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[00:12.47]California...knows how to party
[00:17.62]California...knows how to party
[00:23.15]In the citaaay of L.A.
[00:28.06]In the citaaay of good ol' Watts
[00:33.33]In the citaaay, the city of Compton.
[00:38.97]We keep it rockin! We keep it rockin!
[00:44.09]Now let me welcome everybody to the wild, wild west
[00:46.93]A state that's untouchable like Elliot Ness
[00:49.26]The track hits ya eardrum, like a slug to ya chest
[00:51.90]Pack a vest for your Jimmy in the city of sex
[00:54.47]We in that sunshine state with a bomb ass hemp beat
[00:57.43]the state where ya never find a dance floor empty.
[00:59.96]And pimps be on a mission for them greens
[01:02.40]lean mean money-makin'-machines servin' fiends.
[01:05.23]I been in the game for ten years makin' rap tunes
[01:08.67]ever since honeys was wearin' sassoon.
[01:10.43]Now it's '95
[01:11.78]and they clock me and watch me
[01:13.15]diamonds shinin'
[01:13.94]lookin' like I robbed Liberace.
[01:15.60]It's all good, from Diego to tha Bay
[01:18.12]Your city is tha bomb if your city makin' pay
[01:20.67]Throw up a finger if ya' feel the same way
[01:23.56]Dre puttin' it down for California.
[01:26.39]California....knows how to party
[01:31.09]California....knows how to party
[01:35.27]In tha citaaay of LA
[01:42.31]In tha citaaay of good ol' Watts
[01:46.75]In the citaaay, the city of Compton.
[01:52.51]We Keep it Rockin'
[01:54.71]We Keep it Rockin'
[01:57.07](Dre) Yeah, now make it shake! come on!
[01:58.67]Shake Shake it baby
[02:00.92]Shake Shake it, Shake it baby
[02:03.34]Shake Shake it, Shake it Cali(Shake it Cali)
[02:09.10]Shake Shake it baby
[02:11.69]Shake Shake it
[02:14.40]Shake Shake it mama
[02:16.27]Shake it Cali
[02:18.29]Out on bail fresh outta jail
[02:19.79]California dreamin'Soon as I stepped on the scene
[02:22.45]I'm hearin' hoochies screamin'.
[02:23.73]Fiendin' for money and alcohol
[02:25.39]the life of a west side playa'
[02:27.06]where cowards die, it's our ball
[02:28.61]Only in Cali where we riot now rallies are live and die.
[02:31.49]In L.A. we wearin' chucks not Ballies. (yea, that's right)
[02:34.35]Dressed in Locs and khaki suits
[02:35.89]and ride is what we do.
[02:37.68]Flossin' but have caution
[02:38.68]we can lie with other crews.
[02:39.89]Famous cause we program worldwide
[02:41.37]let'em recognize from Longbeach to Rose Grands
[02:44.55]Bumpin' and Grindin' like a slow jam
[02:46.56]it's west side
[02:47.84]so you know the Row won't bow down to no man.
[02:50.27]Say what you say
[02:51.63]but give me that bomb beat from Dre
[02:52.21]let me serenade the streets of L.A.
[02:55.15]From Oakland to Sacktown
[02:56.84]The Bay area in bag down
[02:59.04]California is where they put they mack down
[03:05.33]California.....knows how to party
[03:11.07]In tha Citaaay of LA
[03:16.02]In tha Citaaay of good ol' Watts
[03:21.18]In the citaaay, the city of Compton.
[03:26.55]We keep it Rockin'
[03:28.86]We Keep it Rockin'
[03:30.38](Dre) yeah, yeah now make it shake...uuhhh
[03:32.53]Shake Shake it baby
[03:34.20]Shake Shake it
[03:36.49]Shake Shake it mama, Shake it Cali
[03:42.02](Shake it Cali)
[03:42.83]Shake Shake it baby
[03:44.15](Shake it Cali)
[03:45.59]Shake Shake it
[03:47.50]Shake Shake it mama
[03:49.85](West Coast)
[03:50.73]Shake it Cali
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