California Love Lyrics

Song Text:

California love!

[1]-California...knows how to
party
California...knows how to party
In the citaaay of L.A.
In the
citaaay of good ol' Watts
In the citaaay, the city of Compton
We keep it
rockin! We keep it rockin!

[Verse One: Dr. Dre]

Now let me
welcome everybody to the wild, wild west
A state that's untouchable like
Elliot Ness
The track hits ya eardrum like a slug to ya chest
Pack a vest
for your Jimmy in the city of sex
We in that sunshine state with a bomb ass
hemp beat
the state where ya never find a dance floor empty
And pimps be
on a mission for them greens
lean mean money-makin-machines servin
fiends
I been in the game for ten years makin rap tunes
ever since honeys
was wearin sassoon
Now it's '95 and they clock me and watch me
Diamonds
shinin lookin like I robbed Liberace
It's all good, from Diego to tha Bay

Your city is tha bomb if your city makin pay
Throw up a finger if ya feel
the same way
Dre puttin it down for
Californ-i-a
[repeat
1]

[2]-Shake it shake it baby
Shake it shake it
baby
Shake it shake it mama
Shake it Cali
Shake it shake it
baby
Shake it shake it shake it shake it...

[Verse Two:
2 Pac]

Out on bail fresh outta jail, California dreamin
Soon as I
stepped on the scene, I'm hearin hoochies screamin
Fiendin for money and
alcohol
the life of a west side playa where cowards die
Only in Cali where
we riot not rally to live and die
In L.A. we wearin Chucks not Ballies
(that's right)
Dressed in Locs and khaki suits and ride is what we
do
Flossin but have caution we collide with other crews
Famous cause we
program worldwide
Let'em recognize from Long Beach to Rose Grands
Bumpin
and grindin like a slow jam, it's west side
So you know the row won't bow
down to no man
Say what you say
But give me that bomb beat from Dre

Let me serenade the streets of L.A.
From Oakland to Sacktown
The Bay
Area and back down
Cali is where they put they mack down
Give me
love!
[rpt 1]

[dre] now make it shake...

[rpt
2]

[Outro: Dre, 2 Pac]

uh, yeah, uh, longbeach in tha
house, uh yeah
Oaktown, Oakland definately in tha house hahaha
Frisko,
Frisko
[Tupac] hey, you know LA is up in this
Pasadina, where you
at
yeah, Ingelwood, Ingelwood always up to no good
(Tupac) even Hollywood
tryin to get a piece baby
Sacramento, sacramento where ya at?
yeah

Throw it up y'all, throw it up, Throw it up
Let's show these
fools how we do this on that west side
Cause you and I know it's tha best
side

yeah, That's riight
west coast, west coast
uh, California
Love
California Love