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California love
California knows how to party
California knows how to party
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In the ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ city of LA
In the city of good ol' Watts
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In ■ ■ the city the city of Compton ■ ■ ■
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We keep it rockin' we keep it rockin'
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Now let me welcome everybody to the Wild Wild West
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A state that's untouchable like Eliot Ness
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The track hits your eardrum like a slug to your chest
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Pack a vest for your Jimmy in the city of sex
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We in that Sunshine State where the bombass hemp be
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The state where you never find a dance floor empty
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And pimps be on a mission for them greens
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Lean mean moneymakingmachines servin' fiends
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I been in the game for ten years makin' rap tunes
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Ever since honeys was wearin' Sassoon
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Now it's 'ninetyfive and they clock me and watch me
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Diamonds shinin' lookin' like I robbed Liberace
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It's all good from Diego to the Bay
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Your city is the bomb if your city makin' pay
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Throw up a finger if you feel the same way
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Dre puttin' it down for California
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California knows how to party
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California ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ knows ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■
how to party
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In the city of LA
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In the city ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ of good ol' Watts
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In the city the city of Compton
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We keep it rockin' we keep it rockin'
Shake shake it baby
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Shake shake it shake it baby
Shake shake it mama
Shake it Cali
Shake shake it baby
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Shake shake it
Shake shake it mama
Shake it
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Out on bail fresh out of jail California dreamin'
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Soon as I step on the scene I'm hearin' hoochies screamin'
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Fiendin' for money and alcohol the life of a Westside player
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Where cowards die and the strong ball
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Only in Cali where we riot not rally to live and die
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In LA we wearin' Chucks not Ballys
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Dressed in 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 because we throw grams
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Worldwide let 'em recognize from Long Beach to Rosecrans
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Bumpin' and grindin' like a slow jam
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It's Westside so you know the Row won't bow down to no man
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Say what you say but give me that bomb beat from Dre
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Let me serenade the streets of LA
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From Oakland to Sactown the Bay Area and back down
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Cali is where they put their mack down give me love
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California ■ ■ ■ knows ■ ■ how to party
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California knows how to party
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In the city of LA ■
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In the city of good ■ ol' Watts
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In the city the city of Compton ■
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We keep it rockin' ■ we keep it rockin'
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Shake shake ■ it baby ■
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Shake shake it ■
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Shake shake ■ ■ it mama
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Shake it Cali
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Shake shake it baby
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Shake shake it ■
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Shake shake it mama
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Shake it Cali
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Uh yeah uh ■ uh ■ Long Beach in the house
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Uh ■ yeah ■ Oaktown ■ ■
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Oakland definitely in the house ■
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Frisco Frisco ■
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And you know LA up in this
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Pasadena where you at ■
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Yeah ■ Inglewood
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Inglewood always up to no good
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Even Hollywood tryna get a piece baby
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Sacramento ■ Sacramento where you at
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Yeah Throw it up ■ y'all ■ throw it up throw it up
I can't see ya
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California love
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Let's show these fools how we do it on this Westside
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