[Intro: Makaveli]
No doubt... to live and die in LA
California -- what you say about Los Angeles
Still the only place for me that never rains in the sun and everybody got love

[Verse One: Makaveli]
To live and die in LA, where everyday we try to fatten our pockets
Us niggas hustle for the cash so it's hard to knock it
Everybody got they own thang, currency chasing
Worldwide through the hard times, worrying faces
Shed tears as we bury niggas close to heart
What was a friend now a ghost in the dark, cold hearted about it [bad word] got smoked by a fiend, trying to floss on him
Blind to a broken man's dream, a hard lesson
Court cases keep me guessing, plea bargain ain't an option now,
So I'm stressing, cost me more to be free than a life in the pen
Making money off of cuss words, writing again
Learn how to think ahead, so I fight with my pen
Late night down Sunset liking the scene
What's the worst they could do to a [bad word] got me lost in [bad word] To live and die in LA on bail, my angel sing
 [bad word]  Val Young]
To live and die in LA, it's the place to be
You've got to be there to know it, what everybody wanna see
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[Verse Two: Makaveli]
It's the City of Angels and constant danger
South Central LA, can't get no stranger
Full of drama like a soap opera, on the curb
Watching the ghetto bird helicopters, I observe
So many niggas getting three strikes, tossed in jail
I swear the pen the right across from [bad word]  I can't cry
'cause it's on now, I'm just a [bad word] on his own now
Living life Thug style, so I can't smile
Writing to my peoples when they ask for pictures
Thinking Cali just fun and [bad word]  ha ha ha
Better learn about the dress code, B's and C's
All them other niggas copycats, these is G's
I love Cali like I love woman
'cause every [bad word] in LA got a little bit of Thug in him
We might fight amongst each other, but I promise you this
We'll burn this [bad word] down, get us [bad word] To live and die in LA
(Let my angel sing)
 [bad word] 

[Verse Three: Makaveli]
'cause would it be LA without Mexicans?
Black love brown pride and the sets again
Pete Wilson trying to see us all broke, I'm on some [bad word] Out for everything they owe, remember K-DAY
Weekends, Crenshaw -- MLK
Automatics rang free, niggas lost they way
Gang signs being showed, [bad word] love your hood
But recognize and it's all good, where the weed at?
Niggas getting shermed out
Snoop Dogg in this [bad word] perved out, M.O.B.
Big Suge in the Low-Low, bounce and turn
Dogg Pound in the Lex, with a ounce to burn
Got them Watts niggas with me, OFTB
They got some hash took the stash left the rest for me
Neckbone, Tre, Head Ron, Punchy too
Big Rock got knocked, but this one's for you
I hit the studio and drop a jewel, hoping it pay
Getting high watching time fly, to live and die in LA
(Let my angel sing)
 [bad word] 

[Outro: Makaveli]
This go out for 92.3, and 106
All the radio stations that be bumping my [bad word] Making my [bad word] sells [bad word] quitraple platinum, he he
This go out to all the magazines that supported me
All the real [bad word] All the stores, the mom and pop spots
A&R people, all you all [bad word] LA, California Love part [bad word] Two
Without [bad word] [bad word] Dre