California

C Cmaj7 Am7

[Intro]
Cmaj7
Yeah, I'm faded (ayy), fake faces
Am7                    Cmaj7
I erase 'em, California

That fragrance, mad payments
Am7                    Cmaj7
Fake places, California
I don't wanna be the one that's left
   Am7
 behind
                       C
I love the way you lie
   Cmaj7                           
Tryna get my money bag straight 
  Am7
this time

The hills is gon' decide (yeah, ayy)


[Verse 1]
Cmaj7                             
  La, Westside, mama scared most 
      Am7
of the time
Lookin' behind, what's this so 
       Cmaj7
called life?

Shawty run my other phone, yeah
Am7
Fake faces, gotta cut 'em off, yeah

Fake faces, them crossed of yeah, 
yeah

My faith is from the cameras, yeah
Cmaj7
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
The kids were like, "Who's that? 
             Cmaj7
Who's that?"

Now I do Hollywood, yeah

Copies everywhere like a walkie 
talkie
     Am7
I'ma run the lobby, speak to nobody

San Gabriel Valley, I might crash 
your party, like


[Chorus 1]
Cmaj7
  Yeah, you made it, you've been 
anxious
Am7                          C
  But you made it, California
      Cmaj7
Conversations 'til the sunrise
Am7                           C
  When you stop by, California
Continues after the ad
           Cmaj7                   
I don't wanna be the one that's 
    Am7
left behind
                      C
I love the way you lie
                 Cmaj7             
I don't wanna be the one to lose my
 Am7
 mind

I know you know


[Verse 2]
C
Somebody put some brakes on me
  Cmaj7
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?
Cmaj7
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
Cmaj7
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
                  Cmaj7
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


[Bridge]
C   Cmaj7
Oh, oh, oh
Am7
You been in this fight

I can see it in your eyes, like
C   Cmaj7
Oh, oh, oh
Am7
I made up my mind

I don't wanna waste no time, yeah


[Chorus 2]
C      Cmaj7
 Money makin', while we're breakin'
Am7                      C
 It's amazin', California
    Cmaj7
Celebrate it or berate it
Am7                         C
 It's been fated, California
      Cmaj7
Oh, Maria, the hills are swarmin'
Am7
With dead ends and the bots 
performin'
Cmaj7
 Don't mistake it, you can break big
Am7
 'Til you get sick, hm


[Verse 3]
C                         Cmaj7
  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                        Cmaj7
  Praying to God I never run out of 
His favor
Am7                               
  But we don't make the textbooks 
                      Am
on our best behavior, do we?
C            Cmaj7               
I'm the anti-hero in my own damn 
Am7
movie (movie)
All my exes write songs that I'm 
          C
based on, loosely
     Cmaj7
Take after my ma, I can be choosy
Am7                   C
  I can be choosy, oh
Cmaj7                Am7   
And when the sky looks like a 
            C
painting
       Cmaj7             Am7
That's when you look down

[Other]
C   Cmaj7
California
Am7
Money makin', while we're breakin'
C   Cmaj7
California
Am7
But you made it, California
C   Cmaj7
California
      Am7
Yeah, I'm faded, fake faces
C   Cmaj7
California
Am7
 But you made it, California
C   Cmaj7   A
California