Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Freddie Gibbs
Vocals
Madlib
Beats
Ab-Soul
Vocals
Polyester the Saint
Vocals
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Christopher Cleveland
Songwriter
Fredrick Tipton
Songwriter
Herbert Stevens
Songwriter
Otis Jackson
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Madlib
Producer
Eothen Alapatt
Producer
Ben "Lambo" Lambert
Producer
Dave Cooley
Mastering Engineer
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
**** fuck it, seven-seven Cutlass
I move my ass to Cali with my Indiana bucket
I need to slap a wet one on the frame, a little rusty
They call my shit a scraper in the Bay, the bitches love it
And I'm choking on some Cali good
Been wanting to cruise up Crenshaw
Since a little **** watching Boyz n the Hood
Since Ricky got killed copping that cornmeal
Before the palm trees, pussy and recording years
I was overdue for a visit
A Valley bitch with family in the Chi gave me the digits
The eight-one-eight, the sex was great
Perfect the art of fornication
Put a bitch out the car for a bar and your Cali conversation
All my hoes from way back want me to be chilling where they at
G I until I die, but, bitch, LA is where I lay at
My children gon' be raised at where they gon' place my grave at
Since Magic bought the team it brought new meaning to that LA hat
Shout out to the blocks, Inglewood, Compton, South Central to Watts
[Verse 2]
My home, my homes LA, I ride for you
When I am gone just know that I owe you
My home, my home LA, I ride for you
When I am gone just know that I owe you
[Verse 3]
I'm on my way to LAX from JFK, it's a great day
I mean I love New York, but of course
I live out there, so don't go there, you heard it before
Ironic, my uncle had the king of music on Crenshaw
'Cause now I'm the king of music to all y'all
California love, California dreaming
I seen lost angels, I even found demons
Where you learn to survive and keep your head high
Hit the weed clinic for sativa, get your head high
We ain't in Kanas City, but you'll find a TEC-9
And if that TEC jam, you better have a toast too
Fuck that, this what we gon' toast to
Everybody that ain't die before twenty-one like we was 'posed to
For the mail, I'm going postal
I heard the baddest females are Pacific coastal
If it means anything, I'm so LA my dad died on King, ****
[Verse 4]
My home, my homes LA, I ride for you
When I am gone just know that I owe you
My home, my home LA, I ride for you
When I am gone just know that I owe you
[Verse 5]
Yeah, went from a condo to sleeping on my **** couch
Popping sedatives, negatives in my bank account
Too much pride to let this pussy industry play me out
Repairing that broken dream, that's what LA about
Shout to Cali bud, my West Coast plug
Brother from another mother, he showed that West Coast love
Remember me and Killa Cam's was pulling them stickups, cuz
Bending blocks for my **** Box, smoking the whip up, Blood
Gots to keep it true when I maneuver
I got all kinds of homies Harlems, Avalons and Hoovers
My lil' homie from families, he keep a team of shooters
My sixty **** stay rolling, my eight tre **** moving
Been twenty years since the riots
LA **** keep it thorough, fuck keeping quiet
Bitch, it's on in this war zone where we reside
As I begin, let my sins wash away with the tide
Who the fuck I'm kidding, I done tried everything but dying
Flirt with other places, but this Cali bitch stay on my mind
[Verse 6]
My home, my homes LA, I ride for you
When I am gone just know that I owe you
My home, my home LA, I ride for you
When I am gone just know that I owe you
Written by: Freddie Gibbs, Madlib