[Verse 1:]
When I got to Oakland
That's when I learned the game
And I just saw it
I saw it Oakland
I saw it living in Oakland
I saw it thriving in Oakland
And that's, that was never in no other city I lived in
So I give all my love to Oakland
If Ima claim somewhere
Ima claim Oakland
Oakland got it, they got the playas
They got Section 8, they got Richie Rich
They got The Governor, they got Too Short
They got E-40, they got Tha Clique
Theygot,The Bay Area's moving sum'n
You know what I'm sayin'
Don't get it twisted, it's like they got
They whole new evolution of music that's comin' out
N***as that's rappin' from their heart
They not takin' nobody else style
They just doing it!
Whoa, yeah
[Chorus:]
To live and die in the Bay
It's the place to be
You gotta be here to know it
Everybody wanna see
To live and die in the Bay [x2]