when i got to oakland that s when i learned the game and i just saw it i saw it oakland i saw it living in oakland i saw it thriving in oakland and that s that was never in no other city i lived in so i give all my love for oakland if ima claim somewhere ima claim oakland oakland got they got the playas they got section 8 they got richie rich they got the governor they got too short they got e 40 they got tha clique the bay area s movig sum you know what i m sayin don t get it twisted it s like they got they whole new evolution of music that s comin out niggas that s rappin from their heart they not takin any other s style they just do it to live and die in the bay you gotta be here to know it to live and die in the bay to live and die in the bay to live and die in the bay niggas grinding trynna make a way every place i ve been it ain t shit like where i stay east oakland is where i m from first place to go stupid go dumb on mamas if ya didn t know it s the same place uncle too short from everybody wanna sound just like this everybody wanna just talk like this everybody wanna just dance like this that s why i say uh to lay it down let s go if only you d really know like all the game that i can real talk place right here that s no lie i swear ask philmore slip uh he ll tell you it s real i sold 200 she set my appeal i can neva be a hater i dunno how it feel i m the man of my city i m expanding fo real it s the bay where the mob is the call how to live mac dre was finna blow right before he got killed i m the man finna do it i done signed me a deal they was taking my style you should tellem to chill  hella bad bitches on my line tho all i m sayn don t frisk on me and my nigga keep it poppin that s chris go fresh outta jail that s why i mma go back to the turf like i neva left back to the kitchen bitch i ve been a chef i been all around the world ain t nothin like the west know a few real niggas comin out the ricks my vallejo niggas ain t neva been a bitch berkeley niggas been getting chips and city niggas been having bricks my apa niggas been with the shit i say i from the bay but i mma die in the rich i m a high ass nigga i mma die with a zip i mma die with some money need my daughter a wheel where you from around niggas hard to kill lovin this independent grind fuck a record deal man em cookies and that swerve made me hecka still i pop a bottle take a sip and let the rest spill i m chargin for my services tryna stack up a mill i keep my hoes in line like a fire drill and every time i get payed i hear the chronic wheel and the bay bitches got it and i gotta have it you can me in the riches i mma die to ride em 