Moving up, East Oakland, yeah, that's up, East Oakland, yeah, that's right Moving up, East Oakland, yeah, that's up, East Oakland, yeah, that's right
Oakland, California, West life You either play the or you smoke the pipe I became a rapper at the age 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 From San Diego to
They'll you yes, wherever you go And I bet my won't one say no Ain't nothing like a Too fan I ain't tripping, you can play it
fight the feeling, life is me I rock in Nashville, Tennessee It "Hee Haw," so don't laugh At the good ol' boys autographs
In Cincinnati, I you heard I got for the cuss words true, baby, so so unique Might your man or just thump your freak
I come to your town, I'm not I want your name and your number You think I'm faking, but I'll 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 called "The Dangerous Crew"
I used to be local till I with Jive Too $hort then nationwide I went to Georgia the Too $hort sound I down like Bobby Brown
I said a rap and they me to jail out my bank and made bail This is my story, it could not It all out in the Golden State
California, where I was born and I to play the drum in my younger days I hit that beat any way I can Smooth in the marching band
I turned in my and I started to rap Now beats I make, make my so fat It's Too $hort, on the mic Pennsylvania, can you see the
Chicago, to Indiana From Mississippi, to Louisiana, even Females, me sexist
But they love it, you know me Freak nasty in a trying to blow me engine, engine, number nine Homies run a train, standing in
If train jumps off the track Then my you will catch the clap From Colorado, to All the way back home to
In Chattanooga, they the tip Dog in the house, I'm that flip Getting clip, or pool I can't help it I'm so cool
Call me or leave me alone I'm riding in a Fleetwood Chrome Too Clean, behind the wheel I'm riding shotgun, rapping for
boss in the back, give me supersede They like to roll 'em fat cause you know we To the y'all, and it don't stop It goes on cause I don't rapping
Now you know, but the Dog in me You make love to me and I still act Oh should I pay you? You be tripping I buy you and I sure ain't renting
I said "I love you" 'cause you me head I didn't love you we got out the bed If I could love you, you I would But you giving, ain't all that good
A little hospitality You'd better try to get from me I love money, and I just fake it I go to Magic City and the dance naked
I'm somewhat of a by the way I rap But I'm living an Oak town mack I'm in the y'all, I'm like peeser, y'all Rat heads get nothing but cheese,
Or get slapped, put up your I you in your ass with my Nike boots Some rappers try to be like Too $hort Can hang with the Dog, better stay on the porch
In Minnesota, Beach Wisconsin, I got Atlanta, Little Louisville, it stop
Kansas City, I rock the house in St. Louis Detroit, like Oakland It's a black thing, and I'm a man
To all my in the U.S.A. Too $hort don't even play Woofers in the trunk, the beat I the bridge and hit third street
Years ago, I rocked that I say up to my homies from Hunter's Point We go a long way back, always been like that In the days that Short Dog was so at the rap I'm in the
Moving up, East Oakland, yeah, that's Moving up, East Oakland, yeah, that's Moving up, East Oakland, yeah, right Moving up, East Oakland, yeah, right