Escape From The City Of Angels by Ithaka
People they ask me, Why the hell you wanna leave?
Saying that they'll miss me, that they're gonna grieve
This town is number one, we got the Lakers and the sun.
There's always lots of lovelies, always lots of fun
Why won't you settle down and stay?
Who in their right mind would ever leave LA?
But I gotta tell you, got to put it straight
still've busted out of there busted down the gate
Cuz, I had to get out while there was going to get,
LA was the hunter, California was the net
So I got up, got off of my bucket
Sometimes you gotta say, Well what the hell.? FUCK IT!
Wasn't around for the riots of the King
But every other night bullets left my ears to ring.
HOSTILITY, the song that LA played
Every single night and every single day.
Walking down the alley, the one behind my house
Came five slang-bangers, it was me they were to roust
They asked me, Where ya going?, said, Not really sure
The next thirty-seconds I remembered in a blur
3x WANT TO GET OUT. HAD TO GET OUT. GOT OUT.
ESCAPE FROM THE CITY OF ANGELS
I tried so hard for years to understand
Why do you find such pleasure in killing another man?
I prefer the simple highs in life
Like a mountain of water, not cuttin' with a knife
But where I've disappeared ain't confidential
The sky's still blue, the swells are monumental
And no, I'm not ignoring my heritage
Over the gap, I'm a building a bridge
To learn once and for all that peace can exist
Forgive, forget, bring down the fists
3x-WANT TO GET OUT. HAD TO GET OUT. GOT OUT.
ESCAPE FROM THE CITY OF ANGELS
Five days later, what have I got?
I'm in another place which is sunny and hot
The difference here is that I'm free as a bird
No gun to my head, no blood on the curb
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