There's violence in the layers of L.A.'s past When the American dream seems close The search can turn desperate ♪ Dawg, it's way too late Took the elevator up, up to penthouse eight I've been gone, gone, gone in a darker place And my favorite drugs keeping me awake (ooh) That's just day to day (ooh) It's time to break the bank Seven thousand ones on a silver plate (woah) I'm flying in girls from outer space (ooh) And all my friends faker than these stripper's names At the penthouse eight, at the ♪ Hey, hey Yeah, yeah Yeah, yeah Woah, woah Small town in the land of the free Moved to Cali 'cause she chasing her dream (hey) I can tell, I can tell that She wanna be famous (hey) She wanna be famous, oh, no, no Shoes and cars and magazines Shooting stars and Maybelline Who you are is everything Yeah, yeah She wanna be famous, yeah She wanna be famous, oh, no, no She wanna be loved (loved) She's gonna be hated Lost in the club (club) Always getting faded She wanna be famous (famous) She's so shameless (shameless) Ooh woah, woah I can't even say I blame her Deep down we are all the same We all wanna be famous We all wanna be famous