I came to you in 1984
you showed me in then you shut the door
it didn't take me long to learn to play the game
a kick in the head always feels the same
los angeles
you're a fuckin' whore
hollywood
you're an open sore
fuckin'
I played it well and I played it fast
livin' slow was in the past
chicks and drugs and gettin' burnt
just a few of the things I learnt
got sick and tired of bein' scared as hell
a wasted man just a shell of myself
but that was then and this is now
my pretty baby I've changed somehow
los angeles
you've lost you're grip
drugs and lies and whores suckin' dick
I don't know if I could do things differently
l.a. had me for so long
when I look I can see things differently
what doesn't kill me makes me strong
los angeles
I didn't sell my soul to you
los angeles
you thought you would kill me
you thought you could kill me
you thought you could take me down
you thought you could kill me
fuck that power to me
los angeles
you're a fuckin' whore
a kick in the head finally reached my core
I don't know if I could do things differently
l.a. had me for so long
when I look I can see things differently
I've stood up
I've crawled out
and now I'm strong
now I'm strong
sometimes it goes like this
a kick in the head
a kick in the head
to learn
a kick in the head
a kick in the head
sometimes it goes like that
you see
sometimes that's the only way
to learn
yeah
a kick in the head
a kick in the head
I wish you were dead
a kick in the head
yeah
yeah
a kick in the head
