Am   Dm
Uh, yeah
G       Am
I just told myself, uh
Dm         G   Am F
Yeah, uh, yeah

[Chorus]
Dm
Welcome to A 
The land of opportunity where everybody stay
Am
The girls are pretty, the sun will shine 360 days
                                   Dm
But I don't always feel that way, today I need some gray
Yeah, uh, please protect my soul before they weather it away
Am
The land of opportunity where everybody stay

[Verse 1]
Yeah
      F
They move out to this town where dreams, ambitions, and get lost in the party
Takes a toll on you, man, this shit will charge a large fee
                          Am
Just don't forget who you are, G
                                           Dm
Staring at the man in the mirror, like I recognize him hardly
Burn my sins away and twist some parsley
                                        G
Stop and chill, these days I do it sparsely
Am
In another universe I coulda' had a stroller and a car seat, word
F
They tell me things will happen how they supposed to
But somehow it seems I hurt all the people I get close to
                            Am
Experiencing breakdowns at 27 goes through
                                                Dm
'Cause you don't want to see heaven yet, where Janis Joplin knows you
On phone calls with Mama like she tryin' to give me a earfull
                                        Am
She said "This is the town that happens in so just be careful
Been tryin' to keep your head straight
                       F
And dead-off all that bullshit, that's just dead weight"
Yeah

[Chorus]
F
Welcome to A 
The land of opportunity where everybody stay
Dm                                        Am
The girls are pretty, the sun will shine 360 days
                                    Dm
But I don't always feel that way, today I need some gray
Dm
Yeah, uh, please protect my soul before they weather it away
     Am
The land of opportunity where everybody stay

[Verse 2]
                           F
The whole world's outside knocking at my door like "Gerald, where the fuck that album at?"
But I ain't home, I'm on the road, the stage is where they found me at
          G                       Am
So my personal interest, take a backseat to the business
                                    Dm
But I balance like a gymnast, like Simone in the Olympics
So please pardon my tardiness, I'm tryin' to put my heart in this
                               Am
Give this shit my everything, every time when I start with this
Hungry for the world, that’s why I starve for this
        F
Yeah, artists come and go these days it's easy, they're not hard to miss
Here today, gone tomorrow, they fade into a dark abyss
G                                Am
Hollywood sold you a dream, like how the fuck you fall for this?
                                    Dm
Have to know yourself or you just really gon' get lost in this, sauce
I really paid the cost to be a boss
                                           Am
I paid in cash and skipped the tax, ain't asked for no receipt
When I get stressed I play the beat and split a Swisher Sweet
F
Damn, yeah, uh

[Chorus]
F
Welcome to A 
The land of opportunity where everybody stay
G                                         Am
The girls are pretty, the sun will shine 360 days
                                   Dm
But I don't always feel that way, today I need some gray
Dm
Yeah, uh, please protect my soul before they weather it away
Am                         F
The land of opportunity, yeah, uh