If You Have To Ask (Live ’00) lyrics
by John Frusciante
[Verse 1]
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 in the eye, he's not my kinda guy
Never be confusion proof
Your pudding's sweet but too aloof
Orange-eyed girl with the backslide dew said
"Yo, homie, who you talkin' to?"
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 gracе
The blackest hole in all of spacе
Crooked as a hooker, now suck on my thumb
Anybody wanna come get some?
[Chorus]
(If you have to ask) You'll never know, oh
Funky motherf*cker will not be told to go
(If you have to ask) You'll never know, ah
Funky motherf*cker will not be told to go
[Verse 2]
Don't ask me why I been 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, ah, my hand
Magic on the one is a medicine man
Thinkin' of a few taboos that I ought to kill
Dancin' on her 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, ah
Funky motherf*cker will not be told to go
(If you have to ask) You'll never know, oh
Funky motherf*cker will not be told to go
[Interlude]
Oh! It's okay
[Guitar Solo]
Ha! Ho!
Sudden set of [?]
[Instrumental Outro]