Gonna be free, one day we gon' fly To the other side, golden ride Ocean breeze, haze in the sky Livin’ like a champion up in the canyon Smile on the beach if we could only reach it Gangster paradise on the bus Stars in the pavement, red ropes sayin' You will never be one of us Angeles, oh angeles, angeles, angeles Angeles, oh angeles, angeles, los angeles Ooooo, take my soul, I wanna let you Ooooo, wish that I had never met you Gonna be free, one day we gon' fly To the other side, golden ride Ocean breeze, haze in the sky Livin’ like a champion up in the canyon Night bloomin' jasmine, waited on a has been Livin' in the street light day by day Houses on stilts and ancient hills With eyes that have seen this a million ways Angeles, oh angeles, angeles, angeles Angeles, oh angeles, angeles, los angeles Ooooo, take my soul, I wanna let you Ooooo, wish that I had never met you This place and I, we have an affair It's beautiful and violent and full of despair This place and I, we have an affair It's beautiful and violent and full of despair Ooooo, take my soul, I wanna let you Ooooo, wish that I had never met you Angeles, oh angeles, angeles, angeles Angeles, oh angeles, angeles, los angeles Angeles, oh angeles, angeles, angeles Angeles, oh angeles, angeles, los angeles (Sole, sole, ya-yo) (Shine down on me) (Take my soul, I wanna let you) (Wish that I had never met you)