[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 where dreams, ambitions, and get lost in the party

Takes a toll on you, man, this sh*t 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 at 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 earfull

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 bullsh*t, 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 f*ck 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 sh*t 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 f*ck 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