i'm a radio joe of the biz called show
i'm a rockin popstar with a get up and go
rubbin elbows with the big wigs at my sold out shows
i've been on every cover even rolling stone
put us on mtv
all we really need
begging on our knees
please, please, please, please, please
conforming to the norm straight out of the mold
compromising each and every ounce of soul
i'm a doin' anything for the records of gold
i only want what i can hold
put us on mtv
all we really need
begging on our knees
please, please, please, please, please
we know that we'll never be better than
mr slick superstar david letterman
i promise we'll be perfect gentlemen
just put us on the show you'll regret us then
put us on mtv
all we really need
begging on our knees
please, please, please, please, please
thank you very much be sure to label us
we wouldn't want to cause a ruckus or a fuss
just put us in a category aor, chr, top forty or bust
put us on mtv
all we really need
begging on our knees
please, please, please, please, please
what i am is a picture on the tv screen
don't make waves don't make a scene
what i say when i play isn't worth a bean
i'm a video joe in an industry
put us on mtv
all we really need
begging on our knees
please, please, please, please, please
RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS rockar!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!I never had a reason to believe in anything
I never had a cause that I could fight for
I never had too much of anything to call my own
a drunk mother and father of four
all my life I grew up watchin' others dreams come true
and how I waited for my day in the sun
every day I worked harder
and I got further in debt
till I realized that day was never gonna come
your written off lost cause
sold us down the river
got no hope to offer us
tore down without grief
what's a generation without a reason to believe
they tore down all my walls
and then they made all my hatred a crime
debilitating us with all their complacency
our thoughts become mundane
our generation thinks the same
our minds anesthetized by apathetic t.v.
No wars to fight
steel bridges won't burn
the beliefs we uphold
are lies we never learn
the only hope for the future
leaves us reason to grieve
what's a generation without a reason to believe