[VIDEO EXPLANATION] [Hook: NuyoRiquena] Los Angeles city of dreams But nothing is what it seems [Verse 1: Jerome Chance] The first time I ever set foot in this city Got a taste of its nature, hardboiled and gritty A gate to the stars where you can touch angels Or get dragged to hell and watch your dreams dangle Ain't Liberty City nor San Andreas Where the quantity of 487s would jade us Like a movie casting LA is made up Of HEROES on the FRINGE and raving MAD MEN Criminals hated us cuz were straight laces In this world LAPD is the greatest Before joining crews dressed in red and blue hues Gangsters had suits and wore wingtip shoes The city scenery brought real to dreamery Our cases results of historical thievery We didn't engage in random acts of violence Unless necessary the gat was on silence [Bridge: NuyoRiquena] Los Angeles City of Dreams In Los Angeles No one Sleeps There are no boundaries the opportunities never cease The Darkness takes control And slowly eats your soul Los Angeles the city of dreams But nothing is what it seems [Verse 2: Jerome Chance] We booked hookers, thieves and dope fiends its Before ROCK, STARS used morphine intravenous Things have changed since the way we gathered hints Leaving fingerprints and tampering with evidence Our form of lie detection Was the look upon their face and We got our information for confessionsThrough intense interrogations No we weren't waiting for summation of narration Performances on par with Great Expectations And if they kept on b**hin We just used our intuition On the object of suspicion And brought justice to fruition If you're like Phoenix Wright You made your case without a fight But we had to put our dukes up if the suspect didn't bite Or I had to chase them while my partner sat and watched me I could Just Do It better if I had on some Huraches No matter who you are or what you got on your feet LA Noire is more solid than shoes of concrete [Hook: NuyoRiquena] Los Angeles city of dreams But nothing is what it seems