[Sample:] "Stone-hard, machine gun Firing at the ones who run Stone-hard, machine gun Bulletproof glass"
[Intro:] It's just me out here At least that's what it feels like They said I wouldn't make it That this was a city of broken dreams But somehow los angels broke cages They seen animal, we made stages Became famous by freeing the world of their own danger Prison mentalities, we're all hanging from propaganda Victim blaming, all divided with remains of the Mike's street version Oscars Given to common legends, no acting The new summer is happening right now Momma I made it I killed this freestyle before they killed me They saw a Rodney, you saw a king Realize how powerful you are and break free
[Hook: Brandy & James Fauntleroy] LA, can't believe I found love in the city of LA LA, it's the city of angels, it can take you anywhere LA, LA, LA, we found love in LA, LA, LA We found love
[Verse 1: Ty Dolla $ign] In the city of the gang bang Yeah, we still dying over red and blue stripes Chuck my set up and it feel good Cause don't nobody love you more than your neighborhood We always had bitches, we don't love those Grew up around the gangsters and the cutthroats Be careful where you at, you might get bust on Yeah, all my South Central niggas, Inglewood, twist your fingers up Compton and Watts, Eastside, always turning up Bad bitches up at Greystone and Supperclub Tell 'em where we're from like
[Hook: Brandy & James Fauntleroy] LA, can't believe I found love in the city of LA LA, it's the city of angels, it can take you anywhere LA, LA, LA, we found love in LA, LA, LA We found love
[Verse 2: Kendrick Lamar] God, let me right my wrongs, God, let me write this song God in the middle with a month Let me hit the pawn shop, momma said we need a loan God, let me dedicate this to the 80% that ain't never coming home God, let me know you exist In a city where a hundred hollow-tips get thrown I'm off that Centennial Fuckin' at the party, nigga, at the party, we fade ten or more My hood came thinkin' we yellin', "We in this bitch" Then we yellin', "We in your bitch" Or you tellin' all of us our dwellin' inside of 2Pacalypse, thug life And we off that whoopty-whoopty-whoop And we in that hoopty with the two choppers So we're guaranteed to shoot Lock us in the L.A. County zoo Watch us eat a bear alive and ooh This feels so good to keep it true This feels so good, I'm keepin' you Hope I'm teachin' you all the lessons I learned When I made that turn off the 110 Watch that marijuana just burn This shit just make you wanna just sin See that Staples Center high earnin' if the Lakers get me a win I'm gon' liquor shot in memory of Pac, Makaveli live again Bitch, I'm in L.A. yeah, yeah, motherfucker
[Hook: Brandy & James Fauntleroy] LA, can't believe I found love in the city of LA LA, it's the city of angels, it can take you anywhere LA, LA, LA, we found love in LA, LA, LA We found love
[Verse 3 : James Fauntleroy] My nigga so many fell down round here and they won't tell And I ain’t talking love girl but I know how you feel And you've been living in fear Remember I'm right here They got your world on wheels Girl let’s roll through them hills off the ten Rolling, with ya cousin & em Real shit ain't nobody fake, that [?] for me
[Bridge : Ty Dolla $ign, Brandy] City of LA, city of LA (City of LA) City of LA, South Central, Inglewood City of LA, Compton, Long Beach, Watts City, LA
[Hook: Brandy & James Fauntleroy] LA, can't believe I found love in the city of LA LA, it's the city of angels, it can take you anywhere LA, LA, LA, we found love in LA, LA, LA We found love
[Outro:] This is where it started all off nigga But now, look at where we at now, like what the fuck I mean you, the first song is "L.A." So then after that [?] it's all over the world