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California |
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Love!-California... knows how to party |
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California... knows how to party |
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In the citaaay of |
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L.A.In the citaaay of good ol' |
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WattsIn the citaaay, the city of |
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ComptonWe keep it rockin! |
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We keep it rockin![Verse One: Dr. Dre] |
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Now let me welcome everybody to the wild, wild west |
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A state that's untouchable like |
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Elliot Ness |
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The track hits ya eardrum like a slug to ya chest |
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Pack a vest for your |
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Jimmy in the city of sex |
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We in that sunshine state with a bomb ass hemp beatthe state where ya never find a dance floor empty |
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And pimps be on a mission for them greenslean mean money-makin-machines servin fiends |
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I been in the game for ten years makin rap tunesever since honeys was wearin sassoon |
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Now it's '95 and they clock me and watch me |
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Diamonds shinin lookin like |
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I robbed Liberace |
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It's all good, from |
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Diego to tha |
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BayYour city is tha bomb if your city makin pay |
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Throw up a finger if ya feel the same way |
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Dre puttin it down for |
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Californ-i-a[repeat 1]- |
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Shake it shake it baby |
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Shake it shake it baby |
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Shake it shake it mama |
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Shake it Cali |
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Shake it shake it baby |
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Shake it shake it shake it shake it...[Verse Two: 2Pac] |
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Out on bail fresh outta jail, |
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California dreamin |
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Soon as I stepped on the scene, |
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I'm hearin hoochies screamin |
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Fiendin for money and alcoholthe life of a west side playa where cowards die |
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Only in Cali where we riot not rally to live and die |
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In L.A. we wearin |
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Chucks not |
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Ballies (that's right) |
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Dressed in |
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Locs and khaki suits and ride is what we do |
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Flossin but have caution we collide with other crews |
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Famous cause we program worldwide |
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Let'em recognize from |
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Long Beach to |
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Rosecrands |
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Bumpin and grindin like a slow jam, it's west side |
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So you know the row won't bow down to no man |
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Say what you say |
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But give me that bomb beat from |
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DreLet me serenade the streets of |
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L.A.From Oakland to |
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SacktownThe |
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Bay Area and back down |
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Cali is where they put they mack down |
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Give me love![rpt 1][dre] now make it shake...[rpt 2][Outro: Dre, 2Pac]uh, yeah, uh, longbeach in tha house, uh yeah |
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Oaktown, Oakland definately in tha house hahaha |
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Frisko, Frisko[Tupac] hey, you know |
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LA is up in this |
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Pasadina, where you atyeah, |
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Ingelwood, |
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Ingelwood always up to no good[Tupac] even |
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Hollywood tryin to get a piece baby |
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Sacramento, sacramento where ya at? yeah |
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Throw it up y'all, throw it up, |
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Throw it up |
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Let's show these fools how we do this on that west side |
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Cause you and |
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I know it's tha best sideyeah, |
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That's riightwest coast, west coastuh, |
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California |
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LoveCalifornia |
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Love |
