin' he's a wise guy
Rob another bank, he's a sock 'em in the eye guy
Tank head, Mr. Bonnie and Clyde guy
Look him the eye, he's not my kinda guy
Never wanna be confusion proof
Pudding's sweet but too aloof
Orange eye girl with a backslide dew said
Yo, homie, who you talkin' to?
A backed up paddywagon mackin' on a cat's ass
One uppercut to the cold upper middle class
Born to storm on boredom's face
Add a little lust to the funky ass Flea bass
Most in the race just lose their grace
The blackest hole in all of space
Crooked as a hooker, now suck my thumb
Anybody wanna come get some?
[Chorus]
(If you have to ask) You'll never know
Funky motherfuckers will not be told to go
(If you have to ask) You'll never know
Funky motherfuckers will not be told to go
[Verse 2]
Don't ask me why I'm flyin' so high
Mr. Bubble meets superfly in my third eye
Searchin' for a soul-bride, she's my freakette
Soak it up inside, deeper than a secret
Much more than meets the eye
To the funk, I fall into my new ride
My hand, my hand
Magic on the one is a medicine man
Thinkin' of a few taboos that I ought to kill
Dancin' on their face like a stage in Vaudeville
I feel so good can't be understood
Booty of a hoodlum rockin' my red hood
[Chorus]
(If you have to ask) You'll never know
Funky motherfuckers will not be told to go
(If you have to ask) You'll never know
Funky motherfuckers will not be told to go
[Guitar Solo]
If You Have to Ask was written by Anthony Kiedis & Flea & John Frusciante & Chad Smith.
If You Have to Ask was produced by Rick Rubin.
Red Hot Chili Peppers released If You Have to Ask on Tue Sep 24 1991.