Driving south • I moved away • Calling home now LA • The promise land is down the Malibu Highway • Driving south • I moved away • Calling home now LA • The promise land is down the Malibu Highway • Sweet summer sun • All year-long • Dries those tears from Mount Rainier • I got what I needed • You left me behind • I learned I must earn there are no free rides • I had forgot who I wanted to be • It hurts to set you free • I couldn't stand on the side anymore • Selling a dream that you worked so hard for • I bought my first car and I drove it away • Headed south to LA
Dipping down the Pacific Coast • High way out • In a new direction living where • The sun stay out • Side line living • Never giving quite enough • I've risen past the shallow waters • Now I’m staying in the current bass • Pisces in the riff raff • Feeling your emotions • I’m toasting a glass • Sitting by this ocean at last • I’m free to do me • And it’s a blast • Feel the water on my toes, splash • Jumping in feet first on the horizon I see • Somewhere over the sea • My rebirth of slick • I’m so digable now • You remember the incredible • Me and my unforgettable style • It’s a pleasure to be in the company of the stars • Inner city life we frequent the bars • We all seeking the shine • We trying to climb out • Reaching for cars • Money clothes and pros • Funny how everyone knows you can't
You can't change the climate • You can accept or deny it • Either way the rain or shine won't change • Our truth is silent • You can't bottle or buy it • No matter where I go it comes along • I got what I needed • You left me behind • I learned I must earn there are no free rides • I had forgot who I wanted to be • It hurts to set you free • I couldn't stand on the side anymore • Selling a dream that you worked so hard for • I bought my first car and I drove it away • Headed south to LA
She said she couldn’t wait to get back • Life in the midwest wasn’t cutting it • Plus she felt she had a little knack • For writing ryhmes down and RECording it • Came out to visit back in ’98 • Stayed with her cousins on the eastside • Family reuinons with the paper plates • Laughing with her uncles on her mama’s side • She made her way to Hollywood Walk of Fame • Even sat third row at a Laker home game • To make it all complete • The old cliche took her straight to the coast for a hot sunny day • Needless to say • That’s where it all changed • Her heart got swept from that very first wave • Fast forward to the current day • Holding her suitcase • Chasing a dream by any means
I got what I needed • You left me behind • I learned I must earn there are no free rides • I had forgot who I wanted to be • It hurts to set you free • I couldn't stand on the side anymore • Selling a dream that you worked so hard for • I bought my first car and I drove it away • Headed south to LA