To live and die in LA, where everyday we try to fatten our pockets 
Us niggaz hustle for the cash so it's hard to knok it 
Everybody got they own thang, currency chasin 
Worldwide through the hard times, warrior faces 
Shed tears as we bury niggaz close to heart 
What was a friend now a ghost in the dark, cold hearted bout it  [bad word] got smoked by a fiend, tryin to floss on him 
Blind to a broken man's dream, a hard lesson 
Court cases keep me guessin, plea bargain 
ain't an option now, so I'm stressin, cost me more 
to be free than a life in the pen 
Makin money off of cuss words, writin again 
Learn how to think ahead, so I fight with my pen 
Late night down Sunset likin 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 
(repeat 2X) 

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 
Watchin the ghetto bird helicopters, I observe 
So many niggaz gettin 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 
Livin life Thug style, so I can't smile 
Writin to my peoples when they ask for pictures 
Thinkin Cali just fun and [bad word]  hahaha 
Better learn about the dress code, B's and C's 
All them other niggaz 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 with 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 tryin 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, niggaz lost they way 
Gang signs being showed, [bad word] love your hood 
But reconize and it's all good, where the weed at? 
Niggaz gettin 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, wit a ounce to burn 
Got them Watts niggaz 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, hopin it pay 
Gettin high watchin 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 bumpin my [bad word] 
Makin my [bad word] sells [bad word] quitraple platinum, hehe 
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 y'all [bad word] 
LA, California Love part [bad word] Two 
Without [bad word] [bad word] Dre