[Verse 1: Masta Ace] Aiyo I'm going back to Cali To all the ladies in the valley And the weather more beautiful than Halle And I done been all through the hood My boy Dougie D, man he took me on a tour through the hood Slauson swap meet, Crenshaw, stop, eat Then go to Melrose, cop a pair of shelltoes Then I'm jumpin' on the 5-North Then I gas up, then I drive off To the Bay, oh how I love it in the Bay Same way I love it in LA I get a lot of love up on Hate Street Folks look up to me like I'm 8 feet tall Aiyo the West Coast got it all And every time I go, man I have a ball Fun times, sunshine, that's right up my alley That's why I'm going back to Cali [Hook: Pav Bundy] I'll be back, for now I'm gone You know what they say, no place like home I'm keeping my girls in my phone Worldwide I be all in my zone C'est la vie, c'est la vie Adios, adios Au revoir, au revior Cheerio Home sweet home [Verse 2: Masta Ace] Hey yo, I'm going back to Paris, France And I must say, that you really should go if you have a chance The culture, the music, the art The food, the people, they real to the heart This is genuine love, this is not a act And I couldn'ta put it down on a hotter track I hear a lot of cats talk a lotta smack But I lost six G's, and I got it back How real is that? Thinking the utmost Respect from me against the world full of cut-throats How could I lose a grip like that? In a crowded sports bar and get it right back (I don't know) It's like no place I ever went And this'll be the biggest shout that I ever sent To any city that I ever flew through Merci beaucoup, I salute you [Hook: Pav Bundy] [Verse 3: Masta Ace] I'm going back to the Netherlands Switzerland, Finland, Deutschland, and the motherland I'm going back to Jo-Burg, back to Cape Town Back to Sydney, oh what a great town Let me break down where I'm going back to If I been through, I want to come back through And like a tattoo, I would stay permanent But my love for the road don't determine it [Hook: Pav Bundy]