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California (feat. Jackson Wang, Warren Hue, Rich Brian & Niki) (Remix)

A sprawling 88rising remix where the West Coast fantasy meets restless reality.

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California dreams turn to nightmares now

A sprawling 88rising remix where the West Coast fantasy meets restless reality.

California dreams turn to nightmares now

The 2021 'California' remix brings together Jackson Wang, Warren Hue, Rich Brian, and Niki under the 88rising banner. It's one of those collective tracks where everyone gets a verse to sketch their own version of the California myth. The lyric excerpt reads like a group text thread after midnight, faded, anxious, driving around with the windows down.

There's a blunt admission in 'the worst part about me is it's never enough' that cuts through the haze. It's not about ambition or greed so much as a quiet exhaustion with your own wiring. The whole verse feels like someone trying to outrun that feeling by rolling through town, asking for love they know won't stick.

That shift from dreams to nightmares happens in seven words. It's the whole song's pivot, the moment the postcard image cracks and something darker seeps through the sunshine.

The song keeps circling back to 'I don't know where I went wrong with you,' but the real tension is in the distance between 'California dreams' and 'nightmares now.' It's less about a specific person than about the gap between the life you pictured and the one you're actually living.

The way 'I see constellations spelling out your name' hangs there for a second before the next thought crashes in. It's a rare moment of stillness in a song full of motion.

edit_note Ethan Walker · Hiper Musicas team
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California (feat. Jackson Wang, Warren Hue, Rich Brian & Niki) (Remix)

Yeah I’m faded,

fake faces I erase ‘em,

California That fragrance,

mad payments Fake places,

California I don’t want to be the one that’s left behind I love the way,

you lie Tryna get my money bag straight this time The hills is gon’ decide Yeah,

I don’t know where I went wrong with you I be driving round in Cali overthinking like I always do If the love isn’t real then I don’t know what is true Yeah,

I don’t know where I went wrong with you Ok the worst part about me is it's never enough Little shawty said she’d hit me but I’m calling her bluff Roll the windows down while I’m rolling through tough While I’m in the town,

will you show me some love?

Well yeah,

California dreams turn to nightmares now I can hear the scream through the silence now Baby don’t you leave where you just lied down with me on the ground I see constellations spelling out your name I just used my heart and not my brain Push to start and do what Simon say so I can give it to you any day Yeah,

I don’t know where I went wrong with you I be driving round in Cali overthinking like I always do If the love isn’t real then I don’t know what is true Yeah,

I don’t know where I went wrong with you Yeah you made it,

You’ve been anxious But you made it,

California Conversations,

Til the sun rise When you stop by,

California I don’t want to be the one that’s left behind I love the way,

you lie I don’t wanna be the one to lose my mind I know you know Somebody put some brakes on me,

I really need rest on me Pops callin’ up every couple days I’m smiling so he could think I’m straight Why can’t I tell the truth (wooo) Playing J Cole back then,

with a clear end goal,

like it all made sense,

I needed myself and nobody else ok let’s go From how it looks man it’s hard to complain Man I just been praying that when I get older that I got some smile in me that can remain My money is long but I got some new issues that feel like it’s longer than government names Man all I could wish is the mask that I wear and the face that’s below it is looking the same Like ohhh You’ve been in this fight,

I could see it in your eyes Like ohhh I made up my mind,

I don’t wanna waste no time Moneymaking,

while we’re breaking It’s amazing,

California Celebrate it,

or berate it It’s been fated,

California Oh Maria,

the hills are swarming With dead ends and the bots performing Don’t mistake it,

you can break big Til you get sick Sigh Shut the fuck up don’t wake another neighbor I don’t know you and I don’t want to later Praying to God I never run out of His favor But we don’t make the textbooks on our best behavior,

do we?

I’m the antihero of my own damn movie All my exes write songs that I’m based on loosely Take after my ma I can be choosy,

I can be choosy And when the sky looks like a painting That’s when you look down And the sky In California,

California,

California And baby yeah I wish I didn’t know ya Real or fake California Imma hold ya