[00:01.00]California...
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[00:12.97]California...knows how to party
[00:18.12]California...knows how to party
[00:23.65]In the citaaay of L.A.
[00:28.56]In the citaaay of good ol' Watts
[00:33.83]In the citaaay, the city of Compton.
[00:39.47]We keep it rockin! We keep it rockin!
[00:44.59]Now let me welcome everybody to the wild, wild west
[00:47.43]A state that's untouchable like Elliot Ness
[00:49.76]The track hits ya eardrum, like a slug to ya chest
[00:52.40]Pack a vest for your Jimmy in the city of sex
[00:54.97]We in that sunshine state with a bomb ass hemp beat
[00:57.93]the state where ya never find a dance floor empty.
[01:00.46]And pimps be on a mission for them greens
[01:02.90]lean mean money-makin'-machines servin' fiends.
[01:05.73]I been in the game for ten years makin' rap tunes
[01:09.17]ever since honeys was wearin' sassoon.
[01:10.93]Now it's '95
[01:12.28]and they clock me and watch me
[01:13.65]diamonds shinin'
[01:14.44]lookin' like I robbed Liberace.
[01:16.10]It's all good, from Diego to tha Bay
[01:18.62]Your city is tha bomb if your city makin' pay
[01:21.17]Throw up a finger if ya' feel the same way
[01:24.06]Dre puttin' it down for California.
[01:26.89]California....knows how to party
[01:31.59]California....knows how to party
[01:35.77]In tha citaaay of LA
[01:42.81]In tha citaaay of good ol' Watts
[01:47.25]In the citaaay, the city of Compton.
[01:53.01]We Keep it Rockin'
[01:55.21]We Keep it Rockin'
[01:57.57](Dre) Yeah, now make it shake! come on!
[01:59.17]Shake Shake it baby
[02:01.42]Shake Shake it, Shake it baby
[02:03.84]Shake Shake it, Shake it Cali(Shake it Cali)
[02:09.60]Shake Shake it baby
[02:12.19]Shake Shake it
[02:14.90]Shake Shake it mama
[02:16.77]Shake it Cali
[02:18.79]Out on bail fresh outta jail
[02:20.29]California dreamin'Soon as I stepped on the scene
[02:22.95]I'm hearin' hoochies screamin'.
[02:24.23]Fiendin' for money and alcohol
[02:25.89]the life of a west side playa'
[02:27.56]where cowards die, it's our ball
[02:29.11]Only in Cali where we riot now rallies are live and die.
[02:31.99]In L.A. we wearin' chucks not Ballies. (yea, that's right)
[02:34.85]Dressed in Locs and khaki suits
[02:36.39]and ride is what we do.
[02:38.18]Flossin' but have caution
[02:39.18]we can lie with other crews.
[02:40.39]Famous cause we program worldwide
[02:41.87]let'em recognize from Longbeach to Rose Grands
[02:45.05]Bumpin' and Grindin' like a slow jam
[02:47.06]it's west side
[02:48.34]so you know the Row won't bow down to no man.
[02:50.77]Say what you say
[02:52.13]but give me that bomb beat from Dre
[02:52.71]let me serenade the streets of L.A.
[02:55.65]From Oakland to Sacktown
[02:57.34]The Bay area in bag down
[02:59.54]California is where they put they mack down
[03:05.83]California.....knows how to party
[03:11.57]In tha Citaaay of LA
[03:17.02]In tha Citaaay of good ol' Watts
[03:22.31]In the citaaay, the city of Compton.
[03:27.63]We keep it Rockin'
[03:29.26]We Keep it Rockin'
[03:31.07](Dre) yeah, yeah now make it shake...uuhhh
[03:33.25]Shake Shake it baby
[03:35.48]Shake Shake it
[03:37.91]Shake Shake it mama, Shake it Cali
[03:42.85](Shake it Cali)
[03:44.09]Shake Shake it baby
[03:45.54](Shake it Cali)
[03:46.65]Shake Shake it
[03:49.12]Shake Shake it mama
[03:51.07](West Coast)
[03:52.73]Shake it Cali
[03:53.73]uh, yeah, uh, uh