California Dreamin’ Songtext
von Ice Cube

I′m about to teach you a lesson that incarceration at an early age
And my pops taught me that yo' pops shoulda probably taught you, young fella
Stop playin′ with grown men
You pretendin' to be tough, they pretendin' to be square
And just bein′ ignorant and young don′t make you invincible
Somebody will murder you out here

Yup, yup, California dreamin' (California dreamin′)
Yup, yup
California dreamin' (California dreamin′)
Yup, yup, California dreamin' (California dreamin′)
California dreamin' (California dreamin')
Yup, yup
California dreamin′ (California dreamin′)
Yup, yup, California dreamin' (California dreamin′)

Why every time you're California dreamin′
Here come a motherfucker always schemin'?
Yeah, him and his demons, always with his team and always triple teamin′
You just out with your woman, tryna have a good time, didn't see it comin'
They want somethin′ for nothin′, California dreamin' lead to California bustin′


Never mind, let's have a good time, sun shined up to one time
Grapevine, drink some great wine, take weed across the state line
Patrice Rushen on the baseline, way back before FaceTime
It feels like ′89
You still like the way we grind, huh

Yup, yup
Yup, yup
California dreamin' (California dreamin′)
Yup, yup
Yup, yup, California dreamin' (California dreamin')

I don′t need no genie, all I need is her in a string bikini
And I got my wishes, sorry that I′m not that superstitious
I'm not over-religious, but I spit the gospel with the quickness
Can I get a witness? Nowadays, we got a lotta snitches

All I′m doin' is dreamin′
All these diamonds doin' is gleamin′
All I'm doin' is dreamin′
All these diamonds doin′ is gleamin'

All I′m doin' is dreamin′
All these diamonds doin' is gleamin′
All I'm doin' is dreamin′
All these diamonds doin′ is gleamin'