[Intro]

Uh, yeah

I just told myself, uh

Yeah, uh, yeah

[Chorus]

Welcome to LA

The land of opportunity where everybody stay

The girls are pretty, the sun will shine 360 days

But I don't always feel that way, today I need some gray

Yeah, uh, please protect my soul before they weather it away

The land of opportunity where everybody stay

[Verse 1]

Yeah

They move out to this town with dreams, ambitions, and get lost in the party

Takes a toll on you, man, this shit will charge a large fee

Just don't forget who you are, G

Staring at the man in the mirror, like I recognize him hardly

Burn my sins away and twist some parsley

Stop and chill, these days I do it sparsely

In another universe I coulda' had a stroller and a car seat, word

They tell me things will happen how they supposed to

But somehow it seems I hurt all the people I get close to

Experiencing breakdowns a 27 goes through

'Cause you don't want to see heaven yet, where Janis Joplin knows you

On phone calls with Mama like she tryin' to give me a earful

She said "This is the town that happens in so just be careful

Been tryin' to keep your head straight

And dead-off all that bullshit, that's just dead weight"

Yeah

[Chorus]

Welcome to LA

The land of opportunity where everybody stay

The girls are pretty, the sun will shine 360 days

But I don't always feel that way, today I need some gray

Yeah, uh, please protect my soul before they weather it away

The land of opportunity where everybody stay

[Verse 2]

The whole world's outside knocking at my door like "Gerald, where the fuck that album at?"

But I ain't home, I'm on the road, the stage is where they found me at

So my personal interests take a backseat to the business

But I balance like a gymnast, like Simone in the Olympics

So please pardon my tardiness, I'm tryin' to put my heart in this

Give this shit my everything, every time when I start with this

Hungry for the world, that’s why I starve for this

Yeah, artists come and go these days it's easy, they're not hard to miss

Here today, gone tomorrow, they fade into a dark abyss

Hollywood sold you a dream, like how the fuck you fall for this?

Have to know yourself or you just really gon' get lost in this, sauce

I really paid the cost to be a boss

I paid in cash and skipped the tax, ain't asked for no receipt

When I get stressed I play the beat and split a Swisher Sweet

Damn, yeah, uh

[Chorus]

Welcome to LA

The land of opportunity where everybody stay

The girls are pretty, the sun will shine 360 days

But I don't always feel that way, today I need some gray

Yeah, uh, please protect my soul before they weather it away

The land of opportunity, yeah, uh