Everybody's rappin', everybody's sellin' clothes Everybody's picture-takin', shootin' videos In the city of LA, follow me is what the shirts say 'Cause every day in the city is everybody's birthday Every day in the city is everybody's birthday Everybody's rappin', everybody's sellin' clothes Everybody's picture-takin', shootin' videos In the city of LA, follow me is what the shirts say 'Cause every day in the city is everybody's birthday Everybody has their own cupcake and twitter updates Say I must make every event, but I'm slow on the uptake And what makes me the target demo for your club date I'm a nutcase displayin' an obvious what-the-fuck face And what makes a dude promotor, a crew, and a host When the music is over there's puke on the sofa And he's stuck singing a sad ass song, choose the composer In LA, the label promoter is just a code word for a broke herb Trying to get the homies [?] Live music or spoken word, the shadiness is observed And pre-scale tickets, homie, you must be outcha 'burb, 'cause... Everybody's rappin', everybody's sellin' clothes Everybody's picture-takin', shootin' videos In the city of LA, follow me is what the shirts say 'Cause every day in the city is everybody's birthday Every day in the city is everybody's birthday Everybody's rappin', everybody's sellin' clothes Everybody's picture-takin', shootin' videos In the city of LA, follow me is what the shirts say 'Cause every day in the city is everybody's birthday Make a wish birthday boy, don't let the [?] A million cats in Los Angeles with dreams as lame as this There's no communication just people schemin' on angles Everybody's a label intern or movie catererin' But their work resume is featherweight and paper thin They all breakin' in the fame, but they wages stay the same How you gon' win races, too busy stayin' in your lane Play the game with your lame name droppin' I won't complain But in the next rap election, I'm votin' for change Everybody's rappin', everybody's sellin' clothes Everybody's picture-takin', shootin' videos In the city of LA, follow me is what the shirts say 'Cause every day in the city is everybody's birthday Every day in the city is everybody's birthday Everybody's rappin', everybody's sellin' clothes Everybody's picture-takin', shootin' videos In the city of LA, follow me is what the shirts say 'Cause every day in the city is everybody's birthday