California

[00:07.33] Yeah, I'm faded (ayy), fake faces

[00:10.47] I erase 'em, California

[00:14.12] That fragrance, mad payments

[00:17.28] Fake places, California

[00:21.37] I don't wanna be the one that's left behind

[00:25.13] I love the way you lie

[00:28.06] Tryna get my money bag straight this time

[00:31.98] The hills is gon' decide (yeah)

[00:34.75] LA, Westside, mama scared most of the time

[00:38.22] Lookin' behind, what's this so-called life?

[00:40.96] Shawty run my other phone, yeah

[00:42.46] Fake faces, gotta cut 'em off, yeah

[00:44.03] Fake faces, they don't problem solve, yeah

[00:45.93] My faith is from the cameras, yeah

[00:47.63] Flash-flash, I'ma take the pictures for my fam', damn

[00:50.09] Show 'em I've made it, flashbacks

[00:51.40] To the pictures from way back

[00:53.06] The kids were like, "Who's that? Who's that?"

[00:54.85] Now I do Hollywood, yeah

[00:56.10] Copies everywhere like a walkie talkie

[00:57.69] I'ma run the lobby, speak to nobody

[00:59.10] San Gabriel Valley, I might crash your party, like

[01:01.51] Yeah, you made it, you've been anxious

[01:04.82] But you made it, California

[01:08.16] Conversations 'til the sunrise

[01:11.54] When you stop by, California

[01:15.16] I don't wanna be the one that's left behind

[01:19.11] I love the way you lie

[01:22.10] I don't wanna be the one to lose my mind

[01:26.04] I know you know

[01:27.83] Somebody put some brakes on me

[01:29.51] I really need rest on me

[01:30.75] Pops callin' up every couple days

[01:32.69] I'm smilin' so he could think I'm straight

[01:34.42] Why can't I tell the truth?

[01:36.26] Playin' J. Cole back then, with a clear end goal

[01:38.48] Like it all made sense, I needed myself

[01:40.07] And nobody else, okay, let's go, uh

[01:42.74] From how it looks, man, it's hard to complain

[01:44.52] Man, I just been prayin' that when I get older

[01:46.21] That I got some smile in me that can remain

[01:47.81] My money is long, but I got some new issues

[01:49.59] That feel like it's longer than government names

[01:51.02] Man, all I could wish is the mask that I wear

[01:52.71] And the face that's below, it is lookin' the same, like

[01:54.98] (Oh, oh, oh) You been in this fight, I can see it in your eyes, like

[02:01.87] (Oh, oh, oh) I made up my mind, I don't wanna waste no time

[02:08.99] Money makin', while we're breakin'

[02:12.35] It's amazin', California

[02:15.69] Celebrate it or berate it

[02:19.07] It's been fated, California

[02:22.48] Oh, Maria, the hills are swarmin'

[02:25.56] With dead ends and the bots performin'

[02:29.30] Don't mistake it, you can break big

[02:32.67] 'Til you get sick, hm

[02:35.89] Shut the fuck up, don't wake another neighbor (yeah, shut the fuck up)

[02:40.01] I don't know you and I don't want to later (later)

[02:42.95] Praying to God I never run out of his favor

[02:45.79] But we don't make the textbooks on our best behavior, do we?

[02:50.26] I'm the antihero in my own damn movie (movie)

[02:53.58] All my exes write songs that I'm based on loosely

[02:56.81] Take after my ma, I can be choosy

[02:59.37] I can be choosy, oh

[03:04.28] And when the sky looks like a painting

[03:10.42] That's when you look down

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[03:20.31] Money makin', while we're breakin'

[03:23.35] California

[03:26.72] But you made it, California

[03:30.05] California

[03:33.45] Yeah, I'm faded, fake faces

[03:36.77] California

[03:40.33] But you made it, California

[03:43.30] California