California (Hustle & Flow)

[Verse 1]
Running around like you're front page news
Lonely eyes and your motorcycle boots
Tattooed heart and your jet-black hair
Running 'round like you don't care

[Chorus]
Take me down
Take me on down the line

[Verse 2]
Well, I was born, baby, with nothing to lose
But the Black man taught me how to sing the blues
Made a little life out of rock 'n' roll
And that crazy California hustle and flow

[Chorus]
Take me down
Take me on down the line
Shake me down
Shake me on down the line

[Verse 3]
I went too fast with that rhythm and booze
Almost ended up dead like all those other fools
Everyone's got some sort of ball and chain
What's life without a little pain?

[Chorus]
Take me down
Take me on down the line
Shake me down
Shake me on down the line

[Bridge]
Living in a Hollywood movie dream
I'm still reaching for the stars
Life gets hard and then it gets good
Like I always knew it would

[Verse 1]
Running around like you're front page news
Lonely eyes and your motorcycle boots
Tattooed heart and your jet-black hair
Running 'round like you don't care

[Chorus]
Take me down
Take me on down the line
Shake me down
Shake me on down the line

[Chorus]
Take me down
Take me on down the line
Shake me down
Shake me on down the line

[Outro]
On down the line
On down the line
On down the line
On down the line
On down the line
On down the line