[Intro]
[Richie Rich] Gone off a zone
[Casual] Uh-huh
[RR] Rich Rich
[Casual] Brought Got âem all out for this one
[Too $hort] Yeah, thatâs right
(âOaktownâ)
[T$] Up in this muthafucka, bitch
[Casual] E-Mac, give âem a bar, boy
[Verse 1: E-Mac]
Iâm from Oakland, boy; I thought I told ya, boy
We ride doors open, smokinâ, boy
Dreadlocks flooded the block, we all look similar
Just separated by paper and who rims is bigger
Cash, my n***a
Learned game, spit it, E-Mac, I come witâ it
Itâs the home of the grapes, whistle tips on scrapesâya get it
Take trips outta state with the weight and get it
We pay low price on the block, stay witâ it
Itâs Oakland, daddy; spinner thangs hold the Caddy
My jewel pieces keep the cops mad at me
My generation, we ainât go no sense
We keep them behind tints, smokinâ out your residence
Itâs the home of the riders, the Raiders, you know the city of $hort
Number one pay dock in the loaf, Iâm reppinâ the O
(âOaktownâ)
[Interlude: Too $hort]
Eastside, Westside, Northside, Oakland, California
[Verse 2: Too $hort]
Iâm from Cokeland but I never sold cocaine
I used to sell Coca-Cola at the Oakland Aâs games
To future kingpins and rap stars, some young hustlers
We from the Oâwhere you from, muthafucka?
Ainât no doubt you get shot in The Town
Ran your mouth and n***as âbout to get down
Everybody knows how we be on that shit
You bring her to The Townâyeah, we want yoâ bitch
Town n***as hella foul but we laced with knowledge
Canât get out the streets and didnât make it to college
Got a chromed-out Harley and Iâm making some dollars
When you see me hit the corner, I be making it holler
âCause I love where Iâm from, itâs where the pimps was raised
The Super Bowl Raiders and the Championship Aâs
Independent labels, Bay Area funk
My name is Too $hort, tell âem where Iâm from
[Verse 3: Casual]
Yeah, Oaktown, Eastside, flame-spittinâ youngster
Cats consider my rap street-tied
Amongst the ranks from gangstas, bustas to bosses
Yâall go stupid but walk the streets cautious
And spit it like he flawless, rhyme lawless
Town Business, and if you down with this baller, bang out
And hang out of their Impalas
See, Cash smoke grapes all day and make dollars
Itâs nothinâ family, catch me in something candy
From the North Pole to Sobrante, dawg, annually
I mess with cats that puts The Town on the map for rap
We give it to ya like, blap-da-dap-da-dap
Only Ave killers live and never die
Yeah, thatâs Oakland, fam, no need to tell âem why I stay hella high
Just chillinâ in my ghetto, gone
On the block posted up on my Metro phone, âcause thisâŠ
[Chorus: Casual]
(âOaktownâ)
Yaâmean? Thatâs what I tell âem when they ask, âWhere you from?â
(âOaktownâ)
In the dirty, they gotta love us; youâre dirty, you gotta love us
This (âOaktownâ)
Pimps from CHI to NY spit game that came from (âOaktownâ)
Nahâmean, itâs Town Business
(Cash, let me holler at âem for a second, mayne) Get at âem
[Verse 4: G-Stack]
My block got knockas, got hop, got rocks
Goes hoes, got reefer, got yours, get props
Plus they got Stack backinâ âem; I may not be platinum
But hoes or foes get both served with a Magnum
Iâm all about my cash, though at the top of the year
Homicide, they had your boy; because of Cash, Iâm here
Thatâs why they feel me when they pop in the disc
Iâm getting money while yâall just rappinâ funny, get smacked up like a bitch
Iâm a Ave n***a, sav n***as keepinâ me low
See, I donât drink and I donât smoke, but I stay reppinâ the O
You get the duck sick, duck quick, buck if you try
I am the Ville, born and raised, thatâs where Iâll probably die
Right here in Oakland
[Verse 5: Richie Rich]
Iâm gone off a zone, dub shot of Patron
Looking for something to put these 28âs on
Bitches think Iâm thee man, n***as think Iâm ki man
Mad at the fact that I do move sack
Look, the rims on my chopper show what tone Iâm on
Better hurrâ up, âfore them zones be gone
Like the old Jordansâsoon as they in, they out
N***as gone off that purpleâs what my town be âbout
Youâll get bucked quick, caught after the curfew
These n***asâll murk you, these bitchesâll hurt you
My townâs shitty, but I love its dirty drawers
We ainât even got no mall and we still gonâ ball
N***as Harleyâd out, plus Bob Marleyâd out
Dreads and T-shirts, looking for thee purp
Coming through my city, n***a, bring you a pistol
Thatâs coming from Dub, Town Business official
[Chorus: Casual]
(âOaktownâ)
Yaâmean? Thatâs what I tell âem when they ask, âWhere you from?â
(âOaktownâ)
In the dirty, they gotta love us; youâre dirty, you gotta love us
This (âOaktownâ)
Pimps from CHI to NY spit game that came from (âOaktownâ)
Nahâmean, itâs Town Business