Moving up, East Oakland, yeah, right up, East Oakland, yeah, that's right Moving up, East Oakland, yeah, right Moving up, Oakland, yeah, that's right
Oakland, California, Coast life You either play the game or you the pipe I became a at the age fourteen No gold ropes, no diamond
But at me now, ten years later Ask any MC if I rap See I'm in Fresno, even the big O San Diego to Sacramento
They'll tell you yes, you go And I bet my won't one say no Ain't nothing a Too $hort fan I tripping, you can play it again
fight the feeling, life is me I rock shows in Nashville, It "Hee Haw," so don't laugh At the good ol' boys getting
In Cincinnati, I know you I got fined for the words true, baby, so so unique Might your man or just thump your freak
I come to town, I'm not under I want your and your telephone number You I'm faking, but I'll call We only got one to do it all
I baby it's such a pity Tomorrow night, we hit city Cold in the game is all we do Me and the boys "The Dangerous Crew"
I used to be local till I signed Jive Too $hort went nationwide I went to Georgia the Too $hort sound I went like Bobby Brown
I said a rap and they me to jail Pulled out my bank and made This is my story, it could not It all out in the Golden State
California, where I was born and I used to the drum in my younger days I just hit beat any way I can Smooth high-stepping in the marching
I turned in my and I started to rap Now beats I make, my bank so fat Too $hort, on the mic tonight Pennsylvania, can you see the
Chicago, to Indiana From Mississippi, to Louisiana, even Females, me sexist
But don't they it, you know me Freak nasty in a room trying to me Like engine, engine, nine Homies run a train, in line
If train jumps off the track Then my you will catch the clap From Colorado, to All the way back to California
In Chattanooga, they the tip Short Dog in the house, I'm flip clip, or playing pool I can't help it I'm so damn
me 'Dog' or leave me alone I'm riding in a Cadillac Chrome Too Clean, behind the wheel I'm riding shotgun, for real
Total boss in the back, me supersede They like to 'em fat cause you know we ride To the beat y'all, and it don't It goes on cause I stop rapping
Now you know, but the Dog in me You make to me and I still act stingy Oh should I pay You must be tripping I didn't buy you and I sure renting
I said "I you" 'cause you gave me head I love you when we got out the bed If I love you, you know I would But what you giving, all that good
A little hospitality You'd better try to get away me I money, and I just can't fake it I go to Magic City and the girls dance
I'm somewhat of a by the way I rap But I'm living like an Oak town I'm in the y'all, I'm like peeser, y'all Rat get nothing but cheese, y'all
Or get slapped, put up your I kick you in your ass with my boots Some rappers try to be like Too $hort Can with the Dog, you'd better stay on the porch
In Minnesota, Virginia Wisconsin, I got Atlanta, Rock Louisville, it don't
City, Missouri I rock the in East St. Louis Detroit, like Oakland It's a thing, and I'm a black man
To all my in the U.S.A. Too $hort baby don't even Woofers in the trunk, the beat I the bridge and hit third street
ago, I rocked that joint I say up to my homies from Hunter's Point We go a long way back, it's been like that In the days that Dog was so young at the rap I'm in the
Moving up, East Oakland, yeah, that's Moving up, East Oakland, yeah, right Moving up, East Oakland, yeah, right up, East Oakland, yeah, that's right