Welcome to California, can u dig that? Welcome to California, money the only thing that counts here Welcome to California, can u dig that? Welcome to California, life is a bitch out here Can u dig that? The lights, the glimmer Shooting stars and beautiful women Dice games and dominoes Presidential Obama flows Rivers drip with tadpoles Night clubs with bad hoes Neighborhoods with liquor stores and foes and baggy clothes I gotta get this dope sold Bang bang the lifestyle Too bright, we might turn ya lights down Cut off ya water, put him on the set just for starters Enjoy the trip, blaze up a spliff, ride down the strip Get you some Hen, or get you some juice and mix it with gin Send flicks to the pen Welcome to California, can u dig that? Welcome to California, money the only thing that counts here Welcome to California, can u dig that? Welcome to California, life is a bitch out here Can u dig that? Taught y'all the recipe That west coast mentality Tupac and Ice Cube Short Dog and 40 water Ice-T and Eazy-E, Quik put you on a "B", I put you on a "C" DPG, away with gunplay and let the beef cease Peace to the Gods And all the G's on the yard Born raised to squab Hustle hard and ball, it pays to be hard Trickle down and pick it up Pistol out, stick em up Yup yup we got it, cocked back my heat for the dearly departed Tricks are for kids Welcome to California, can u dig that? Welcome to California, money the only thing that counts here Welcome to California, can u dig that? (West coast) Welcome to California, life is a bitch out here Can u dig that? Dig that DJ Premier Big Snoop Dogg Can't spell the West without the E-S, yessir We been doing this shit mane, bout 25, 26 Shit I don't know, we just been doing it It's a groove thang mane