When quality of life improved, doctors discover a new affliction.
A parody of the Red Hot Chili Peppers' "Californication."
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Watch the original video for Californication here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YlUKcNNmywkRed Hot Chili Peppers YouTube page:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEuOwB9vSL1oPKGNdONB4igWritten by Remy. Music tracks, mastering, and background vocals by Ben Karlstrom. Video produced by Austin Bragg.
LYRICS
There’s a non-foregone phenomenon in any prosperous nation
When primal fears all disappear the brain then gets a sensation
The medical name we gave this pain is affluenflammation
Ol’ Bill Tub is chugging a jug of cold bovine lactation
When his eyes then realize that carton side’s got information
And since his life contains no strife it’s affluenflammation
For the better part of history diseases all were raging
Measles, mumps up on your junk like they were Kevin Spacey
Then came Jonas Salk
Makes you wonder what all for…
Cuz we’ve got affluenflammation
We’ve got affluenflammation
Ol’ Chip Black is cracking the back of twelve live-steamed crustaceans
For the perks and glee of living free he starts to lose appreciation
And if you probe his frontal lobe—yep—affluenflammation
Through the course of human history each day we faced starvation
Rats and pox and chamber pots, streets filled with defecation
Free markets changed the norm
Makes you wonder what all for…
Cuz we’ve got affluenflammation
We’ve got affluenflammation
We’ve got affluenflammation
We’ve got affluenflammation
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