California Babylon

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Transplants is an American punk rock/rap rock supergroup. They formed in 1999 when Tim Armstrong (of the bands Rancid and Operation Ivy) played his friend and roadie Rob Aston some beats he had made using Pro Tools and asked Rob if he would consider contributing lyrics. Initially, Tim played all the instruments himself but as the project grew, he invited musician friends such as Matt Freeman (Rancid), Lars Frederiksen (Rancid), and Vic Ruggiero (The Slackers) to add to the sound. Before long, Tim and Rob decided to officially form a band, but to make things complete, they wanted a drummer, so Travis Barker from Blink-182 was asked to join in 2002. Tim first became inspired to work with loops and samples after being introduced to London's speed/garage scene by… more »

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Waitress all dressed like nurses in bondage 
Brought me the check, said "I want you to sign this"
Union boy standing next to the rastas 
"There's gonna be a strike and you ain't gonna stop us"
Three men standing and they love what they do 
You won't see it coming, cause they wanna surprise you 
Consider it done, they're gonna stand right by you 
American punks don't care about you 
Hollywood what you gonna do?

[Chorus]
Don't say that you don't understand 
Don't say that you can't comprehend 
Don't say that you don't understand, this is California Babylon, my man

Don't say that you don't understand 
Don't say that you can't comprehend 
Don't say that you don't understand, this is California Babylon, my man 

Don't say that you don't understand 
Don't say that you can't comprehend 
Don't say that you can't understand, this is California Babylon, my man 

You can take away the nights with sights of bright lights 
Sheiks still ride, engage in street fights 
Two to the head, pull around, he's dead 
Suspect fled, caught up with bloodshed 
No sign of hope, we fight and sling dope 
Junkies to our left, no fix, they can't cope 
Violence won't cease, hand me the chrome piece 
No peace or sleep, we fight with police 

This is the city that'll make all your dreams come true 
So pay attention 

[Chorus]

At last she had arrived, we turned in exhausted 
Cocaine in her pocket, she can get busted 
Once again she passes, now she's gone 
Now she's with her friend, her beautiful young 
She showed up on the scene, she was 17 
Now she's 21, she does some more coke, she does some more coke 
She drinks some whiskey and she smokes some dope 
She thinks she's a star
Do you know who you are?

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