Intro - Hello LA

[Intro] Love is Blu Love is Blu Love is Blu Love is Blu Here in Los Angeles [Verse 1: Blu] Straight outta South Central Runnin' down the block, age five with the (pop!) Aimin' at the cops out my window What you been through? Yo, I grew up on King Bully in the '80s With the Raiders and Ronald Reagan Hollywood Boulevard is my backyard It's no wonder I became a rap star I never wanted the fame Now the hood know my name, I killed the game And it ain't been the same, so I got a chain City of angels [Hook: Georgia Anne Muldrow] I'm from L.A.  Straight from the City of Angels Hello, what can I say? What can I say? [Verse 2: Blu] My name is (Blu!) B to the L-U I used to boost CDs, clothеs, and stolen shoes (Retail!) And now thе homies out of school used to tell fools "That's Blu Steel from the Bridgetown crew" Wrecking mics, selling weed, rollin' shotty Made it out the hood, surprised nobody shot me For the knowledge, the loyal, the true And like I always tell my blood, "You can be Blu too" [Hook: Georgia Anne Muldrow] I'm from L.A.  Straight from the City of Angels There's not much more for me to say Hello, I'm simply from L.A.  From L.A.  Straight from the City of Angels And you better believe it $20, got a court-side seat at the sports arena I'm from L.A.  Straight from the city of angels Hello, how ya doin'? I'm proudly from L.A.  From L.A.  Straight from the city of angels 'Til the day I'm old and gray I'm proudly from L.A., yeah [Verse 3: Blu] So what you think about my life, ma? I'm a rap star, without the mansion and the fast car I never graduated But I made it pretty far from playing music in the car you always hated I know I could have been bigger than the hood Cuba Gooding in Boyz N The Hood But I was ballin' in a little gym Across the street from where they filmed Boyz n the Hood Yo, in the hood then [Hook: Georgia Anne Muldrow] I'm from L.A.  Straight from the City of Angels, ooh I'm from L.A.  Straight from the City of Angels, yeah