do you know about my city the city of oak oh don t you know do you know about my city the city of oak oh don t you know now lets take a little trip down memory lane when brothers played nothing but the dope game east 14th and 73rd that s where the slangers hung tough sellin bird and if you go to sabreny park don t get caught slippin cause they poppin a caps in little marks after dark and right across the way is a hood called brookfield and all over the bay they all know about the 69 ville ridin down macarthur don t get caught trick or you ll be sittin on bricks my town is not big but you better believe that if you slip you re bound to get jumped and smoked in a place called oakland do you know about my city the city of oak oh don t you know do you know about my city the city of oak oh don t you know the high street is the place where this brother spit it to me on how to be a mac g and not a wanna be it wasn t about the bodies ya stacked up but the money ya racked up and when it came to standin on yo ground you never backed up another day another episode when fools got bold another stompin another story to be told to the young butts the future hood who s coming up show them the ropes these days they paid stompin fools who runnin up keepin in mind whenever they go out to grind keep an eye on one time cause they ll be makin you get yo bail on instead of gettin ya mail on so skip the cash flow we gotta dash so we can stay to profit another day and ask the lord to bless the homies who here and those who passed away cause there s really no win in this game a hype beginning then 9 times out of 10 a sad ending i lift my head to the sky for all the homies who died they d rather be in their grave instead of poor or tired so beware cause they really don t care they ll kill you for breathing the wrong air take it from me cause i m from there although i dance make ends parties i like to start look beyond that you ll find and oakland fool to the heart who s tryin to warn these wanna be s no to clown i m an o g fool the 0 stands for oaktown do you know about my city the city of oak oh don t you know do you know about my city the city of oak oh don t you know yeah it s time to send some shouts out to some high street o g s yeah check this out bobo frank issac ronny benny little willie eddie mouchie robert jr kevin dalerow tim garret jeta johnny lele junior maurice price dwayne lizard johnny ray howard jr keith s mother black pearl sim mike widdicker rowisens lewis and the strippers charlie boy jojo kevin rogers lamonte derenay prince charles brian davis little wee funky 0 kevin and keith hurts do you know about my city the city of oak oh don t you know do you know about my city the city of oak oh don t you know yeah let me give out some more shouts to my high street homeboys my high street o g partners tom steve ricky rayray lorenzo otis big bo chris kaybe dan hall zack hewett zack zack little vic donald mac d greg barns patrick curtis dilworth kim mac john the miracles cavalier a little partner straight love from the heart greg little shawn diro porter the high street o g s and i love the rest of ya ll too and you know it s all good