DR. DRE

DR. DRE - Intro (Compton) lyrics

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Compton was the American dream

Sunny California wit a palm tree in the front yard

The camper, the boat

Temptingly close to the Los Angeles ghetto in the fifties and sixties

It became 'The Black American Dream'

Open housin' paved the way as middle class blacks flooded into the city

Whites don't buy houses in Compton anymore

Now wit 74 percent of the population, black power is the fact of life

From banks to bowlin' alleys

But the dream that many blacks thought they were buyin' has turned sour

Though the mayor and four out of five city councilmen are black

They have been unable to solve the problems of crime and growin' welfare

Which is slowin' turnin' suburban Compton into an extension of the black inner city

Crime is now as high as the ghetto

47 homicides last year gave Compton one of the highest per capita rates in the country

Juvenile gang activity, muggings, small robberies make some blacks want to leave

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