"Give It Away" is centered around the philosophy of selflessness and altruistic behavior. The song is titled after lyrical phrase "give it away", which is taken from an experience Kiedis had with his former girlfriend.

During the verses, Kiedis departs from the idea of unselfishness and sings about a variety of topics including various sexual themes including fertility and lust.

The video presents the band in a desert covered in silver paint, the desert possibly being a link to when Jesus spent fourty days and fourty nights in the desert. The video is constant all the way through, with a sereis of long and shot cuts, when the chorous kicks in there are a series of quick zoom in and outs when Kiedis sings the lines ' Give it away, give it away, give it away now' and this gives the video a rocky edge.

There are many links to what you see in the video to do with the theme of fertility and lust and you can see the low angle shot from underneath Kiedus. These simple repetitive shots are synchronous anwith the song itself. Making the video simple and eay to watch and digest. It also is representative of the rock genre as presented through what the band is wearing and of course there instruments d use of bass guitar.