[Produced by Jelly Roll]
[Hook: Ice Cube]
I was raised in the hood called what the fuck, nigga
Dub C, ya better duck, nigga
Fuck me, you're out of luck, nigga
("This is Los Angeles", "This is Los Angeles")
I was raised in the hood called what the fuck, nigga
Dub C, ya better duck, nigga
Fuck me, you're out of luck, nigga
("This is Los Angeles", "This is Los Angeles")
[W.C.]
This shit don't stop, I'm still stackin' my cash
Out in the backyard with niggas hidin' crack in they ass
It's gettin' kinda hot but I ain't leavin' the spot
'Cause don't nobody give a fuck if I'm eatin' or not, nigga
South Central, the gangbang capital
Where gunfire's rapid, and One-Time be gafflin'
Murder is a headline, half an ounce of chronic is a misdemeanor
One gram of hard is fed time (This is Los Angeles)
The name of the game is survival
Keep the thang on me like a preacher do a Bible
Fuck unity, ain't no motherfuckin' one love
Crips killin' Crips, nigga, Bloods killin' Bloods (Gang capital of the nation)
Niggas tellin', gotta stay outta dodge
On the stand y'all be singin' like Mary J. Blige
But I'mma stay cockin' my pistol
Goin' hard in the paint, niggas can't stop my dribble
[Hook: Ice Cube]
I was raised in the hood called what the fuck, nigga
Dub C, ya better duck, nigga
Fuck me, you're out of luck, nigga
("This is Los Angeles", "This is Los Angeles")
I was raised in the hood called what the fuck, nigga
Dub C, ya better duck, nigga
Fuck me, you're out of luck, nigga
("This is Los Angeles", "This is Los Angeles")...
("Gang capital of the nation"), ("South Central, Los Angeles")
("Gang capital of the nation"), ("South Central, Los Angeles")
("This is Los Angeles", "This is Los Angeles")
I was raised in the hood called what the fuck, nigga
W.C., ya better duck, nigga
Fuck me, you're out of luck, nigga
("This is Los Angeles", "This is Los Angeles")
[W.C.]
Out the belly of C.A., hated by the D.E.A
Skatin' in a '6-trey drinkin' on E&J
Everything will C okay
As I turn this bottle for my niggas D.O.A
South Central L.A. where every day
The LAPD ghetto bird be yellin' freeze on the P.A
You know they wanna lock us away, they laughin' away
While we killin' each other, the blacks and the eses
Fuck how much money you make, they gon' hate
Ballin' ass nigga, they gon' still treat ya like O.J
The stereotypes don't go away
(Little nigga, nice car, where the kilos lay?)
Po-po wanna send us where the P.O.'s play
Thinkin' we all get our money the Carlito's Way
Charles Manson could kill and live to see another day
But if you're black like Tookie they gon' steal you away
[Hook: Ice Cube]
I was raised in the hood called what the fuck, nigga
Dub C, ya better duck, nigga
Fuck me, you're out of luck, nigga
("This is Los Angeles", "This is Los Angeles")
I was raised in the hood called what the fuck, nigga
Dub C, ya better duck, nigga
Fuck me, you're out of luck, nigga
("This is Los Angeles", "This is Los Angeles")
