I'll always do my best (Do my best) To rep the West at its best (That right) And I ain't lying (No, no) But even when your best ain't good enough (Good enough) Just keep it up and never give up (Give up) You can be a champ and win it all And be the boss that you really are I'm talkin' Fresh Fest (Fresh Fest), Summer Jam (Summer Jam) Day in the West (West Coast), with all my fans (Yeah) I was there (Yes sir), Steeler gear Representin', two braids in my hair Live in the flesh, what you lookin' for? West-less? Nah, nah, Westmore We got Cali movin', LA to the Bay connect We a hater's threat, but they ain't made it yet California women, palm tree pimpin' I represent the hood where nigga's always trippin' (Long Beach, nigga) Shit talking, Crip walking in the summertime Dubs in the air, bangin' in the sunshine If I had four of my favorite rappers on a track I would expect 'em to have some slaps that sound like hella far back I would expect 'em to have some shit like this to make me reminisce When I was up in the dope game, having my money, getting rich When I was up in the traffic checking my trid-naps with my bitch When me and my people was having a digital beam and flippin' bricks Talking on flips with faulty chips, throwing our weight around Thumpers fresh out of the box in case we gotta get down Shout out to my people in Denver and Kansas City (Kansas City) Minnesota, Nebraska and Milwaukee (And Milwaukee) Indiana, Ohio and Oklahoma (Oklahoma) California, Nevada and Arizona (Arizona, bitch) I'll always do my best (Do my best) To rep the West at its best (That right) And I ain't lying (No, no) But even when your best ain't good enough (Good enough) Just keep it up and never give up (Give up) You can be a champ and win it all And be the boss that you really are Fuck a trophy (Fuck a trophy), even when I win I don't need to celebrate, I just do it again (Again) I don't post pictures of the things I buy With a fake caption and a bunch of lies If you tell the truth, on some real shit It's your life, but you don't wanna deal with it So you talk a lot of shit in the comments Like you a judge, you don't work for the government (No, you don't) Don't complain, you need to stop your bitchin' You too negative, you sound like a politician You need positive vibes, some West Coast sunshine We like to watch it go down and have a good time It's nothin' like a California sunset With a bad little chick that you wanna hit And even if you ain't from here You can get a lot of game from here I'll always do my best (Do my best) To rep the West at its best (That right) And I ain't lying (No, no) But even when your best ain't good enough (Good enough) Just keep it up and never give up (Give up) You can be a champ and win it all And be the boss that you really are Ain't no half-steppin' When you tryna make a good impression Do your very best is the lesson Unless you all salad, no dressin' I don't like shit half-done From a job to a piece of filet mignon You got to give a full effort And pray to the shepherd you don't get shotgun peppered Keep your work and your play separate You know you got a record and your past is kinda checkered You gotta work double as hard to get half as far, as Black as we are I'm Black as the tar, but I'm a star I'm down as fuck and up to par (Yeah) I might cuss, yell or vent But you know Ice Cube give a thousand percent I'll always do my best (Do my best) To rep the West at its best (That right) And I ain't lying (No, no) But even when your best ain't good enough (Good enough) Just keep it up and never give up (Give up) You can be a champ and win it all And be the boss that you really are A lot of game in the West