Self-fulling prophecies Rubbing off of me Buying up my time Selling off my life It's building on its own A pressure no one knows Never seen the heights Following the signs I made this song for you So you don't have to go rendezvous Just focus on your studies 'Cause you want to be somebody in this world Where you'll get no relief Just let this pain wash over me They say when the story ends Another begins But what if they can't read? They're ruining my life Taking up my mind I'm giving up my dreams Buying up my time Selling off my peace Self-fulling prophecies Rubbing off of me Buying up my time Selling off my life It's building on its own A pressure no one knows Never seen the heights Following the signs

Oh God It's the same old song If I was smart I'd run But that would be so dumb Cause oh Lord Whenever you're near me Your mouth is poetry and I start to believe In love, just you and me I tell my friends bout what we could be But the signs you've given aren't clear It gets a little crazy around here 'Cause I I don't want to be the one who says it first And I don't want to be out here looking so thirsty And now all I'm sure of this thing fucking hurts You say so much when you're high But it's not enough to know you're mine The signs You say so much when you're high But it's not enough to know you're mine Over And over again now Reliving all my fears Wondering why I'm here Laying in your bed sheets With nothing else between But a bunch of question marks Promises in the dark We focus You and me I tell my friends 'bout what we could be But the signs you've given aren't clear It gets a little crazy around here 'Cause I I don't want to be the one who says it first And I don't want to be out here looking so thirsty And now all I'm sure of this thing fucking hurts You say so much when you're high But it's not enough to know you're mine The signs You say so much when you're high But it's not enough to know you're mine The signs You say so much when you're high But it's not enough to know you're mine The signs You say so much when you're high But it's not enough to know you're mine

Where I was raised, there was no street lights Just pitch black and passing headlights And where we met, there must have been dark signs Omens in your skies Most days you reach for safety Remain calm, forget that you know me And when we met I could see dark signs Alarm bells in your eyes And I miss the man I was the moment we left off (I might break and bend to my basic need to be loved and close to somebody) (I might break and bend to my basic need to be loved and close to somebody) And I hate who I have become (I might break and bend to my basic need to be loved and close to somebody) Every time I wake up (I might break and bend to my basic need to be loved and close to somebody) And if you saw the marks on my dashboard The new scars that I didn't ask for Would you call, asking for answers? Tear my arms off Most days you reach for safety Remain calm, forget that you know me When we met I could see dark signs Alarm bells in your eyes And I miss the man I was the moment we left off (I might break and bend to my basic need to be loved and close to somebody) (I might break and bend to my basic need to be loved and close to somebody) And I hate who I have become (I might break and bend to my basic need to be loved and close to somebody) Every time I wake up (I might break and bend to my basic need to be loved and close to somebody) And I miss the man I was the moment we left off And I hate who I have become Every time I wake up (I might break and bend to my basic need to be loved and close to somebody) When we met, I could see dark signs, oh When we met, I could see dark signs, oh When we met, I could see dark signs, oh When we met, I could see dark signs, oh no When we met, I could see dark signs, no When we met...

If I whisper into your ear If I think out loud If I make it clear Would that be alright? If I offer to take you out We could take a ride Til' the moon comes out Would you say alright? If I speak to you honestly If I say I miss you before you leave Would you stay the night Am I kidding myself I get hazy when you're around I can't read the signs you know, I was never so good at playing this game Took me long enough to ask your name Woman I don't know Do you feel the same do you understand? I just need a sign you know I've been hoping and praying for someone like you I don't what I'm saying or what I should do I don't know I'd give anything to hold your hand But you'd have to tell me where I stand When I asked if you'd like to meet I felt tongue tied with two left feet And that's not like me Taken by surprise that you'd walk with me Could have sworn that even the autumn leave were falling at your feet Woah, I'm a fool with my dreaming eyes Wishing I was better at reading signs, will she stay for life When you lean in close and you touch my hand And I smile at you like I understand, did I get that right? I can't read the signs you know, I was never so good at playing this game Took me long enough to ask your name Woman I don't know Do you feel the same do you understand? I just need a sign you know I've been hoping and praying for someone like you I don't what I'm saying or what I should do I don't know I'd give anything to hold your hand But you'd have to tell me where I stand I have trouble following the signs you know Why've I got to read between the lines It's so Complicated I feel like I'll never know What's really going on in your heart I can't read the signs you know, I was never too good at playing this game Took me long enough to ask your name Woman I don't know I can't read the signs you know, I was never so good at playing this game Took me long enough to ask your name Woman I don't know Do you feel the same do you understand? I just need a sign you know I've been hoping and praying for someone like you I don't what I'm saying or what I should do I don't know I'd give anything to hold your hand But you'd have to tell me where I stand

CHORUS: City of angels! Justin: What you know about my city that's tic tac? Hustle to get stacks Fail get laughed at Even from here I hear the chit chat Grew up Miracle Mile Fairfax to tar traps, Hamilton High alumni What you know Ham and cheese supreme JB to Carthay cat LA it be the base and the catalyst Walk Crescent Heights worldwide back to strangle us Land of the saint and the land of the wicked Hollywood to Bell The manichean kick it What a duality, arid reality Devon Brown Shot Minor technicality Brad Pitt's cheatin' front page reality Stanley Miller Beatin' DA don't want to touch it But I love my city Soft yet rugged Rep LA I know the Angels will love it CHORUS: City of angels! Jabu: I let the beat talk Then I just fill in the words Its Jabulani that you're dealing with My hood is tough like its clubber lang So in the bucket I bump behind mac in the gutter lane I write raps when I feel the pain or even sorrow But you heard it before the sun will come out tomorrow, or so they say But see we're living in L.A. and what you thought was the sun, was just a flash from the k You stashing your weed in the passenger seat of the regal with the gold feet Watch your back, lil' homie got a loaded mac on Figueroa Just got a new girl His rep he's finna show her But slow down baby gangsta, you aint prepared for the truth You got him and its gonna happen to you, aint gotta live how your homie do Just work the angles The city I'm from is Los Angels Come on! CHORUS: City of angels!

I'm comin for ya, I抦 in the cut, creepin? up, now I抦 on ya It goes to the break of dawn, and it just don抰 stop, Lyric fist fights brothers we don抰 need no glocks It goes peace, if you come to see me rebel 2nafish will come ready like I was Edie Brickell I'm everlasting, never will my head expand This publisher is clearing house like I was Ed McMahan I抣l getcha open like a bullet wound come test the repertoire And I抣l connect a right cross to your upper jaw I抦 on my toes, all my foes beware Cuz 2nafish will tackle flows like I抦 Rosie Greer I抦 hear to tell you the response is choice Comin to smother the brother with the monster voice Is going to wipe slow specimenI got the hype so listen in, Lyrical nitroglycerin We pack a punch like an earthquake set, Comin through your tape deck is how we shape shift So all you critics out there take shelter Or you抣l be on my conveyor belt when I melt ya