2Pac - California Love Lyrics
California love!
1-California...knows how to party
California...knows how to party
In the citaaay of L.A.
In the citaaay of good ol\' Watts
In the citaaay, the city of Compton
We keep it rockin! We keep it rockin!
Verse One: Dr. Dre
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 with a bomb ass hemp beat
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
(repeat 1)
2-Shake it shake it baby
Shake it shake it baby
Shake it shake it mama
Shake it Cali
Shake it shake it baby
Shake it shake it shake it shake it...
Verse Two: 2Pac
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
Only in Cali where we riot now rallies are live and die
In L.A. we wearin Chucks not Ballies (that\'s right)
Dressed in Locs and khaki suits and ride is what we do
Flossin but have caution we collide with other crews
Famous cause we program worldwide
Let\'em recognize from Longbeach to Rosecrans
Bumpin and grindin like a slow jam, it\'s west side
So you know the row won\'t bow down to no man
Say what you say
But give me that bomb beat from Dre
Let me serenade the streets of L.A.
From Oakland to Sacktown
The Bay Area and back down
Cali is where they put they mack down
Give me love!
(rpt 1)
(dre) now make it shake...
(rpt 2)
Outro: Dre, 2Pac
uh, yeah, uh, longbeach in tha house, uh yeah
Oaktown, Oakland definately in tha house hahaha
Frisko, Frisko
(Tupac) hey, you know LA is up in this
Pasadina, where you at
yeah, Ingelwood, Ingelwood always up to no good
(Tupac) even Hollywood tryin to get a piece baby
Sacramento, sacramento where ya at? yeah
Throw it up y\'all, throw it up, Throw it up
Let\'s show these fools how we do this on that west side
Cause you and I know it\'s tha best side
yeah, That\'s riight
west coast, west coast
uh, California Love
California Love
2 Pac|Dear Mama|Me Against The World|||327
You are appreciated...
When I was young,me and my mama had beef
17 years old kicked out on tha streets
though back in tha time,never thought I\'d see her face
ain\'t a woman alive that can take my mommas place
suspended from school,sccared ta go home
I was a fool with tha big boys breaking all tha rules
shed tears with my baby sister
over tha years we wuz poorer than tha other little kids
and eventhough we had different daddies
tha same drama when things wehnt wrong we blamed mama
I reminised on tha stress I caused,it wuz hell
hugg\'en on my mama from a jail cell
and who\'d think in elementry,heey I\'d see the penatentry
one day
running from tha police,that\'s right
momma catch me---put a whopp\'en to my backside
and even as a crack fiend mama,
ya always was a black queen mamma,
I finally understand for a woman
it ain\'t easy---trying ta raise a man
ya always wuz commited,a poor single mother on welfare,
tell me how ya did it
there\'s no way I can pay ya back
but tha plan is ta show ya that I understand
you are appreciated....
Chorus:
Laaady,don\'t cha know we luv ya
Sweeeeeet Laaady,place no one about ya
Sweeeeeet Laaady,don\'t cha know we luv ya
Ain\'t nobody tell us it wuz fair
no luv for my daddy,cause tha coward wuzn\'t there
he passed away and I didn\'t cry
cause my anger wouldn\'t let me feel for a strnager
they say I\'m wrong and I\'m heartless
but all along I wuz looking for a father---he wuz gone
I hung around with tha thug\'s and eventhought they sold drugs
they showed a young brother luv
I moved out and started really hang\'in
I needed money of my own so I started slang\'in
I ain\'t guilty cause,eventhough I sell rocks
it feels good,putting money in your mailbox
I love paying rent when tha rents due
I hope ya got tha diamond necklace that I sent to you
cause when I wuz low,you was there for me
ya never left me alone,cause ya cared for me
and I can see ya coming home after work late
ya in tha kitchen trying ta fix us a hot plate
just working with tha scraps you wuz given
and mama made miracles every Thanksgiving
but now tha road got rough,your alone
trying ta raise two bad kids on your own
and ther\'s no way I can pay ya back
but my plan is ta show ya that I understand
you are appreciated...
