compton isn't too far away

when i was young we wanted to get out the ghetto

but after we moved out of the ghetto

it was hard to get things we needed

i took a picture in the hood

standing by the door

white t shirt and black khakis

sagging kind of low

i see the corner that i worked

with my homies in the back

lapd searching us

looking for some crack

i don't need to be the king of the world

all i need is some activator

for my jehri curl

compton isn't too far away

neither is south central la

no matter what the cops try and say

we move from south central

to the desert of the real high

palmdale-lancaster

blue suburban sky

when i come home late at night

the sheriff harasses me

he puts me in the choke hold

so bad i can barely breath

i'm the hungry hustler afroman

i'm going parking lot platinum in my astrovan

compton isn't too far away

neither is south central la

no matter what the cops try and say

i'm selling yay

i see police lights

on palmdale boulevard

back-up units pulling up

i'm thinking oh my god

i got nowhere else to go

my hands are in the air

i don't know what to do

but you can't have my weed and my brew