Cali To New York Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[Bbm][Bb][C#][B#]
[B][Bb][C#][C]
[Gm]

[Verse 1]
As soon [Db]as A La
stepped off (the floor)
People started [Cb]hollerin[Bbm]
(for more)
Beggin us to [Db]bless 'em with [A]an
(encore)
You know the Peas they [Cb]game
to [Bbm]that (for sure)

[Verse 2]
No matter what the [Db]coast we, be on
Pacific or At[Cb]lantic we, stay [Bbm]strong
Foreign or do[Db]mestically, we conquer
All obstacles [Cb]pro fessionally and rock on
[Bbm]And that's exactly how we

[Verse 3]
[Db]made
it rock (made it rock)
We turn this on and then we [Cbaug]make
[Cb]it hot (make it [Bbm]hot)
We also known to cause a [Db]state
of shock (state of shock)
We start at 2 then go [Cbaug]to 10[Cb]
o'clock (10 o'clock)
[Bbm]10 o'clock the next

[Verse 4]
[Db]day that is
(day that is)
No matter what city or [Cb]state that is
[Bbm](state that is)
Don't ask no questions,
that's the [Db]way that is (way that is)
Don't ask no questions,
that's the [Cb]way t[Bbm]hat[Db][Cb][Bbm]
[Db]is

[Verse 5]
[Cb][Chorus: x [Bbm]4]
Back, [Db]back, back, back, and forth
From Ca- lI to [Cb]New York[Bbm]
[Db]

[Verse 6]
[Cb]
[Bb]Introduce[Dm][B][C#]
Posdonus why'all ('Nus why'all)
Sticky like cous-
[B]cous why'all (cous [A#m]why'all)
Be the words that I [C#]ap- ply (ap- ply)
[B#]My peeps m[B#m]ass, k[Cb]arma N[Bb].Y. (N.Y)
Check [Bbm]it out, you see you

[Verse 7]
[Db]
[A]other emcees, sound like brother [Cb]emcees
Raised by the same pop [Bbm]an
d mother emcees
While I [Db]got a lot of b[A]rand in my name,
I'm recognizable
[Cb]Leavin me the cash amoun
[Bbm]t, that's quite sizable

[Verse 8]
[C#]Rich in that english [B#]that's broke
as hell
[Cbaug]That's why my niggaz in the hood
understand [Bb]me so w[Bbm]ell
Its [Db]the modern rap type talk
Used to walk, all over y[Cb]our ears
You hear the [Bbm]thump, this track pumps

[Verse 9]
[Db]like,
well order
Some others fell short of the
[Cb]line of finish
You didn't practice [Bbm]harder
at the scrimmage
Now my [Db]image is the golden cup
My career is dirty [Cb]compared to yours,
it's [Bbm]all washed up[Cb]
[A#m]
[Db]

[Verse 10]
[Cb][Chorus: x [Bbm]4]
[Db]Back,[Cb][Bbm]
[Db]back,
[Cb][Bbm]
[Db]back, back, and forth
From Ca- lI[B] to New York[A#]

[Interlude 1]
[A][B][Bb]
[A][Cb]
[Bb][Bbm][Cb]
[Cb][Bbm][Db]
[Cb]
We, [Bbm]we, we, we regulate and

[Verse 11]
[Db]cross plates,
destruct ya
Toss coins to dis tr[Cb]act it and we bust ya
[Bbm]Minds blow bigger than tem
[Db]pers out in Russia
Cuss like a sailor,
make you [Cb]shame like [Bbm]thelya

[Verse 12]
Stitch a verse tailored to [Db]fit
Spray paintin' your spit
On the deco we [Cb]art, spread apart
[Bbm]I raid mo' tracks than [Db]flicks
in "Beat Street"
With kicks until the sole Soul wear

[Verse 13]
[Cb]out ,
never that!
[Bbm]We weather that,
you light in the [Db]ass and feather that
Heavy like black leather coats,[B]
you [Dm]pleather that
[Bbm]Last dick on the line,
[Db]we way ahead of that
Squeezin like Freddie Foxx,

[Verse 14]
[Cb]
and his two [Bbm]glocks
Rocks don't impress
[Db]niggaz who speak to God
We get jams to make a tuna melt
[Cb]Held down by the BEP,[Bbm]
we [Db]strictly, new getty
Two- fifty up in front of the [Cb]mic,
so what it look [Bbm]like?[F#][C#][B#]

[Verse 15]
[B][Ch[A#m]orus to fad[C#]e][B#]
[B]Back, [A#m]back, back, [C#]back,
[B#][Cb][Bbm]
[Db]and forth
From [Cb]Ca-[Bbm][Gb]
[A]lI [Cb]to New[Bbm][F#]
[Cb][Bbm][C#]
[C]Yor[Dm]k[B][Eb]

[Outro 1]
[Eb][Dm]
[A][Bb][Dm]
[Eb]
[Em]
[A][Dm]
[G][A][Eb][Gm]
[Dm]
[Eb]
[Edim][A][Dm]
[Abdim][Gm]
[Gdim]
[Baug]
[Gdim]
[Dm]