There are structures to channel the wishing of individuals into sound statements of ideals and beneficial actions.

Inside, though, there’s concern for propriety and good hygiene in wishing.

It all looks pretty self-indulgent and superstitious to an outsider. They wallow in it: dropping to their knees, lighting candles, pressing prayer notes into sacred crannies. Issac Hayes’ strong voice makes the perfect strong father figure, who is possibly from beyond the grave.Religious people are the biggest wishers. The power, fear, pleading in RZA and Ghostface voices are genuine and powerful.

Racism towards African Americans in America would not exist if everyone sat down and listened to this song and understood the history behind the words. The most beautiful song and has so many levels. Which path will the boys choose? Issac Hayes is the voice of reason, maybe God, the angel on his shoulder, or the voice of his forefathers from beyond the grave who can see the big picture and are pleading with the boys not to continue the violence and pattern of killing their brothers, but to rise above. (This is why the music video takes place in an orphanage.) The seen, and unseen collective suffering is imbedded in the boys’ mind, consciously or subconsciously, and is haunting them. This song is written as the perspective of the boys in the street, as a whole, and what path they are going to choose as they get older and grow into men. She was very desperate and she did something that I know she regrets.' She was in love with my Dad, and my Dad was not faithful to her, and it broke her heart. Some people think, never take your life, and some people find that their life isn't worth living. Life wasn't worth it for her, that was her opinion. 'There's a part - 'Cash in now honey, cash in Miss Smith.' Miss Smith is my Mother our last name was Smith. For me, I wanted to experience the heights, and the lows come along with it.' 'What it feels to descend from the mountain top. Climbing this mountain and getting as high as you can, and then coming down that mountain,' reveals Farrell. The version on Nothing's Shocking was re-recorded in 1988. Mountain song was first recorded in 1986 and appeared on the soundtrack to the film Dudes starring Jon Cryer. Jane's Addiction vocalist Perry Farrell gives Adam Reader some heartfelt insight into Jane’s Addiction's hard rock manifesto 'Mountain Song', which was the second single from their revolutionary album Nothing's Shocking.

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