live and die in the bay

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. 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

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'

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

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

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

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

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