Gather 'round, gather 'round, hurry Uh, welcome! uh, little boys and girls Listen, I'm 'bout to lace, y'all mother*******s About Oakland, the city of **** The first place in the world to ever sell base rock *************, crack rock, they put it there to get rid Of the panthers, but they really created this ballin' What, what, ************* Me and my *************s trying to ride drop Buy rocks then we buy blocks From the same **** fiends on my block Who buy rocks, want supply hot Weight servin' cakes like IHOP Ever since them last mother*******s got shot Police been hot on my spot Spot cops FBI watch Got fiber-optic *************t up in the pole Showing my whole clique on crime watch We let non-stop and show our faces So what the case is We wide on TV but still the grind don't stop ************* this Oakland, the city of **** You know where that crack *************t was invented And smoked by these ghetto chemists years ago On Plymouth street we call the block Plymouth rock The first place like the world to ever sell base rocks Now check it The legendary Phoenix Mitchell put it down So tough they had to make a movie about the town But called it Nino Brown That bull*************t New Jack City Is really based upon this place we call crack city Oakland, Cali we act *************tty Think crack's the answer To get rid of these revolutionary Black Panthers Smokin' blow and takin' like jo-jo dancer Or sniff it up your nose and ball out of control Like Tony Montana House in Atlanta, 3-car garage Our ghetto superstars was hard Young *************s touch a mil-ticket Before they life behind bars *************s get caught with like eighty kilos Hidden in the wall But *************t ain't hidden at all From these ******* sniffin' dogs Same with the law *************t in your draws when they get your ass And let the ballers ball, get the cash Till they get to your ass I've never seen a baller fall on his knees And snitch so fast Plea bargain run after them *************s That hang out with your ass No wonder why that *************-ass ************* got out So quick, so fast Came on the block my *************s saw you Choppin' it up with task Now that's a violation ************* can't chop it up with task So while the trial awaits Some ************* walks up and pumped his ass Because the *************s in the O are hard as ************* We sell Peruvian flake Get it powdered, or rocked up Don't want nothin' from life but to retire from the game Mother******' city of ******* City of **** East Oakland, yeah, that's right The city of **** East Oakland, yeah, that's right Them task folks can't stop us High school *************s get caught with a hundred G's Stashed in his locker along with a chopper *************s be ballin' like a doctor, or a surgeon M.C. Hammer splurgin' He bought up countless brand new helicopters And suburbans, now he hurtin' The feds spilled they base downtown So now it's curtains *************s be perpin' off Certain it's gon' be a sweep **** fiend came through last week Told me it's gonna be a sweep 1991's the number ************* End of the summer *************s ain't ridin' no ******' Hummers We ride under buckets and try to stay on the slunder I wonder, wonder what they would do To a ************* who get caught with 2 pounds of thunder Straight from Humboldt County, ************* that brown ******* all should be green like the jungle **** fiends tryin' to warn us Settin' up scene still in a bundle We beat they ass and drag them from they hair Just like Repunzel Don't ************* up our hustle But anyway the day came just as predicted I'm up at 6 in the mornin' takin' early morning pissin' Pulled down my britches, and a ************* almost *************tted I heard somebody walkin' on the roof I *******ed the fo-fitness Woke my cousin mike up Could be some *************s sent to strike us 'Cause back then so many *************s didn't like us Looked out the window, all I saw Was FBI and snipers I let the china white flush And put that mother******g 4-5 up See the **** fiend he informed us Told us it's gonna be a sweep and then He tried to warn us But *************s out here try to make they money So we 'nourmous then only a battering ram Bustin' down your *************t, 'nourmous Highway patrols, 5.0's, ambulance and coroners In case there was a shootout or high-speed chase performance By 9:00, they lock down each baller from every corner From north to west on down to East Oakland, California But, but, them *************s from the O is hard as ************* We sell Peruvian flake powder or get it rocked up Want nothing in life but to retire from the game With some change in the city of ******* East Oakland, yeah, that's right City of **** East Oakland, yeah, that's right City of ****
