[Intro: Mac Dre] Ah yeah, this is Mac Dre back in your face (California) I got my homeboy Coolie in the place (California) Kick back, let us tell you about.. [Verse 1 Mac Dre] This California lifestyle that I live Zeus amps, Zap' board, highs and mids Woofers in the truck straight slammin' Striking through the neighborhood jammin' Where you could drop the top, or blow the brains Hit in the intersection and do some things Pa**in' up folks with a gang of yolks Smooth, thick legs, no pantyhose Silky perms and dookie braids Brothers with curls, some with fades House parties rock, way past three Players straight sip on Hennessy High street chasers, Chevy races Having s** in the strangest places Nike shoes, Levi's jeans Triple gold Daytons and straight-laced Zeens Some on vocals, some only leads Brothers like me rap to the beat Dual exhaust, candy paint Fat bank and gang a dank Never on time, always late On the Bay Bridge or the Golden Gate If you wanna live on the best coast You better try to move to the West Coast Where 'Life is Too Short' and 'The Game is Thick' Home of The Mac and the 'Groupie Ol' Chick' Where brothers stay on the savage grind Kick with a freak when they find the time The C-A-L-I-F-O-R, N-I-A rap superstar Dose for dose, I love to spit And for the dank, I love to hit it Hold it in, so it can choke me And when I get dank, it will provoke me To bust a rhyme, through the mike A West Coast rap, the kind you like From V-A-double L-E-J-O Where makin' dope raps is all I know Wake up in the morning, eat some grits Hit the studio, make some hits Now that you've been told about What you rap fans get sold about One million copies, or even more I'm pumpin' dope rhymes to the record store Yeah fool, you hear me spittin' Tellin' you about that California livin' [Hook: Mac Dre & Coolio Da'Unda'Dogg] (California livin') (California livin') Ah yeah, I got my boy Coolie in the house, he's finna bust one Yeah, what y'all know about C-double O-L-I-O on this microphone? Goes like this... [Verse 2 Coolio Da'Unda'Dogg] Kickin' it tuff everyday, tryna make it through Stackin' a bank, pullin' women and I take it you Would wanna be down with this California lifestyle Ruthless as a child, now I'm livin' wild In the streets of California you better be packin' And watch your back due to the fact there's jackin' The wind breeze, blowin' through the trees And I'm still gettin' tacked at a hundred degrees Sides so hard on the avenue From L.A. to the Bay, brothers stay comin' through In Benzes, Porsches, Fives and things Dropped Cougs, lit Chevs and whipped up 'stangs Gold Daytons and Vogues, candy painting the kit Fifth wheel, gold grill, boy, I'm talk about lit Some of the baddest females ever seen Straight California skanks, out for your green In the Golden State, livin' way too real, fool And if you soft, you best be cool To the double R, all my time is givin' Coolio and Mac Dre, California livin' (California livin') (Repeat 4X) [Bridge: Coolio Da'Unda'Dogg] Ah yeah, Mac Dre, we smooth California livin' on 'em (California livin') (Mac Dre: What's up my Romp cuddies?) (California livin') We shooting to the T-O-P in the 9-O's (Mac Dre: Livin' that California lifestyle, homeboy) California livin' [Mac Dre] California livin' Ah yeah, that's dope Check it out, let's put a little somethin' like this... Somethin' like this, check it out...1-2-3-(3) [Verse 3 Mac Dre] California livin' it up Girls be givin' it up Kickin' back on the track with a some Heem in your cup It's a twelve-month party So when you see me on stage with Lott and Marty Get out your seat and feel the beat And peel a freak and don't stop 'til Cease k**s the beat On the California coast we pop the most And dose for dose and spit the dope On the W-e-s-t C-o-a-s-t It's young Mac Dre from the C-r-e-s-t Down and dirty, doin' things that only players can do Straight California livin' is what I'm sayin' to you Ridin', sidin', whipin', dippin' 24/7, a brotha ain't trippin' Mac Dre, the one you like to listen to Nationwide and now I'm fixin' to Put a little slang in the rap game And come up strong for The Mac, mayne ("Mac Dre, boy") For The Mac, mayne ("Mac", "Mac") For The Mac, mayne ("Mac Dre, boy")