[00:00.77]Wessyde fa life in ya
[00:03.39]Throwin' up the W  throwin' up the W
[00:09.13]Yeah  I'm with this  what we throwin' up
[00:11.88]Throwin up the W
[00:13.93]All you busta a** niggaz out there
[00:15.31]I got my motherf**kin' homeboys in the house
[00:16.74]My ni**a Ice Cube  Mack 10
[00:17.99]Back to set the record straight
[00:19.67]For all these busta a** niggaz
[00:21.42]Who trip  this how we do it ni**a
[00:23.29]Front back  side to side
[00:25.79]We be givin' it up till the day we die
[00:28.41]Niggaz hit me up  I'ma have to erupt
[00:30.53]So motherf**ker west up
[00:32.65]Front back  side to side
[00:36.58]We be givin' it up till the day we die
[00:39.27]Niggaz hit me up  I'ma have to erupt
[00:42.02]So motherf**ker west up
[00:43.45]Ni**a clear the lane  here I come once again
[00:47.32]With this  gangsta click  droppin' this  gangsta sh*t
[00:49.87]Strictly for the riders who ride us I gotta west sider
[00:53.25]Rhymer for them niggaz that's sittin' on them Dayton wires
[00:55.80]Pump the bass  hit the switch 'cause Ice Cube
[00:58.67]Mack 10 and Dub-C  back up in this B I itch
[01:02.92]Straight hoodsta for life  ain't no lookin' back
[01:04.73]Ink in my flesh  west side tattered on my chest
[01:06.91]Walkin' with the shadow of death through the land
[01:09.59]Of the skankless  south central Los Angeles
[01:12.22]Home of the Crips and the Bloods
[01:14.21]Where even the strongest niggaz is ** through the mud
[01:16.96]And visitors from outta town best to stay in Hollywood
[01:19.77]You get that tourist a** ganked strollin' through my hood
[01:22.58]West coast till the casket drop
[01:24.57]I be throwin' it up  so motherf**ker west up
[01:27.00]It's gun ho mack one oh please  you can't f**k wit deez
[01:30.50]Ice Cubez and Dub-Ceez is my G'z
[01:32.81]And hip-hop  top three niggaz the new bosses
[01:35.55]Never slippin' 'cause we flosses  packin' Nina Ross'
[01:38.17]Ni**a  thought you knew how we do it
[01:40.55]Ain't a damn thing changed  always on them thangs
[01:42.73]Forever and a day  so back up  gimme room  don't neglect
[01:46.04]Just respect and everything I can't check I wreck
[01:49.66]Now you can cross out the bustas and snitches
[01:51.78]Sh*t only killers hootchie b**ches and hot hydraulic switches allowed
[01:54.77]On the turf where the real hogs dwell
[01:57.40]Sewed up the hood  the fattest bolas on the block for sale
[02:00.58]Inglewood city  the throne I call home
[02:02.51]Niggaz be so bright  you might need your locs on
[02:05.44]To bail through  it's fin you're in with Mack 10
[02:08.13]And I gotta confess up  ni**a this west up for life
[02:10.94]Front back  side to side
[02:13.62]We be givin' it up till the day we die
[02:16.24]Niggaz hit me up  I'ma have to erupt
[02:18.30]So motherf**ker west up
[02:20.11]Front back  side to side
[02:24.29]We be givin' it up till the day we die
[02:27.03]Niggaz hit me up  I'ma have to erupt
[02:29.66]So motherf**ker west up
[02:33.82]Now I got ta show you how the west coast rocks
[02:35.95]No razor blades in my mouth  just a glock
[02:38.00]And I'm hittin' you up  with that W S
[02:40.00]The sun rises in the east but it sets in the west
[02:43.93]No gold teeth  you gets a wreath
[02:45.80]So hand me the goodies  stockin' mask  no hoodies
[02:47.92]Christmas day  I'm in a tre
[02:50.67]While some of you niggaz got the robe reindeer and a sleigh
[02:53.60]We don't call it five  oh  we call it one time
[02:56.60]It's my life my life my life my life in the sunshine
[02:59.72]One nine weighs a ton
[03:02.22]How the f**k you think that the west was won
[03:04.65]Now sh*t can be squashed over a forty ounce of backwash
[03:07.02]No jokes  the land of locs and hundred spokes
[03:10.20]In the east  we can be brothers but when you come to L A
[03:14.20]Watch your motherf**kin' colors west up  ni**a
[03:16.44]Front back  side to side
[03:18.25]We be givin' it up till the day we die
[03:20.31]Niggaz hit me up  I'ma have to erupt
[03:22.56]So motherf**ker west up
[03:26.36]Front back  side to side
[03:28.86]We be givin' it up till the day we die
[03:31.67]Niggaz hit me up  I'ma have to erupt
[03:34.48]So motherf**ker west up
[03:37.22]Give it up  give it up like the ni**a James Brown
[03:40.97]Me and my niggaz are puttin' it down
[03:42.65]So bustas be wary cause see we represent the city
[03:45.15]Where niggaz caught slippin' is left with they brains drippin'
[03:47.46]City of the angels  more like a concrete jungle
[03:50.77]Full of macks Cadillacs and crack sacks
[03:53.39]I pledge allegiance to the sh*t till I die
[03:56.07]So let the five-twenty slide
[03:57.07]And put it down from the west side
[03:58.94]Front back  side to side
[04:01.37]We be givin' it up till the day we die
[04:03.99]Niggaz hit me up  I'ma have to erupt
[04:06.68]So motherf**ker west up
[04:07.86]Front back  side to side
[04:12.17]We be givin' it up till the day we die
[04:14.85]Niggaz hit me up  I'ma have to erupt
[04:17.66]So motherf**ker west up
[04:18.97]West side
[04:20.28]Throwin' up the W