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

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

Want to get out, had to get out, got out
Want to get out, had to get out, got out
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

Want to get out, had to get out, got out
Want to get out, had to get out, got out
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

But just then a strange thought overtook my brain
And since that day, it never felt the same
If everybody just put down their arms
To nobody on the planet could ever come harm

Want to get out, had to get out, got out
Want to get out, had to get out, got out
Want to get out, had to get out, got out
Escape from the city of angels

The people of this planet they want explanations
For riots, earthquakes and all God’s creations

You got me, I just couldn’t say
I do what I do, I take it day by day

Want to get out, had to get out, got out
Want to get out, had to get out, got out
Want to get out, had to get out, got out
Escape from the city of angels

Well six weeks later, still don’t know what’s up
Don’t got many friends, still got an empty cup
They speak in tongues I don’t understand
But I look just like ‘em, visually I blend

It’s time to start it up in my new land
Korvorão’s one and only survival plan

Want to get out, had to get out, got out
Want to get out, had to get out, got out
Want to get out, had to get out, got out
Escape from the city of angels

It took me two years, but now I know for sure
La ain’t the enemy and goodness will endure
The seed of free, my real need
Was right there all the time inside of me

Just a voyage of my mind is what I needed
But now I'm on the other side and deep seeded
LA to LAX in fourteen hours flat
At home on two shores, but I ain’t living fat

Still plagued by brokenness
It doesn’t disappear when I say, hocus-pocus
But grounded for the moment in the city of Lisbon
I'm looking for peace and I'm looking for wisdom

Hooked up with a mastermind named, grizzly
Formed Ithaca, now we’re rolling busily

Want to get out, had to get out, got out
Want to get out, had to get out, got out
Want to get out, had to get out, got out
Escape from the city of angels

Want to get out, had to get out, got out
Want to get out, had to get out, got out
Want to get out, had to get out, got out
Escape from the city of angels

Escape from the city of angels
Escape from the city of angels
Escape from the city of angels
Escape from the city of angels
Escape from the city of angels