We were drinkin' dinner on the sunset strip   The girls doin' powder got a little on her lip   It's just another night, man I can't take this      We're runnin' outta money and I can't pay the rent   The man at the label said we'll never write a hit   Shit, man I can't take this      When everything is d-d-drivin' me crazy   Oh, I'm tickin' like time bomb and I'm about to blow      What's it gonna take to make it?   What's it gonna take to make it?   I'm a sorry motherfucker   Tired of livin' in the gutter, get me outta here      What's it gonna take to make it?   I'll do anything but fake it   What's it gonna take   What's it gonna take to make it here?      So we wrote another song, cut a demo on a dime   They didn't like the sound, we didn't fit the times   The radio station said it's way too loud      So we took it to the streets just to prove 'em all wrong   We knew we had it right, yeah we knew it all along   It's just another fight, man I can't take this      When everything is d-d-drivin' me crazy   Oh, I'm tickin' like time bomb and I'm about to blow      What's it gonna take to make it?   What's it gonna take to make it?   I'm a sorry motherfucker   Tired of livin' in the gutter, get me outta here      What's it gonna take to make it?   I'll do anything but fake it   What's it gonna take   What's it gonna take to make it here?      What's it gonna take to make it   In the city of sin, yeah, city of angels?   What's it gonna take to make it outta here?      What's it gonna take to make it here?   What's it gonna take to make it here?   What's it gonna take to make it?   What's it gonna take to make it?   I'm a sorry motherfucker   Tired of livin' in the gutter, get me outta here      What's it gonna take to make it?   I'll do anything but fake it   What's it gonna take   What's it gonna take to make it here?      What's it gonna take to make it here?   What's it gonna take to make it here?   What's it gonna take to make it here?   What's it gonna take to make it here?   What's it gonna take to make it here?