To live and die in L.A

[00:03.12] Street Science, you're on the air

[00:04.37] What do you feel when you hear a record like 2Pac's new one?

[00:05.37] I love 2Pac's new record

[00:06.62] Right, but don't you feel like that creates tension between East and West?

[00:11.62] He's talking about killing people, "I had sex with your wife", and not in those words

[00:16.87] But he's talking about, "I wanna see you deceased"

[00:19.86] No Doubt

[00:22.88] To live and die in L.A. (California)

[00:26.12] No matter what you say about Los Angeles

[00:28.37] It's still the only place for me

[00:29.87] It never rains in Southern California

[00:31.37] To live and die in L.A

[00:32.61] Where everyday we try to fatten our pockets

[00:33.87] Us niggas hustle for the cash, so it's hard to knock it

[00:36.61] Everybody got they own thing, currency chasin'

[00:39.36] Worldwide through the hard times, worrying faces

[00:42.12] Shed tears as we bury niggas close to heart

[00:44.86] Who was a friend, now a ghost in the dark

[00:46.86] Cold-hearted 'bout it, nigga got smoked by a fiend

[00:50.12] Tryin' to floss on him, blind to a broken man's dream

[00:52.87] A hard lesson, court cases keep me guessin'

[00:55.37] Plea bargain ain't an option now, so I'm stressin'

[00:58.13] Cost me more to be free than a life in the pen

[01:01.13] Makin' money off of cuss words, writin' again

[01:03.86] Learn how to think ahead, so I fight with my pen

[01:06.36] Late night down sunset, likin' the scene

[01:09.12] What's the worst they can do to a nigga?

[01:11.61] Got me lost in Hell, to live and die in L.A. on bail

[01:14.86] To live and die in L.A., it's the place to be

[01:17.86] (And the angels go) You've got to be there to know it

[01:23.12] When everybody wanna see

[01:25.87] to live and die in L.A., it's the place to be

[01:31.36] You've got to be there to know it

[01:34.13] When everybody wanna see

[01:37.11] It's the city of angels and constant danger

[01:40.37] South Central L.A. can't get no stranger

[01:43.12] Full of drama like a soap opera, on the curb

[01:45.86] Watchin' the ghetto bird helicopters, I observe

[01:48.62] So many niggas gettin' three strikes, tossed in jail

[01:51.12] I swear, the pen right across from hell

[01:53.36] I can't cry, 'cause it's on now, I'm just a nigga on his own now

[01:57.11] Livin' life thug style, so I can't smile

[02:00.13] Writing to my peoples when they ask for pictures

[02:03.11] Thinkin' Cali just fun and bitches

[02:04.61] Better learn about the dress code, B's and C's

[02:07.87] All them other motherfucker copycats, these is G's

[02:10.37] I love Cali like I love women

[02:13.36] 'Cause every nigga in L.A. got a little bit of thug in him

[02:15.37] We might fight amongst each other

[02:17.87] But I promise you this: we'll burn this bitch down, get us pissed, to live and die in L.A.

[02:22.11] To live and die in L.A., it's the place to be

[02:26.11] (Let my angels sing) You've got to be there to know it

[02:29.37] When everybody wanna see

[02:32.11] To live and die in L.A., it's the place to be

[02:37.36] (To live and die in L.A) You've got to be there to know it

[02:41.61] When everybody wanna see

[02:43.37] It wouldn't be L.A. without mexicans

[02:46.12] Black love, brown pride in the sets again

[02:49.12] Pete Wilson tryin' to see us all broke

[02:51.36] I'm on some bullshit out for everything they owe

[02:53.86] Remember KDAY? Weekends, Crenshaw, MLK?

[02:57.61] Automatics rang free, niggas lost they way

[03:00.11] Gang signs being shown, nigga, love your hood

[03:02.87] But recognize and it's all good

[03:05.62] Where the weed at? Niggas gettin' shermed out

[03:08.11] Snoop Dogg in this mothafucka permed out

[03:10.62] M.O.B., Big Suge in the Lo-Lo, bounce and turn

[03:13.86] Dogg Pound in the Lex with a ounce to burn

[03:16.61] Got them Watts niggas with me, O.F.T.B

[03:19.62] They got some hash, took the stash, left the rest for me

[03:22.12] Neckbone, Tray, Heron, Buntry too

[03:25.12] Big Rock got knocked, but this one's for you

[03:27.62] I hit the studio and drop a jewel, hopin' it pay

[03:30.62] Gettin' high, watchin' time fly, to live and die in L.A.

[03:33.86] To live and die in L.A., it's the place to be

[03:36.37] (Let my angel sing) You've got to be there to know it

[03:40.36] When everybody wanna see

[03:44.37] To live and die in L.A., it's the place to be

[03:49.36] (To live and die in L.A.) You've got to be there to know it

[03:52.12] When everybody wanna see (Let my angel sing)

[03:54.87] This go out for 92.3 and 106

[04:00.37] All the radio stations that be bumpin' my shit

[04:03.37] Makin' my shit sells quadruple, quatruple, platinum

[04:07.11] (To live and die in L.A.) This go out to all the magazines that support a nigga

[04:10.36] All the real motherfuckers

[04:12.87] (To live and die in L.A.) All the stores, the mom and pop spots

[04:15.87] A&R people, all y'all mothafuckers

[04:17.86] (To live and die in L.A.) L.A., California Love part mothafucking two

[04:22.61] Without gay ass Dre (To live and die in L.A.)

[04:25.11] To live and die in L.A.

[04:28.88] To live and die in L.A.