“After going to Los Angeles, California, USA I had met many Indigenous folks there that took me in, provided amazing hospitality and left me wanting to make a feel good Cali vibe that was inclusive for them which lead to this song being the outcome. Big ups to my Cali fam and for holding it down!” D...
[Verse 1]
Touching down in the LAX
Watching out for some of L.A.’s best
Rolling out but I gotta roll fresh
How I’m rolling out got me feeling so blessed
Palm trees sunny blue skies
Bomb peeps more Indigenous ties
Tongva, The chumash, Indigenous tribes
Now solidify the Indigenous vibe
Hold up, Bout to go in
On the boardwalk got the sun on my skin
When I roll up, bout to go swim
Take a shortstop then run with the wind
Then I focus when the waves flow in
California gleaming with the blue ocean
Then I notice that I got a notion
California dreamin better know what it is
[Pre-Chorus]
Bimi-ayaa, Niibaashkaa
Seeing stars on boulevards
Maawanji’idiwag, In California
Zaagitoon, Niibaashkaa
Seeing stars on boulevards
Maawanji’idiwag, In California
[Chorus]
In California, In California
In California, In California
In California, In California
In California, In California
[Verse 2]
Vybing out in Californ-I-A
Hit the town got it on replay
Finding out with the more I stay
New Nish in town, the man’s Ojibwe
Wait in hills catch a sunrise
Displaying skills with Indigenous rhymes
Real in the field with Indigenous pride
Now solidify the Indigenous rise
Hold up, Bout to go in
Native boy fresh with my beads on drip
When I roll up, Bout to go within
Looking right in to our traditions
Show my respect to the host nations
California gleaming with the known natives
Hold my respect to all relations
California dreaming better know what it is
[Pre-Chorus]
Bimi-ayaa, Niibaashkaa
Seeing stars on boulevards
Maawanji’idiwag, In California
Zaagitoon, Niibaashkaa
Seeing stars on boulevards
Maawanji’idiwag, In California
[Chorus]
In California, In California
In California, In California
In California, In California
In California, In California
California was written by Cody Purcell.
California was produced by Hi-Hater.
Cody Coyote released California on Sat Aug 17 2019.