California knows how to party
California knows how to party
In the city of L.A.
In the city of good ol' Watts
In the city, the city of Compton
We keep it rockin’! We keep it rockin’!
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 where that bomb ass hemp be
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
California knows how to party
California knows how to party
In the city of L.A.
In the city of good ol' Watts
In the city, the city of Compton
We keep it rockin’! We keep it rockin’!
Shake it shake it baby
Shake it shake it
Shake it shake it mama
Shake it Cali
Shake it shake it baby
Shake it shake it
Shake it shake it mama
Shake it Cali
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 and it's all ball
Only in Cali where we riot not rally to live and die