[00:01.47]Gather 'round, gather 'round, hurry [00:04.85]Uh, welcome! uh, little boys and girls [00:05.92]Listen, I'm 'bout to lace, y'all mother*******s [00:07.92]About Oakland, the city of **** [00:11.10]The first place in the world to ever sell base rock [00:16.34]*************, crack rock, they put it there to get rid [00:19.15]Of the panthers, but they really created this ballin' [00:21.59]What, what, ************* [00:22.83]Me and my *************s trying to ride drop [00:24.56]Buy rocks then we buy blocks [00:25.93]From the same **** fiends on my block [00:27.43]Who buy rocks, want supply hot [00:29.06]Weight servin' cakes like IHOP [00:30.90]Ever since them last mother*******s got shot [00:32.79]Police been hot on my spot [00:33.70]Spot cops FBI watch [00:35.19]Got fiber-optic *************t up in the pole [00:37.85]Showing my whole clique on crime watch [00:39.89]We let non-stop and show our faces [00:41.78]So what the case is [00:42.91]We wide on TV but still the grind don't stop [00:44.90]************* this Oakland, the city of **** [00:47.10]You know where that crack *************t was invented [00:49.06]And smoked by these ghetto chemists years ago [00:51.14]On Plymouth street we call the block [00:52.99]Plymouth rock [00:53.59]The first place like the world to ever sell base rocks [00:56.32]Now check it [00:57.18]The legendary Phoenix Mitchell put it down [00:59.78]So tough they had to make a movie about the town [01:01.51]But called it Nino Brown [01:02.62]That bull*************t New Jack City [01:04.21]Is really based upon this place we call crack city [01:06.73]Oakland, Cali we act *************tty [01:08.22]Think crack's the answer [01:09.45]To get rid of these revolutionary Black Panthers [01:12.21]Smokin' blow and takin' like jo-jo dancer [01:14.84]Or sniff it up your nose and ball out of control [01:17.74]Like Tony Montana [01:18.62]House in Atlanta, 3-car garage [01:19.73]Our ghetto superstars was hard [01:21.71]Young *************s touch a mil-ticket [01:23.44]Before they life behind bars [01:24.78]*************s get caught with like eighty kilos [01:26.67]Hidden in the wall [01:27.59]But *************t ain't hidden at all [01:29.17]From these ******* sniffin' dogs [01:30.14]Same with the law [01:31.11]*************t in your draws when they get your ass [01:33.10]And let the ballers ball, get the cash [01:34.32]Till they get to your ass [01:36.15]I've never seen a baller fall on his knees [01:38.00]And snitch so fast [01:39.23]Plea bargain run after them *************s [01:40.45]That hang out with your ass [01:41.65]No wonder why that *************-ass ************* got out [01:43.59]So quick, so fast [01:44.31]Came on the block my *************s saw you [01:46.00]Choppin' it up with task [01:46.85]Now that's a violation [01:48.44]************* can't chop it up with task [01:50.17]So while the trial awaits [01:51.34]Some ************* walks up and pumped his ass [01:53.13]Because the *************s in the O are hard as ************* [01:55.27]We sell Peruvian flake [01:57.31]Get it powdered, or rocked up [01:58.69]Don't want nothin' from life but to retire from the game [02:01.43]Mother******' city of ******* [02:04.10]City of **** [02:05.06]East Oakland, yeah, that's right [02:10.05]The city of **** [02:10.99]East Oakland, yeah, that's right [02:15.44]Them task folks can't stop us [02:18.19]High school *************s get caught with a hundred G's [02:20.24]Stashed in his locker along with a chopper [02:22.02]*************s be ballin' like a doctor, or a surgeon [02:24.57]M.C. Hammer splurgin' [02:26.14]He bought up countless brand new helicopters [02:27.77]And suburbans, now he hurtin' [02:29.76]The feds spilled they base downtown [02:31.87]So now it's curtains [02:32.88]*************s be perpin' off [02:34.16]Certain it's gon' be a sweep [02:34.77]**** fiend came through last week [02:36.20]Told me it's gonna be a sweep [02:37.27]1991's the number ************* [02:39.62]End of the summer [02:41.72]*************s ain't ridin' no ******' Hummers [02:43.61]We ride under buckets and try to stay on the slunder [02:46.42]I wonder, wonder what they would do [02:48.06]To a ************* who get caught with 2 pounds of thunder [02:50.16]Straight from Humboldt County, ************* that brown [02:52.71]******* all should be green like the jungle [02:54.03]**** fiends tryin' to warn us [02:55.67]Settin' up scene still in a bundle [02:57.15]We beat they ass and drag them from they hair [02:58.99]Just like Repunzel [03:00.07]Don't ************* up our hustle [03:01.24]But anyway the day came just as predicted [03:03.68]I'm up at 6 in the mornin' takin' early morning pissin' [03:05.82]Pulled down my britches, and a ************* almost *************tted [03:08.81]I heard somebody walkin' on the roof [03:11.05]I *******ed the fo-fitness [03:12.32]Woke my cousin mike up [03:13.92]Could be some *************s sent to strike us [03:15.24]'Cause back then so many *************s didn't like us [03:17.83]Looked out the window, all I saw [03:19.55]Was FBI and snipers [03:20.53]I let the china white flush [03:22.35]And put that mother******g 4-5 up [03:24.29]See the **** fiend he informed us [03:26.33]Told us it's gonna be a sweep and then [03:28.18]He tried to warn us [03:28.99]But *************s out here try to make they money [03:30.74]So we 'nourmous then only a battering ram [03:33.04]Bustin' down your *************t, 'nourmous [03:34.87]Highway patrols, 5.0's, ambulance and coroners [03:37.41]In case there was a shootout or high-speed chase performance [03:40.13]By 9:00, they lock down each baller from every corner [03:42.74]From north to west on down to East Oakland, California [03:44.97]But, but, them *************s from the O is hard as ************* [03:49.00]We sell Peruvian flake powder or get it rocked up [03:52.07]Want nothing in life but to retire from the game [03:55.19]With some change in the city of ******* [03:57.95]East Oakland, yeah, that's right [04:02.96]City of **** [04:06.42]East Oakland, yeah, that's right [04:09.12]City of ****
