IntroC....Cmaj7........Am7...ChorusCYeah, I'm faded (Cmaj7Ayy), fake facesAm7
I erase 'em,Am7 CaliforniaC
That fragranceCmaj7, mad paymentsAm7
Fake places,Am7 CaliforniaC
I don't wanna Cmaj7be the one that's left beAm7hind
I loAm7ve the way you lCie
Tryna get my Cmaj7money bag straight this Am7time
The Am7hills is goin' deCcide (Yeah)
Verse 1LA, West
Cmaj7side, mama scared most of the
Am7time
Lookin' be
Am7hind, what's this so called
Clife
Shawty run my other phone, yeah
Cmaj7Fake faces, gotta cut 'em off, yeah
Am7Fake faces, they don't problem solve, yeah
Am7My faith is from the cameras, yeah
CFlash-flash, I'ma take the pictures for my
Cmaj7fam', damn
Show 'em I've made it, f
Am7lashbacks
To the pictures from
Am7way back
The kids were like "Who's that? Who's
Cthat?"
Now I do Hollywood, yeah
Cmaj7Copies everywhere like a walkie talkie
I'ma
Am7run the lobby, speak to nobody
San
Am7Gabriel Valley, I might crash your party, like
ChorusC Yeah, you made it,
Cmaj7 you've been anxious
Am7But you made it,
Am7 California
CConversations
Cmaj7 'til the sunrise
Am7When you stop by
Am7, California
CI don't wanna
Cmaj7be the one that's left be
Am7hind
I lo
Am7ve the way you l
Cie
I don't wanna
Cmaj7be the one to lose my
Am7mind
I kn
Am7ow you know
Verse 2CSomebody put some brakes on me
yea
Cmaj7I really need rest on me
Pops callin'
Am7up every couple days
I'm smilin'
Am7so he could think I'm straight
Why can't I
Ctell the truth?
Cmaj7Playin' J. Cole back then, with a clear end
Am7goal
Like it all made sense, I needed my
Am7self
And nobody else, okay, let's
Cgo, uh
From how it
Cmaj7looks, man, it's hard to complain
Man, I just been
Am7prayin' that when I get older
That I got some s
Am7mile in me that can remain
My money is
Clong but I got some new issues
That feel like as
Cmaj7long as they government names
Man, all I could
Am7wish is the mask that I wear
And the face that's
Am7below it is lookin' the same, like
(
COh, oh,
Cmaj7oh)
Am7You been in this fight, I can
Am7see it in your eyes, like
(
COh, oh,
Cmaj7oh)
Am7I made up my mind, I don't
Am7wanna waste no time
Verse 3C Money makin'
Cmaj7, while we're breakin
Am7'
It's amazin
Am7', California
CCelebrate it
Cmaj7 or berate it
Am7It's been fated
Am7, California
COh, Maria, the
Cmaj7hills are swarmin
Am7'
With dead ends and the
Am7bots performin'
C Don't mistake it
Cmaj7, you can break big
Am7'Til you get sick, hm
C Shut the **** up, don't
Cmaj7wake another neighbor
Am7I don't know you and I don't want to later (Later)
C Praying to God I never
Cmaj7run out of his favor
Am7 But we don't make the textbooks
Am7on our best behavior, do we?
CI'm the an
Cmaj7tihero in my own damn
Am7movie (Movie)
All my exes
Am7write songs that I'm based on,
Cloosely
Take after my
Cmaj7ma, I can be choosy
Am7I can be cho
Am7osy, oh...
C.
And
Cmaj7when the sky l
Am7ooks like a painting
C That's
Cmaj7when you look d
Am7own.....
Am7...
Ccali
Cmaj7fornia..
Am7...
Money makin', while we're breakin'
Ccali
Cmaj7fornia..
Am7...
(But you made it, California)
Ccali
Cmaj7fornia..
Am7...
(Yeah, I'm faded, fake faces)
Ccali
Cmaj7fornia..
Am7...
(But you made it, California)