yeah i wanna take this time to dedicate this song to my city to my county fuck it the whole state let me take a moment to tell you just what it is c a l i f o r n i a is the biz celebrity down to cherokee back to the kids every level of livin status except for the mid a paradise situation if that s what you make it red and blue equal yellow tape if that s where you take it forest fires and earthquakes and manmade lakes a prescription for chronic tonic to ease your aches and if you dress right you can have the best night two or three at a time and let the rest fight the diamonds and red gold might give you a head cold you freeze like a jello mold when you hit the light on rosecranz you can t make a u turn cross the t flats and try to make new birds or shoot back it s war and peace with no help from police either you restin in peace or tryin to conquer the streets in california everybody want it but you can t get it gangster to the hustler live to straight win it it s california mayne it s california mayne we got movie stars and we got criminals boys from the hood and fly saditty hoes it s california mayne it s california mayne in inglewood they come in yellowbone compton they come with shots carson got the smart ones watts got the hots glass houses in linnwood see how they hop with the ladies gettin ready in hair and nail shops in bellflower lakewood ladies taste good it stay hood visitin but stay if they could with kday bangin out betray us they stood by the burger stand tellin stories on the wood with all these dudes and all these bad broads and all this good food and all these fast cars ain t no wonder why cali got all these glad stars forty dollar shots gettin turned up at the bar it s the pacific coast how could they doubt you i did this track out of town thinkin about you from eureka through ventura down to san diego california es en fuego fuego  leather and wood i m good to the plus don t even trip i did the shoes and the bus 76 and crenshaw was the locale i used to smoke out in between my vo cals wherever it s cheap wherever it s q whatever california want us to do if you in the red and they get you in blue represent your concrete keepin it true and all my girls in the world i love you all i never want you to lose i won t let you fall but you gotta get better at lovin a nigga lovin yourself instead of steady comin up on the wealth i been here a while i know a pretty smile is a trap to pull a nigga right up out of his cap but give me 20 minutes i can widen the gap it s california baby on the left of the map ah hah 