Compton State of Mind

Verse 1 - Ice Cube style

Yo, I'm straight outta Compton, city of the dark side

Where the palm trees sway but the hope done died

Rosecrans to Alondra, the boulevard of broken dreams

Cops roll deep with their M-16s

I got a attitude, yeah, a nasty one

'Cause every other night they got my brother on the run

Eazy said it first and I'ma say it again

This is gangsta rap, tell a friend to tell a friend

Verse 2 - Eazy-E style

Cruisin' down Compton in a six-fo'

Gangsta beat bumpin' out the stereo

The boys in blue wanna see me in chains

But I'm a young brother just tryna maintain

From the CPT, where the strong survive

And only the real make it out alive

So when you see me rollin' through your neighborhood

You know it's all good, misunderstood

Chorus - All

Compton! (Compton!) City of the real

Compton! (Compton!) Where the steel meet the steel

We don't die, we multiply

Straight Outta Compton, born to defy

Verse 3 - MC Ren style

The penitentiary's packed with my complexion

Systematic oppression, that's the connection

From the hub city to the LBC

They fear the voice of the minority

I speak the truth and they label it obscene

But this is the reality that I've seen

A black man tryna make a stand

In the land where they bury you in sand

Verse 4 - Dr. Dre style

Back in the hood where the palm trees meet concrete

Another brother gunned down in the street

But we rise above, we don't break, we bend

Compton in the house 'til the very end

So let me hear you say it if you feel the same

C-P-T! Put it in the frame

This is for the city that made me who I am

Straight Outta Compton, goddamn!

Outro

City of Compton... bow bow bow...

Where the strong survive...

And the real recognize real...

C-P-T... forever...