Chorus:
Laaady,don\'t cha know we luv ya
Sweeeeet Laaady,place no one above ya
Sweeeeet Laaady,don\'t cha know we luv ya
pour out some piquor and I remenise
cause through tha drama,I can always depend on my mama
and when it seems that I\'m hopeless
you say tha words that can get me back in focus
when I wuz sick as a little kid
ta keep me happy theres no limit to tha things ya did
and all my childhood memories
are full of all tha sweet things ya did for me
And even thoug i act craazyI, got ta thank tha Lord tha ya maaaaade me
there are no words that can express how I feel
ya never kept a secret,always satyed real
and I appreciate how ya raised me
and all tha extra love that ya gave me
I wish I could take tha pain away
if you can make it through tha night,there\'s a brighter day
everything\'ll be alright if ya hold on
it\'s a struggle
everyday gotta roll on
and there\'s no way I can pay ya back
but my plan is ta chow ya that I understand
you are appreciated...
Chorus:
Laaaady,don\'t cha know we luv ya
Sweeeet Laaaady,place no one above ya
Sweeeet Laaaady,don\'t cha know we luv ya,Sweeeet Laaaady
Laaaaaady.......(fades)....Laaaady
2 Pac|All About U|2Pac Greatest Hits|||328
[Featuring Nate Dogg, YGD Tha Top Dawg]
You probably crooked as the last trick
Wanna laugh about how I got my ass caught up with this bad bitch?
Thinking I had her but she had me in the long run
Its just my luck I\'m stuck fuckin with wrong one, uh
Wise decisions based on lies we living
Skandalous times is games like my religion
You could be rolling with a thug
Instead you with this sweet scrub
Looking for some love
In every club, I see you standing like you want it
Well baby if ya got it better flaunt it
Let the liquor help you get up on it
I\'m still tipsy from last night
Bumpin in walls as I pause
Addicted to the fast life
I try to holler but you tell me you\'re taken
Sayin you ain\'t impressed with the money I\'m make
Guess its true what they telling me
Fresh out of jail lights hell for a black celebrity
So thats the reason why I call
And maybe you with it
Fantasies of the sweatin
Can I hit it? (hahaha)
Addicted to the things you do
Its still true what I\'m saying Boo
Cause this is All About U
Every other city we go
Every other video
(its all about you)
No matter where I go
I see the same hoe
[repeat]
I\'ll make a promise if ya go with me
Just let me know, I\'ll have you hollering
My name out before I leave
Nobody loves me I\'m a thug nigga
I only hang out with the criminals and the drug dealers
I love niggas
Cause we coming from the same place
Witness me holler at a hoochie, see how quick the game takes
How can I tell her I\'m a playa
And I don\'t even care
Creep though
Weed smokes in the air
Everywhere I go, its all about the groupie hoes
waiting for niggas at the end of every show
I just seen ya in my friends video
Never put you on my friends so here we go
Follow the leader and peep the drama that I\'m going through
It\'s All About U
(Yeah nigga, its All About U)
[Chorus 2X]
Is you sick from the dick or is it the flu?
It ain\'t about you or your bitch ass crew
Every other city we go and every video
Explain to a nigga why I see the same shitty hoe
You think it\'s all about you?
Well, boo, I gets down like Dru and my nasty new niggas, too
You couldn\'t hold me back
It\'ll take a fatter track, a lyrical attack
Or perhaps it was a visual bluff
When I started to snaps all your ??
Straight in control
?Flows are full?
Why hold a cold stroll?
Coldest set
I told you I\'m as gold
And that\'s gold diggin
Cold diggin a ??
I slide in easily
Try a grizzly
Sluts know the cuts
I came to fuck
Try skeezin me
Runnin up in this
It\'s like ?? when I bring ya the most
I fuck a bitch from the West coast
[Chorus 4X]
(You know what I\'m saying?)
Every other city we go
I see the same hoes
In the studio, that kickin it in the video
It\'s gotta be the same ass and thighs
But you\'s a groupie baby, and don\'t look surprised
I can see it in your eyes, that you ain\'t nothing but a trick
Hanging with us, for some superstar dick
Want an autograph placed on her napkin
After she asks "Ain\'t you the Top Dogg and don\'t you be rappin?"
She know whats crackin
Peep shows like Luke
From the limos, down to the Lexus coupes
We be flossin, and all females love that
Especially when you\'re dope, platinum, and your own ?
So when I met you
I really didn\'t have to say much
Cause me alone
Just made you want to taste and touch
Don\'t be trippin if I run up in you and your whole crew
I\'ma still let you know girl, that it\'s all about you