Yeah, they’ll tell you now, you’re the lucky one And they’ll tell you now, you’re the lucky one Let me tell you now, you’re the lucky one New to town with a made up name in the Angel city, chasing fortune and fame And the camera flashes, make it look

'Cause you really hurt me I got to go Once upon a time on the same side But no, you let me go Oh you really hurt me Once upon a time somebody ran Somebody ran away saying, "Fast as they can" Once upon a time we fell apart You're holding in your hands

They didn't believe me, they didn't believe me Are in a class beyond compare And when I tell them And I certainly am goin' to tell them They'll never believe me, they'll never believe me That from this great big world you've chosen me Got the cutest

They don't want no smoke, they don't want none They don't want none, no Pussy niggas don't want no smoke Fire on a nigga if he fuck with my soldier Try and play me like a pussy nigga, but it won't work If you need a plate, then you could hit me on my

Till they set you free I don't want to see you, yeah Is this the end of the beginning? Or the beginning of the end? Losing control or are you winning? Is your life real or just pretend? Reanimation of the sequence Rewinds the future to the past To find

My mama called, seen you on TV, son Said shit done changed ever since we was on I dreamed it all ever since I was young They said I wouldn't be nothing Now they always say congratulations Worked so hard, forgot how to vacation They ain't never had the

Hey somewhere You threw your fear in the sea of no cares When you're in love there's no time and no space There's a permanent smile on your face Your friends all complain that you're going insane But the truth is they're just afraid When you decide that

Ring them bells ye heathen from the city that dreams Ring them bells from the sanctuaries cross the valleys and streams For they're deep and they're wide And the world is on its side And time is running backwards And so is the bride Ring them bells Saint

I like to play with the cash, go to Chanel and spaz Kicking flavors Saint Laurent watch how I walk Ain't no favors, they gon' outline you in chalk You the biggest, biggest hater of them all It ain't no time, it ain't no time, it ain't no time It ain't no

But if I know you, I know what you'll do I know you, I walked with you once upon a dream And I know it's true that visions are seldom all they seem You'll love me at once, the way you did once upon a dream I know you, that look in your eyes is so