Introduction: C7M
Yeah, I'm faded (ayy), fake faces Am7
C7M
I erase 'em, California That fragrance, mad payments Am7
C7M
Fake places, California Am7
I don't wanna be the one that's left behind C
I love the way you lie C7M
Am7
Tryna get my money bag straight this time The hills is gon' decide (yeah, ayy)
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Am7
La, Westside, mama scared most of the time
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Lookin' behind, what's this so called life?
Shawty run my other phone, yeah
Am7
Fake faces, gotta cut 'em off, yeah
Fake faces, them crossed of yeah, yeah
C7M
Flash-flash, I'ma take the pictures for my fam, damn
Show 'em I've made it
Am7
Flashbacks to the pictures from way back
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The kids were like, "Who's that? Who's that?"
Now I do Hollywood, yeah
Am7
I'ma run the lobby, speak to nobody
San Gabriel Valley, I might crash your party, like
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Yeah, you made it, you've been anxious
Am7
C
But you made it, California
C7M
Conversations 'til the sunrise
Am7
C
When you stop by, California
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Am7
I don't wanna be the one that's left behind
C
I love the way you lie
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Am7
I don't wanna be the one to lose my mind
I know you know
C
Somebody put some brakes on me
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I really need rest on me
Am7
Pops callin' up every couple days
I'm smilin' so he could think I'm straight
C
Why can't I tell the truth?
C7M
Playin' J. Cole back then, with a clear end goal
Am7
Like it all made sense, I needed myself
C
And nobody else, okay, let's go, uh
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From how it looks, man, it's hard to complain
Am7
Man, I just been prayin' that when I get older
That I got some smile in me that can remain
C
My money is long but I got some new issues
C7M
That feel like as long as they government names
Am7
Man, all I could wish is the mask that I wear
And the face that's below it is lookin' the same, like
C
C7M
Oh, oh, oh
Am7
You been in this fight
I can see it in your eyes, like
C
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Oh, oh, oh
Am7
I made up my mind
I don't wanna waste no time, yeah
C
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Money makin', while we're breakin'
Am7
C
It's amazin', California
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Celebrate it or berate it
Am7
C
It's been fated, California
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Oh, Maria, the hills are swarmin'
Am7
With dead ends and the bots performin'
C7M
Don't mistake it, you can break big
Am7
'Til you get sick, hm
C
C7M
Shut the fuck up, don't wake another neighbor (yeah, shut the fuck up)
Am7
I don't know you and I don't want to later (later)
C
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Praying to God I never run out of His favor
Am7
Am
But we don't make the textbooks on our best behavior, do we?
C
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Am7
I'm the anti-hero in my own damn movie (movie)
C
All my exes write songs that I'm based on, loosely
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Take after my ma, I can be choosy
Am7
C
I can be choosy, oh
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Am7
C
And when the sky looks like a painting
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Am7
That's when you look down
C
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California
Am7
Money makin', while we're breakin'
C
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California
Am7
But you made it, California
C
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California
Am7
Yeah, I'm faded, fake faces
C
C7M
California
Am7
But you made it, California
C
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California