When I was a young, I had a dream movin' to the city sight unseen 19 years of age I'm packing my bags Hollywood was all the rage
I came to you in 1984 You showed me in, then you shut the door It didn't take me long to learn to play the game A kick in the head always feels the same
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Los Angeles, you're a fuckin whore Hollywood, you're an open sore
I played it well, and I played it fast Livin' slow was in the past Chicks and drugs and gettin' burnt Just a few of the things I `learnt' Got sick and tired of bein' scared as hell A wasted man, just a shell of myself But that was then, and this is now My pretty baby, I've changed somehow
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Los angeles, you've lost you're grip Drugs and lies and whores suckin dick
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I don't know if I could do things differently L.A.'s had me for so long When I look I can see things differently What doesn't kill me makes me strong
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Los Angeles, I didn't sell my soul to you Los Angeles, you thought you would kill me You thought you could take me down Fuck that, power to me
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(b-verse)
Sometimes it goes like this Some A kick in the head