[00:00.700]California...
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[00:12.670]California...knows how to party
[00:17.820]California...knows how to party
[00:23.350]In the citaaay of L.A.
[00:28.260]In the citaaay of good ol' Watts
[00:33.530]In the citaaay, the city of Compton.
[00:39.170]We keep it rockin! We keep it rockin!
[00:44.290]Now let me welcome everybody to the wild, wild west
[00:47.130]A state that's untouchable like Elliot Ness
[00:49.460]The track hits ya eardrum, like a slug to ya chest
[00:52.100]Pack a vest for your Jimmy in the city of sex
[00:54.670]We in that sunshine state with a bomb ass hemp beat
[00:57.630]the state where ya never find a dance floor empty.
[01:00.160]And pimps be on a mission for them greens
[01:02.600]lean mean money-makin'-machines servin' fiends.
[01:05.430]I been in the game for ten years makin' rap tunes
[01:08.870]ever since honeys was wearin' sassoon.
[01:10.630]Now it's '95
[01:11.980]and they clock me and watch me
[01:13.350]diamonds shinin'
[01:14.140]lookin' like I robbed Liberace.
[01:15.800]It's all good, from Diego to tha Bay
[01:18.320]Your city is tha bomb if your city makin' pay
[01:20.870]Throw up a finger if ya' feel the same way
[01:23.760]Dre puttin' it down for California.
[01:26.590]California....knows how to party
[01:31.290]California....knows how to party
[01:35.470]In tha citaaay of LA
[01:42.510]In tha citaaay of good ol' Watts
[01:46.950]In the citaaay, the city of Compton.
[01:52.710]We Keep it Rockin'
[01:54.910]We Keep it Rockin'
[01:57.270](Dre) Yeah, now make it shake! come on!
[01:58.870]Shake Shake it baby
[02:01.120]Shake Shake it, Shake it baby
[02:03.540]Shake Shake it, Shake it Cali(Shake it Cali)
[02:09.300]Shake Shake it baby
[02:11.890]Shake Shake it
[02:14.600]Shake Shake it mama
[02:16.470]Shake it Cali
[02:18.490]Out on bail fresh outta jail
[02:19.990]California dreamin'Soon as I stepped on the scene
[02:22.650]I'm hearin' hoochies screamin'.
[02:23.930]Fiendin' for money and alcohol
[02:25.590]the life of a west side playa'
[02:27.260]where cowards die, it's our ball
[02:28.810]Only in Cali where we riot now rallies are live and die.
[02:31.690]In L.A. we wearin' chucks not Ballies. (yea, that's right)
[02:34.550]Dressed in Locs and khaki suits
[02:36.090]and ride is what we do.
[02:37.880]Flossin' but have caution
[02:38.880]we can lie with other crews.
[02:40.090]Famous cause we program worldwide
[02:41.570]let'em recognize from Longbeach to Rose Grands
[02:44.750]Bumpin' and Grindin' like a slow jam
[02:46.760]it's west side
[02:48.040]so you know the Row won't bow down to no man.
[02:50.470]Say what you say
[02:51.830]but give me that bomb beat from Dre
[02:52.410]let me serenade the streets of L.A.
[02:55.350]From Oakland to Sacktown
[02:57.040]The Bay area in bag down
[02:59.240]California is where they put they mack down
[03:05.530]California.....knows how to party
[03:11.270]In tha Citaaay of LA
[03:16.720]In tha Citaaay of good ol' Watts
[03:22.010]In the citaaay, the city of Compton.
[03:27.330]We keep it Rockin'
[03:28.960]We Keep it Rockin'
[03:30.770](Dre) yeah, yeah now make it shake...uuhhh
[03:32.950]Shake Shake it baby
[03:35.180]Shake Shake it
[03:37.610]Shake Shake it mama, Shake it Cali
[03:42.550](Shake it Cali)
[03:43.790]Shake Shake it baby
[03:45.240](Shake it Cali)
[03:46.350]Shake Shake it
[03:48.820]Shake Shake it mama
[03:50.770](West Coast)
[03:52.430]Shake it Cali
[03:53.430]uh, yeah, uh, uh
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