I love LA No Doubt To live and die in LA (California) No matter what you say about Los Angeles It's still the only place for me It never rains in Southern California To live and die in LA Where everyday we try to fatten our pockets Us niggas hustle for the cash, so it's hard to knock it Everybody got they own thing, currency chasin' Worldwide through the hard times, worrying faces Shed tears as we bury niggas close to heart What was a friend, now a ghost in the dark Cold part about it, nigga got smoked by a fiend Tryin' to floss on him, blind to a broken man's dream A hard lesson, court cases keep me guessin' Plea bargain ain't an option now, so I'm stressin' Cost me more to be free than a life in the pen' Makin' money off of cuss words, writin' again Learn how to think ahead, so I fight with my pen Late night down sunset, likin' the sin What's the worst they can do to a nigga? Got me lost in Hell, to live and die in LA on bail My angel sing To live and die in LA, it's the place to be And the angels go You've got to be there to know it When everybody wanna see To live and die in LA To live and die in LA, it's the place to be You've got to be there to know it When everybody wanna see It's the city of angels and constant danger South Central LA can't get no stranger Full of drama like a soap opera On the curb watchin' the ghetto bird helicopters I observe so many niggas gettin' three strikes, tossed in jail I swear, the pen' right across from hell I can't cry, ‘cause it's on now I'm just a nigga on his own now Livin' life thug style, so I can't smile Writing to my peoples when they ask for pictures Thinkin' Cali just fun and bitches Better learn about the dress code, B's and C's All them other niggas copycats, these is G's I love Cali like I love women ‘Cause every nigga in LA got a little bit of thug in 'em We might fight amongst each other But I promise you this: we'll burn this bitch down, get us pissed To live and die in LA To live and die in LA, it's the place to be Let my angels sing You've got to be there to know it When everybody wanna see And my angels go To live and die in LA, it's the place to be To live and die in LA You've got to be there to know it When everybody wanna see It wouldn't be LA without Mexicans Black love, Brown Pride in the sets again Pete Wilson tryin' to see us all broke I'm on some bullshit out for everything they owe Remember KDAY? Weekends, Crenshaw, MLK? Automatics rang free, niggas lost they way Gang signs being shown, nigga, love yo' hood But recognize and it's all good Where the weed at? Niggas gettin' shermed out Snoop Dogg in this mufucka permed out M.O.B., Big Suge in the Lo-Lo, bounce and turn Dogg Pound in the Lex with a ounce to burn Got them Watts niggas with me, OFTB They got some hash, took the stash, left the rest for me Neckbone, Tre, Heron, Buntry too Big Rock got knocked, but this one's for you I hit the studio and drop a jewel, hopin' it pay Gettin' high, watchin' time fly; to live and die in LA To live and die in LA, it's the place to be Let my angel sing You've got to be there to know it When everybody wanna see And my angels go To live and die in LA, it's the place to be To live and die in LA You've got to be there to know it When everybody wanna see Let my angel sing This go out for 92.3 and 106 All the radio stations that be bumpin' my shit Makin' my shit sells quadruple quintuple platinum (To live and die in LA, mhmmm) This go out to all the magazines that support a nigga All the real motherfuckers (To live and die in LA, mhmmm) All the stores, the mom and pop spots A&R people, all y'all mothafuckers (To live and die in LA, mhmmm) LA, California Love part mothafuckin' two Without gay ass Dre (To live and die in LA, mhmmm) (To live and die in LA, mhmmm)