| Yo, ayayay, Thes One, man
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| You know, the other day I was thinking about, man
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| The great shit we had coming up, dude, you know?
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| All that West Coast music? |
| You know, the NWA all the way all the way down to
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| The Pharcyde… remember that, man? |
| Mark Love used to spin that shit, dude,
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| it was… yeah, yeah, you know what I’m talking about, man, you know?
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| Slapping some skin at Unity, know what I mean? |
| Checking out them girls at them
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| parties, you know? |
| It was all lovely, man
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| I was just thinking about it the other day, man… lotta people, you know,
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| they always wanna know… yeah… they wanna know…
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| Why do I call myself a nigga you ask me?
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| A product of L.A., NWA
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| They told me it was KDAY, man, you know I celebrated
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| Picture DJ Pooh and King Tee getting faded
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| Before I grabbed the mic, before I got drunk
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| I was Low Profiling with the funky stuff
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| I’m from the W.C., paid my dues and all that
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| I knew that rhyme pays, Raider hats were ball caps
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| In 1988, Mixmaster Spade
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| One time, gaffled him up before I got laid
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| More bounce to the ounce, and I say what counts
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| I took the funk at a young age in large amounts
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| Screaming, «Compton's in the house!»
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| Bobby Jimmy with a critter, not a quitter
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| The number one West Coast hitter
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| From Fellowship to DJ Quik, Second To None
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| Bitch betta have my money!, young niggas having fun
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| The booty up, the booty up, you can do the booty up!
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| Jeanine, she’s a dick fiend, stepping to the dope-fiend beat
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| Never came Too Short, see, I was born to Mack
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| And I was sworn to rap, a year after '84
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| Bumping my shit loud, my mama banging on the door
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| With the «6 in the morning, police at my door
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| Fresh Adidas squeak across the bathroom floor»
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| Now here we go, you gotta play this
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| «Gangsta gangsta!», that’s what they yelling
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| You better get ready, I’m fitting to act a fool
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| Cause the Boys in the Hood are always hard
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| Red or blue, cuz or blood, it just don’t matter
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| Once upon a time in the projects, yo!
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| This is for the homies, you can get the ducksick…
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| This is for the homies, you can get the ducksick…
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| We had Quality Electronics, belt drives
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| Numarks, LinearTechs, and Geminis
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| Melrose, Cracker Breaks, gotta share fries
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| Mark Luv, Bigga B, Unity Lines
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| Goof Troop, Majestics, CBS, Hex
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| USC house party trying to have sex
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| Gang truce, blue and red, letting off lead
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| Cut Chemists' striped shirt, four-foot dreads
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| Big Gulps, beedi smoke, wiling at school
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| PeAkMiJu on the avenue, ooh!
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| Hieroglyphics, Plan B, kickflipping ollies
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| While Mona Lisa sing along to 5 O’Clock Follies
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| Rob One’s trunk and doubles of Chief Rocka
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| Pasadena swap, low offer, Mustapha
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| 4-track Tascam, ping-ponging tracks
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| Ben’s red Corolla with the system in the back
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| Oh, what a Bizarre Ride, backpack, pants sagging
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| Hanging out on Pico, why does Martin keep bagging?
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| Rap Sheet, Backseat, nickel-sack beats
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| Down-low hookups, freestyling at 3
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| Like Magic Mountain swap meet, Fresh Jive jeans
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| I was dreaming when I wrote this, remembering the scene
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| And L.A., how I love you all, and how much you all mean
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| I was dreaming when I wrote this, just thinking of the scene
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| With the world, world ultimate, hot potato, hot, hot potato
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| Yo' mama’s so fat (how fat is she?), sunbeams, bright side dreams
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| Listen up, check it, E-Rule's about to wreck it
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| Pen predator, et cetera, yeah right
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| Class clown, what time is it?
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| Make room, for the beats, and beats that bump
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| Make room, for the something, something and bump
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| Make room for the mixtapes…
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| But now I’m an MC… I got the Latin lingo
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| (funky bilingual… let’s go!)
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| L.A. (repeated)
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| Yeah, man, that’s what I’m talking about… You know, school them suckas, man,
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| let 'em know where we come from, you know? |
| It ain’t about all that ol' wack
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| shit they hearing, it’s about what we bring to 'em, you know what I mean?
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| C’mon, uh c’mon, uh c’mon, uh, L.A.
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| C’mon, uh c’mon, uh c’mon, and in the Bay!
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| C’mon, uh c’mon, uh c’mon, uh… uh c’mon
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| Do the Sen Dog dance, y’all… yo…
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| Uh, do the Sen Dog dance, y’all… c’mon…
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| Do the Sen Dog! |
| (Do the Sen Dog!)
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| Do the Sen Dog! |
| (Do the Sen Dog!)
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| Do the Sen Dog! |
| (Do the Sen Dog!) |