Red Hot Chili Peppers — Johnny Kick a Hole in the Sky

[Intro: Flea with Anthony Kiedis & John Frusciante] …Does that star-spangled banner yet wave? Ha-ha-ha [Refrain 1: Anthony Kiedis, with John Frusciante & Flea] I, I, I, I, I I, I, I-I, I, I cry, I cry [Verse 1: Anthony Kiedis] I was born in a land, I don't think you understand Goddamn what I am I'm a native of this place, please don't kick me in my face My race has been disgraced [Pre-Chorus 1: Anthony Kiedis] Cop on Sick a dig on Right back [Chorus: Anthony Kiedis with John Frusciante, Kristen Vigard, Vicki Calhoun, & Aklia Chinn] Won't somebody testify? Kick a hole right in the sky (Testify, testify, kick a hole right in the sky) Slap a liar in his eye, kick a hole right in the sky (Testify, testify, kick a hole right in the sky) Johnny, Johnny, Johnny [Refrain 2: Anthony Kiedis, with John Frusciante & Flea] I, I, I, I, I I, I, I-I, I, what do I… why? [Verse 2: Anthony Kiedis] Puts us in your pumpkin shell, where you keep us very well It's Hell, where I dwell When history books are full of shit, I become the anarchist I'm pissed at this What this country claims to be It's a lie, no place for me, I bleed [Pre-Chorus 2: Anthony Kiedis] Bo-bo Sick a gig on Bo-bo [Chorus: Anthony Kiedis with John Frusciante, Kristen Vigard, Vicki Calhoun, & Aklia Chinn] Won't somebody testify? Kick a hole right in the sky (Testify, testify, kick a hole right in the sky) Slap a liar in his eye, kick a hole right in the sky (Testify, testify, kick a hole right in the sky) Johnny, Johnny, Johnny [Refrain 3: Anthony Kiedis, with John Frusciante & Flea] I, I, I, I, I I, I, I-I, I decide to defy [Verse 3: Anthony Kiedis] Kill my trust if you must, but in my blood, there is the lust For life, that's right Apache blood is in my heart, thrashing though me a-like a shark Crashing though the dark [Pre-Chorus 3: Anthony Kiedis] Bo-bo Sick a dig on Step back [Chorus: Anthony Kiedis with John Frusciante, Kristen Vigard, Vicki Calhoun, & Aklia Chinn] Won't somebody testify? Kick a hole right in the sky (Testify, testify, kick a hole right in the sky) Slap a liar in his eye, kick a hole right in the sky (Testify, testify, kick a hole right in the sky) Johnny, Johnny, Johnny [Refrain 4: Anthony Kiedis, with John Frusciante & Flea] I, I, I, I, I I, I, I-I, I can fight, confide [Verse 4: Anthony Kiedis] What am I supposed to do? I feel like I'm cut in two Confused by rules Do these two cultures clash, or am I living in the past? I ask, please tell me fast [Pre-Chorus 4: Anthony Kiedis] Bo-bo Sick a dig on Right back [Chorus: Anthony Kiedis with John Frusciante, Kristen Vigard, Vicki Calhoun, & Aklia Chinn] Won't somebody testify? Kick a hole right in the sky (Testify, testify, kick a hole right in the sky) Slap a liar in his eye, kick a hole right in the sky (Testify, testify, kick a hole right in the sky) Johnny, Johnny, Johnny [Refrain 5: Anthony Kiedis, with John Frusciante & Flea] I, I, I, I, I I, I, I, I, I, I, that's right [Outro: Anthony Kiedis] To what do I belong, and if I change, will I be wrong? Be wrong, that's wrong I took my foot and kicked a hole in the sky I proceeded to plead, will fathers help me decide? A jagged flash of light struck me in the eye I turned around and found that I was still alive Snakes rise high from the purple-black sky The red cloud rains, and the black horse rides Then it dawned on me like the mornin' sun I'm a part of two worlds, and the mornin' comes Glowing embers tend to remember when The power that is peace was treated as a friend I'm a master of a destin' and I got to take action I'm a man, the animal man