Songfacts®:

• The Peppers wrote this song about Los Angeles Lakers star basketball player Magic Johnson. The band - especially Flea and Anthony Kiedis - were huge Lakers fans and loved basketball - Flea could often be found playing pickup games around the city.
  
  Kiedis had a particular affinity for Johnson since both were raised in Michigan before settling in Los Angeles. Flea would often be mentioned in polls of the top Lakers fans, and even wrote a blog about the team on the NBA's website during the basketball season. He has claimed to bleed purple and gold.
• Two years after this song was released, Magic Johnson announced that he was HIV-positive and was quitting basketball. This stunning news hit Kiedis hard, and the RHCP lead singer gained a new respect for Johnson when he returned to the team. "The fact that he came back and showed the entire world that somebody could compete at that level with HIV, I think pretty much changed the entire world outlook on the disease," he said in a Goldmine interview. "I don't think you could do something more honorable than that in a lifetime."