Goin` to California
To live in the summer sun
The streets are made of silver
I`m like a rabbit on the run
Philadelphia freedom
Well, it`s not like you have heard
The City of Brotherly Love
Is full of pain and hurt
I`m goin` to California
To find my pot of gold

Corruption on every corner
Hustlers selling sweets
Baby is home crying
While her momma`s on the streets
Everybody`s dying
Have you heard the news today?
A woman in north Philly is mourning
The bullet took another son away
I`m goin` to California
I`m goin` far, far away

Goin` to California, yes
To resurrect my soul
The sun is always shining
Or at least that`s what I`m told
Goin` to California
There`s a better life for me
Goin` to California
I`ll write and tell you what I see
Goin` to California
Somebody say a prayer for me