Los AngeleLies, spread real wide Like a spiderweb for a billion flies There are so many people and so little place under the sun I dedicate it to those who live in the slum
Those who live in the slum you bet I talk about brown people/ The brown pride & South American ego/ Take a walk down Alvarado by McArthur park/ Latino people are up at the dawn – concrete larks, you’ll see/ They’re on the corners hustling DVD’s/ Selling orange juice in the streets, getting money by any means/ In these days of unemployment and mass fear/ When the US is a hostile atmosphere/ In LA where everybody rocks ink/ Compare the Beverly flavor to the Skid Row stink, huh/ The advertisement is bilingual/ Got to deal with the numbers even if they are illegal/ The ratio is 8 to 1, I hate the slum/ Where one is forced to live on the top of another one/ My taco was made in the street, I really care/ The government don’t want millions of poor to be millionaires/
Los AngeleLies, spread real wide Like a spiderweb for a billion flies There are so many people and so little place under the sun I dedicate it to those who live in the slum
Those who live in the slum, I’m living in one/ My talk is sharp, I keep a razor under my tongue/ Under the gun of the system, I’m the nemesis They want me dying and they 'bout to give me an assist/ ...They want me to rap about Cristal, rides & ass/ I rap about people on crystal meth/ They want my mouth to be shut/ I’m like Big in LA, ready to die 'bout to be shot/ I made it to the city, the life is harsh/ I do not know the name of mayor he is not the one in charge/ I met cops they told me to put my hands up/ Said it’s for my own safety to wear handcuffs/ I wasn’t doing anything they had nothing on me/ They let me go but they took away my homie/ Because he was black, he had had a case on him/ This is LA, g, welcome to California