Let it go Let the good take hold I'm a brother from the west Who was blessed with a soul Let me tell you about a place You probably don’t even know We still live in Cali Got a style cultural We was Known from the 60’s From panthers to hippies Now we're known for Murders, pimps, and three-sixty’s Side shows high speed chases too And a crack epidemic that will turn you blue And an AIDS epidemic that can end you too It’s the yay baby brother and I thought you knew Oakland to Vallejo Vallejo to the Zay The Zay to the Sko’ AKA as the Bay Unique so to speak In a whole lot of ways We hardly get the love ‘cause we close to LA We got our own slang But everybody took it Now we going dumb down the Av driving crooked
Chorus: This the way In the Bay (in the Bay heyeyeyey) In the Bay (heyeyeyey) In the Bay (heyeyeyey)
In ya little kuddy cold from the Northern Pacific Beach always cold So don't get the game twisted Thugs reprocessed to the death packing biscuits Weed almost legal the trees it's terrific We got Cannibus clubs Filipinos and Blacks Latinos from all over the map Chinese and Vietnamese So don't get jacked Samoans Indians Tongans Thai’s It’s the Bay homie And we multiplies We never act shy when it’s time to ride And we claim 2Pac as a source of pride I said we claim 2Pac as a source of pride Let it go Let me bless a flow my people Here we go here we go here we here we yo From the streets to beach Flat lands to peace To the freaks in the deeps driving by (beep beep) To the heat meet the seat To the cops from the beat To the rich to sweet To the poor to the weak To the youth and the beast HP 3rd Street (3 times) telegraph to the Av North to the deep East
To the youth and the beast HP 3rd Street Telegraph to the Av North to the deep East
Chorus: This the way In the Bay (in the Bay heyeyeyey) In the Bay (heyeyeyey) In the Bay (heyeyeyey)