[Intro]
ay yuh
new york, california
how them six lanes treating you
how the citay eating you
how the cocaine breathing you
how the garden of eden feel
in december it’s heated still
it’s all gotcha like
whoa x 6

[Chorus]
and you coasting in, california, ah
what you want from the city of angels
where they take but they never say thank you
you depressed, what the fuck could LA do
all the stars and the sun won’t save you
but it gotcha like, but it gotcha like, whoa x 5

packed yo bags, and you sold all you had
eyes lit bright when i saw you last at the goodbye bash
how they glazed like glass
john F brought you to LAX
bought your assumptions, took off tags
can all you expect fit in this new pad
it’s all gotcha like whoa x6
now you spend the days
in traffic, six lanes but you find no passage
but the sun beat off rayban glasses
work through the day til the daylight passes
Like what the fuck is the difference actually
You driving your own damn taxi
Now you fucking happy
east coast girl never knew herself
acting like the palm trees and the sun gon’ tell

[Chorus]
now you coasting in, california, ah
what you want from the city of angels
where they take but they never say thank you
you depressed, what the fuck could LA do
all the stars and the sun won’t save you
but it gotcha like, but it gotcha like, whoa x 5

and you coasting in, california, ah
what you want from the city of angels
where they take but they never say thank you
you depressed, what the fuck could LA do
all the stars and the sun won’t save you
but it gotcha like, but it gotcha like, whoa x 5

[Verse 2]
6 months in, and who do you know in this town?

gotta lean past passenger seat through 2 steel doors just to even reach out
always said in the east coast days that the west coast lifestyle calling yo name
now you just stay cooped in west LA
where they all have faith in that one big break
but you still don’t know why the fuck you ache

[Bridge]
thought you’d find a meaning
whispered sweetly from the sea
that didn’t greet you in the east
in la la land, thought you be saying
whoa x5

[Chorus]
now you coasting in, california, ah
what you want from the city of angels
where they take but they never say thank you
you depressed, what the fuck could LA do
all the stars and the sun won’t save you
but it gotcha like, but it gotcha like, whoa x 5

and you coasting in, california, ah
what you want from the city of angels
where they take but they never say thank you
you depressed, what the fuck could LA do
all the stars and the sun won’t save you
but it gotcha like, but it gotcha like, whoa x 5

[Vocoder Outro]
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