Down In LA
Written by: Michael Turner & Christopher Portugal
[Sung sample:] Way down in L.A.!
[Double K:] Eleven years, man, ha! It's Double K and Thes One, once again! Once again! And we feeling so cool right now, we gonna lay back and parlay to the shades (My, my, my!), so we can do it like this, yeah!
[Double K:]
Pen to the paper on that daily grind
Don't trap, I don't snap, but I make my words fine
Me and Thes combine like shower caps and slick dudes
And call clubs, pulling off the rags to cruise up Crenshaw
No color glamorizing, fine chick analyzing, and the homies love writing
Only suckas be colliding, we got mouths to feed
Barbecue at the barbershop, they smoking big weed
And my man got them DVDs and CDs
Five dollars or eight for two, it's up to you
And everybody celebrating 'cause the Lakers just won
Another reason for them tough guys to put away the gun
We don't stop with the L.A. fun, we just begun
Rockstars out at night, you can see they all spun
Around midnight, things really start to heat up
Cats get belligerent and drunk, get beat up
Roll by LAPD and take them hats off
Just use precaution, yeah, them boys be watching
So keep flossing with that peace sign tossing
Everybody keep it right, I'm off to Crescent Heights, like…
[Samples scratched together:]
Ah, and you don't (You are there!), ah, and you don't stop!
Ah, and you don't (You are there!), ah, and you don't stop!
Ah, and you don't (You are there!), ah, and you don't stop!
Ah, and you don't (You are there!), ah, and you don't stop!
[Thes One:]
Welcome back to the West Coast, damn, it feels good
Rolling clean-style, limousine, smiling through the hood
Like one of those days, you feel you can't go wrong
A cloud in the sky, the DJ playing the song to make the system…
The winds are blowing offshore, street skaters kickflipping
In front of the liquor store (What's up, man!)
What's up y'all, I came for another case
Hey, Double at the barbecue, I hope that I'm not late
Huh, he'll save a plate if I missed the brisket
Missed the 1-10 North/South for the visit
If it hits south swell, then I'm out in the kelp
The best rapper in your town, five stars on Yelp
You see… it's Thes and Double K, holding it down
The rental cars, small-time stars, all up in your town
Take heed, take weed, take whatever you need
Meet me at the barbecue, up the block at three, you see…
We all-city, all-state, all-world
Love to get drunk, party with the fine, young girls
I'm a better MC than all your homeboys who rap
Double K hooked up the beat with the hand clap
It's like that, y'all, and you don't stop!
[Samples scratched together:]
Ah, and you don't (You are there!), ah, and you don't stop!
Ah, and you don't (You are there!), ah, and you don't stop!
Ah, and you don't (You are there!), ah, and you don't stop!
Ah, and you don't (You are there!), ah, and you don't stop!
[Double K:]
Ha! Yeah! Yo, 213 to 310! This for all the cars, clubs and barbecue pits, Hoodrats looking for that dollar, and the OGs giving game to the youngsters. Keep doing that; we need it! And all the homies that don't use violence to settle they problems, you know what I'm saying… For everybody that like to have fun under the sun, especially with us, the P-U-T-and-the-S! Double K and Thes stay so fresh! Also, wanna give a shout-out to the 626, the 909… yeah, and even the 714, you know what I'm saying? You alright down there, it's all good. Give some love to y'all… you know what I'm saying? So, uh, go flip that barbecue over, light that up, pour your mama a drink, and just ride… Just ride… Yeah, just ride… Go to dog we're going to, now… yeah…
[Samples scratched together:]
Ah, and you don't (You are there!), ah, and you don't stop!
Ah, and you don't (You are there!), ah, and you don't stop!
Ah, and you don't (You are there!), ah, and you don't stop!
Ah, and you don't (You are there!), ah, and you don't stop!
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Trivia:
- The DJ Day Remix of this track includes two additional samples in the intro ("L.A.! Let's have a little fun..." & "California") & there is more prominent use of the chorus scratches.
This track appears on the following releases:
- Carried Away (2009) (CD & LP) - Om Records (OH 387)
- Beer (2010) (Digital) - Om Records (Om website & iTunes)
- DJ Day Remix: Down In LA (2011) (7" single) - Om Records (Promo)
